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A new parish atlas of Ayrshire.
Beith,
Robert Aitken,
1829
Folio, lithographed title, list of subscribers, dedication, coloured map of Ayrshire, 12 double-page maps, hand-coloured in outline, double page table of distances, green half calf gilt, also with 'Proposals for Publishing an Ayrshire Atlas' on one sheet, all laid down on linen, green half calf, over green boards, lettered in gilt to upper cover.
12015
notes:
Rare atlas of Ayrshire.
The 'proposal' for potential subscribers at the beginning of the work gives details of the layout of the atlas, together the information that each map will show:
"Each map will contain the names of every House within the Parish - the whole Roads, Turnpike, Parochial, and Private - and the Rivers and Streams. Each Map will contain the names of the principal Heritors, and sundry Statistical and Historical Notices".
Ai...
The 'proposal' for potential subscribers at the beginning of the work gives details of the layout of the atlas, together the information that each map will show:
"Each map will contain the names of every House within the Parish - the whole Roads, Turnpike, Parochial, and Private - and the Rivers and Streams. Each Map will contain the names of the principal Heritors, and sundry Statistical and Historical Notices".
Ai...
bibliography:
The New Statistical Account of Scotland, (Blackwood, 1845).
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