Moll, Herman, -1732, A set of fifty new and correct maps of England and Wales, &c. , 1724
- 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 ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 7Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3439275
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- 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:
- Atlases.
Road maps.
Annotations.
Manuscript maps. - Export:
- XML
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