The English atlas ... , MDCLXXX-MDCLXXXIII [1680-1683]
- Title(s):
- The English atlas ... : with a general introduction to geography, and a large index, containing the longitudes and latitudes of all the particular places, thereby directing the reader to find them readily in the several maps.
- Published/Created:
- Oxford : Printed at the Theater, for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Pauls-Church-Yard, London, MDCLXXX-MDCLXXXIII [1680-1683]
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas (4 volumes) : maps, portraits ; 62 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2024 14Yale 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/3460712
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Notes:
- BEIN: Imperfect: maps 43 and 46 of v.3; and 34 of v.4 wanting; 2 copies of map 36 of v.2 inserted.
Originally offered to subscribers as prospective work in 11 volumes of which only four were published.
Name of each volume appears included as part of the title.
Vignette on title page. Engraved head and tail pieces on initial letters.
"He the said Moses Pitt having the advantage of making use of the divers plates already grav'd, but more especially of those of Janssons Atlas..."--The proposals for printing the English Atlas, volume 1.
"Bishop William Nicholson and Richard Peers were generally responsible for the geographical and historical descriptions but Thomas Lane, Obadiah Walker and Dr. Todd, compiled the first volume."--Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Madan, F. Oxford books 3253 (volume 1)
English short title catalogue, R2546
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 2831
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 7785
BAC Folio B 2024 14: Maps are uncolored. Bound in contemporary sprinkled calf. - Subject Terms:
- Europe, Northern -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.Europe, Northern -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
World atlases. - Export:
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- Contents (from title pages): v. 1. Containing a description of the places next the North Pole, as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and their several dependencies
- v. 2. Containing a description of part of the empire of Germany, viz. the upper and lower Saxony, Mecklenburg, Bremen, Magdeburg, &c., Brandenburg and Misnia, the Palatinate of the Rhine, and the Kingdom of Bohemia / by William Nicolson
- v. 3. Containing a description of the remaining part of the empire of Germany, viz. Schwaben, the palatinate of Bavaria, Arch-Dukedom of Austria, Kingdom of Hungary, Principality of Transylvania, the Circle of Westphalia, with the neighboring provinces / by William Nicolson
- v. 4. The description of the seventeen provinces of the Low-Countries, or Netherlands / by Richard Peers.
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