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Moll, Herman, -1732

A set of fifty new and correct maps of England and Wales, &c. : with the great roads and principal cross-roads, &c. shewing the computed miles from town to town ...

1724

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A set of fifty new and correct maps of England and Wales, &c. : with the great roads and principal cross-roads, &c. shewing the computed miles from town to town ... /, London : Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand, Tho. Bowles, print and map-seller near the Chapter House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles print and map-seller over-against Stocks-Market, 1724, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.




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  • Creator

    Moll, Herman, -1732

  • Title(s)

    A set of fifty new and correct maps of England and Wales, &c. : with the great roads and principal cross-roads, &c. shewing the computed miles from town to town ... / all, except two, composed and done by Herman Moll, geographer ...

  • Published/Created

    London : Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand, Tho. Bowles, print and map-seller near the Chapter House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles print and map-seller over-against Stocks-Market, 1724.

  • Physical Description

    1 atlas ([51] leaves) : illustrations, maps ; 23 x 35 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio A 2023 7
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
    Host bibliographic record [Library Catalog]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlas (printed)

  • Scale

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  • Notes

    "And, to render this work more acceptable to this curious, the margins of each map are adorn'd with great variety of very remarkable antiquities."--Title page.
    Relief shown pictorially.
    Engraved, with a letterpress title page.
    Shirley, R.W. Maps in the atlases of The British Library, T. Moll-6d
    Hodson, D. County atlases of the British Isles published after 1703, 174
    Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, 161
    BAC Folio A 2023 7: Imperfect: lacks the first map. Title page is annotated in manuscript: "Corrected by William Stukeley, with addition of the Roman roads, stations, camps, &c." With Stukeley's annotations throughout. Front pastedown bears a map, part printed, part manuscript, showing the distances from Stukeley's home in Grantham. With additional manuscript "Map of the North Level &c." Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked. Has bound with it: Moll, Herman. A set of thirty six new and correct maps of Scotland divided into its shires, &c. (1725).
  • Subject Terms

    England -- Description and travel. |
    England -- Maps. |
    Roads -- England -- Maps. |
    Roads -- Wales -- Maps. |
    Stukeley, William, d 1687–1765 -- Ms. notes. |
    Wales -- Description and travel. |
    Wales -- Maps.

  • Form/Genre

    Annotations. | Atlases. | Manuscript maps. | Road maps.

  • Contributors

    Bowles, John, 1701–1779 | Bowles, Thomas, -1767 | Stukeley, William, 1687–1765

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Making History - Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-02-02 - 2012-05-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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