The large English atlas, or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales : drawn from the several surveys which have been hitherto published, with three general maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from the latest and best authorities ... : laid down on a large scale, and containing all the cities, towns, villages, and churches, whether rectories or vicarages, chapels, many noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, &c. &c. : each map is illustrated with a general description of the county, its cities, borough and market towns, the number of members returned to parliament, of parishes, houses, acres of land &c. : and historical extracts relative to the trade, manufactures, and government of the cities and principal towns, and the present state of the inhabitants, &c. / by Emanuel Bowen, ... Thomas Kitchen, and others.

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Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, The large English atlas, or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales , MDCCLXVII [1767]

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Creator:: Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767
Title(s):: The large English atlas, or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales : drawn from the several surveys which have been hitherto published, with three general maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from the latest and best authorities ... : laid down on a large scale, and containing all the cities, towns, villages, and churches, whether rectories or vicarages, chapels, many noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, &c. &c. : each map is illustrated with a general description of the county, its cities, borough and market towns, the number of members returned to parliament, of parishes, houses, acres of land &c. : and historical extracts relative to the trade, manufactures, and government of the cities and principal towns, and the present state of the inhabitants, &c. / by Emanuel Bowen, ... Thomas Kitchen, and others.
Published/Created:: London : Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, map and print seller, at no. 69 in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXVII [1767]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([1] leaf, [94] leaves of plates) : 47 maps ; 56 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2024 34
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3264257
Classification:: Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:: Scales differ.
Notes:: The map of Middlesex is engraved by Richard William Seale; Ireland, by J. Bayly.
Title-page printed in red and black.
Maps show ornate title and dedication cartouches, roads, rivers, and places, with notes about the county.
London meridian.
Relief shown pictorially.
English short title catalogue, T216436
BAC Folio B 2024 34: Includes an engraved table of distances by Daniel Paterson, inserted after title leaf. Maps are uncolored. Bound in contemporary half calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:: Atlases -- Great Britain.
England -- Description and travel -- Maps.
England -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Ireland -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Wales -- Description and travel -- Maps.
Wales -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Contributors:: Kitchin, Thomas, 1719–1784, cartographer.
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793, publisher.
Seale, Richard William, engraver.
Bayly, J., engraver.
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