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Lothian's County Atlas of Scotland.
Edinburgh:
J. Lothian, Glasgow: Jackson & Cowan; London: J. Duncan,
1826 -1829.
4to (290 by 225mm) 2 parts in one volume, engraved title, frontispiece (dated 1829), and 33 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, second part, engraved title and engraved maps numbered 34-41 (one map incorrectly numbered 37 instead of 36), hand-coloured in outline, late 19th century half calf, a few marginal tears to text, a little light dust-soiling.
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notes:
The first edition was published in 1826-27, with the title dated 1826 and the maps dated 1827. The second edition - the present work - was published in 1829, and this edition included for the first time the eight historical maps, preceded by its own engraved title: "Lothian's Historical Atlas of Scotland" dated 1829.
John Lothian was an Edinburgh geographer and publisher who issued atlases of Scotland and its counties from 1825 to 1835, a General Atlas in 1834, a...
John Lothian was an Edinburgh geographer and publisher who issued atlases of Scotland and its counties from 1825 to 1835, a General Atlas in 1834, a...
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NLS EMS.b.2.7
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