BADESLADE, T & TOMS, W. H - Chorographia Britanniae - Hand Colour Copy - c1742
CGS0238 .jpeg) Click image to enlarge .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) .jpeg) Chorographia Britanniae. Or A Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales: to which are prefix'd the following general Maps. I....Chart of the Sea Coast...2.. by Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms. DESCRIPTION: London, Sold by C Hitch and W H Toms, [1742]. Small Octavo (170 x 110 mm.), Engraved double page title, engraved double page dedication and 53 double page maps and tables, comprising 7 tables, 6 general maps of England and Wales, 40 double page county maps, engraved throughout and with contemporary wash colour [as issued], all mounted on guards, bound in contemporary calf, sides with gilt fillet borders, spine gilt ruled with raised bands and red label. . FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE, from 1742 or shortly after with note at foot of title page 'Bound and coloured 12/-' This is no-doubt the original binding quite well preserved. An attractive pocket atlas, the first of its kind for the English counties, by the surveyor, Thomas Badeslade, engraved by W H Toms. With the bookplate and crest plate of Sir George Howard [1718-1796], eminent British Field Marshall of several Battles, both domestic and foreign. He may well have taken this atlas with him in 1746 during his ruthless suppression of the Scottish Rebellion; he would later become Governor of Minorca SIZE: 165 x 105mm CONDITION: External: The binding is rubbed and cracked at joints but holding fine on chords. £945.00 Have a Question?You need to be Signed In to ask questions. |