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Subject Terms Atlases, British -- Early works to 1800.

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1. Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographicall descriptions of the fabricke and figure of the world / lately rectified in diuers places, as also beutified and enlarged with new mapps and tables by the studious industrie of Iodocus Hondy ; englished by W.S. generosus & regin. Oxoniae.

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Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Date:
1637
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([22], 56, 55-56, [2], 401, [1], 409-599, 520-566, 649-930, [32] pages, 5 leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Chorographia Britanniae, or, A set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales : ... with the particular map of each county is an account of all the cities, boroughs, market towns, parishes, and rivers therein, the number of members it sends to Parliament, the market and fair days, and in those of Oxford and Cambridge are the names of all the colleges and halls in both universities, with the dates of their foundations : to the whole is added an alphabetical index of all the cities, boroughs, & market towns, properly distinguish'd from each other, and in what county they are situate : this collection ... was first drawn and compiled into a pocket book, by order and for the use of His late Majesty King George I / by Thomas Badeslade, surveyor and engineer, and now neatly engraved by Will. Henry Toms.

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Creator:
Badeslade, Thomas
Date:
1742
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([53] leaves) : 46 col. maps ; 25 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Historia mundi, or, Mercator's atlas : containing his cosmographicall description of the fabricke and figure of the world / lately rectified in divers places, as also beautified and enlarged with new mappes and tables by the studious industry of Iudocus Hondy ; Englished by W.S. generosus, & Coll. Regin. Oxoniae.

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Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Date:
1635
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([22], 401, [1], 409-599, 520-566, 649-930, [32] pages, 2 leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps (1 folded) ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts