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Synopsis

A bibliography 1579-1870. with an introduction by f. p. sprent and biographical notes on the map makers, engravers and publishers by t. chubb, assisted by j. w. skells and e. beherrell. with numerous reproductions of title pages, etc. third facsimile impression of the first edition of 1927.

Item Description

4to. 11 x 9 inches. xvii + [i] + 479 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt. Extremities worn, including corners and edges of boards; otherwise a very good copy with clean interior. Illustrated by 31 pages of black and white plates of title pages of the atlases, including frontispiece. A detailed analysis of the map contents of the printed atlases of Britain and Ireland, which was later revised by R. A. Skelton as County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1870 (1970) It has separate sections for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, all arranged chronologically, with biographical notes on the mapmakers, engravers and publishers following. By Thomas Chubb (1858?-1936) of the Map Room of the British Museum.