Chorographia Britanniae,
or a Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales: to which is prefix'd the following general maps, viz.
[London],
Printed for and Sold by W.H. Toms, Engraver in Union Court, near Hatton Garden, Holborn,
1742
4to, First edition (250 by 270mm), title, forty-six engraved maps, (of which 42 are county maps), all with fine original full-wash colour, five engraved tables, original calf, gilt fillet border, spine in six compartments gilt.
2500
notes:
Fine example of Badeslade's 'Chorographia Britaniae'.
Badesdale's fine county atlas of England and Wales. The atlas contains forty-two engraved maps of the counties, and four of England and Wales, together with the five engraved tables detailing high roads, cross roads, and principal towns.
"The atlas was perhaps one of the two or three of the best-selling county atlases to be published before Cary's New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787. It w...
Badesdale's fine county atlas of England and Wales. The atlas contains forty-two engraved maps of the counties, and four of England and Wales, together with the five engraved tables detailing high roads, cross roads, and principal towns.
"The atlas was perhaps one of the two or three of the best-selling county atlases to be published before Cary's New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787. It w...
bibliography:
Chubb CLXX; Hodson 188.
provenance:
A delineation of the strata around Scarborough
Lea’s edition of Saxton’s map of Norfolk
A London View
Clean up your act
Smith’s rare geological survey of Sussex
Hollar’s view of Oxford
Pall Mall and St James’s palace
Rare survey of Sandwich in Kent
Lincolnshire – Bryant’s large scale map of Lincolnshire
Bowen’s map of Sussex from his large English Atlas
The Arabian Sea
Greenwood’s large-scale map of Northumberland
London from Islington
Ships on the Thames
London Geology
London after the fire
Rare separately issued map of England and Wales
The final Frost Fair 

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