Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sampson, George Vaughan
Title:
A memoir, explanatory of the chart and survey of the county of London-Derry, Ireland / by the Rev. George Vaughan Sampson.
Published / Created:
London : G. & W. Nicol, 1814.
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 359 p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frotispiece aquatint and map engraved by James Ford. Other engraved plates by Henry Brocas. Wood-engraved illustrations are unsigned.
Contents:
Historical introduction -- Geographical state and circumstances -- Civil and ecclesiastical boundares and description, towns, villages, public institutions -- Commerce, Manufactures, Agriculture -- Druidical and other pagan monuments, antiquites. Questions proposed. Replies. Conclusion.
Subject Terms:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland : County) -- History. | Agriculture -- Ireland -- Londonderry (County) | G. & W. Nicol -- Publisher. | W. Bulmer and Co. -- Printer. | Heygate, Arthur Conolly Gage -- Bookplate. | Heygate, Frances Evelyn Rowley Harvey -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Subscribers' lists. | Armorial Bookplates (Provenance) | Aquatints -- 1814. | Wood engravings -- 1814. | Engravings -- 1814.
Contributors:
Brocas, Henry, 1762–1837, engraver. | Ford, James, active 1778–1812, engraver.