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Map representing Great Britain. Shows political boundaries, cities, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale given in English miles. With ancillary map: [Shetland and Orkney Islands]. Colored lithograph. Map is 34 x 27 cm, on sheet 37 x 30 cm., Stanford’s London atlas of universal geography “Whitehall” edition. Bound in boards covered with blue fabric. With gilt title on front cover and spine. Published in London by Edward Stanford, Ltd., in 1926. In total, this world atlas includes 63 maps. Maps show political boundaries, cities, topography, railways, submarine telegraph cables, drainage, coastlines, peak heights, and islands. Includes a table of contents preceding the maps, and a 98-page index following the maps, which lists principal mountains, rivers, capes, bays, islands, towns and villages, all with coordinate points. The Stanford map-making company had been active in London since 1854. After the death of John Arrowsmith in 1873, his stock, plates and copyright were purchased by Edward Stanford Sr., another London map publisher, in July 1874. Stanford, now owner of the Arrowsmith copyright, followed his illustrious predecessor John Arrowsmith with an updated version of the atlas, which he named Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography, in 1887. This updated version included plates by both Arrowsmith and Stanford. Stanford, like Arrowsmith, also sold loose maps, which he updated from time to time. The atlas continued to be published into the second decade of the twentieth century, as in this “Whitehall” edition. In addition to this printing, The David Rumsey Map Collection houses the 1882 (Pub List No. 14081.000), 1887 (14053.000), 1901 (5075.000), and 1904 (0949.000 ) editions of this atlas. Historical notes courtesy Dorothy Prescott: Arrowsmith's Australian Maps, last accessed February 6, 2024: https://www.asmp.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/E000144b.htm

Counties labeled by number with accompanying chart and in full color., Full color copy of the first atlas made in the United States to employ standard color on the maps; while the Carey 1795 American Atlas and the Carey 1811 General Atlas list color as an option on the title page, we have never seen any copies of a pre 1814 Carey atlas with original color - they may exist, but would be rare - color was first employed as standard in this 1814 edition - all copies that we have seen have been colored. The 1814 edition is almost entirely new, with most of the maps reengraved. The 1804 edition before this was essentially the same as the 1795 first edition. This 1815 edition changes two maps from the 1814 edition: North Carolina and the Russian Empire. The preface remains dated March 17th, 1814, the same as the 1814 edition preface. This 1815 edition should probably be called the 2.5 edition even though Carey does not label it as such, because Carey calls the 1818 edition the third edition and we call the 1814 edition the 2.0 edition. The Map of the United States is an updated copy of the U.S. map engraved by Henry Tanner that appeared in the first edition of Melish's Travels In the United States, published in 1812. A second Map of the United States of America by H.S. Tanner is tipped in after the standard U.S. map. It is from Tanner's 1812 College Atlas (see our 12139.009). Bound in quarter leather, brown paper covered boards. From Ruderman description: "An Extraordinary Full Original Color / Extra-Illustrated Example With An Important American Provenance The First Atlas in the United States With Standard Color on the Maps With Important Maps of the West (Including Texas) Beginning in 1814, Mathew Carey introduced several significant innovations to Carey's General Atlas. These included a new set of plates, replacing those in use since 1794-'96 in his American Atlas, General Atlas for Gutherie's Geography, and General Atlas. In addition, for the first time in America, Carey offered the atlas in original outline color, making it one of the earliest American color plate books and the first American Atlas to employ hand coloring. The present example, unlike the standard outline color, is offered here in full original wash color. This is only the second complete example of the atlas we have seen in full original color. In addition, the present example includes an extra map, A Map of the United States by H.S. Tanner, which was likely first issued in about 1822 or 1823 and intended to be folded into William Darby’s Universal Gazetteer, although the present example shows no signs of having been folded into another book. The present example bears an imprint date of 1815, which is also extremely rare. The maps in Carey's General Atlas represented a significant step forward in American cartographic content. Of particular note here is the map of the Missouri Territory, which incorporates recent information from Lewis & Clark (see below). Interestingly, this atlas was published 1814, the same year as the first edition of the official History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark (Philadelphia, 1814), with its famous and influential map of Western America. In fact, Matthew Carey had published Patrick Gass's journal, the first book length work stemming from the Lewis & Clark expedition, in 1810: Carey's interest in geography and exploration ran deep and helped shape both his own writing as well as the titles he published. Significant in Carey's connection to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was his publication of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1794)... containing a "Map of Virginia" by Samuel Lewis...Carey also hired Samuel Lewis, a skilled cartographer who later redrew William Clark's map of the American West... - The Literature of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, page 98. Carey is also considered America's first commercial publisher. In the lower margin of the first page of Carey's Prefatory Remarks is printed: (Price Fifteen Dollars), a princely sum in 1814 for an atlas or any book! Rumsey (4577) says of the 1814 edition of Carey's General Atlas: The first atlas made in the United States to employ standard color on the maps; while the Carey 1795 American Atlas and the Carey 1811 General Atlas list color as an option on the title page, we have never seen any copies of a pre 1814 Carey atlas with original color - they may exist, but would be rare - color was first employed as standard in this 1814 edition - all copies that we have seen have been colored. This edition is almost entirely new, with most of the maps reengraved. The 1804 edition before this was essentially the same as the 1795 first edition. The preface is dated March 17th, 1814. This edition should probably be called the second edition even though Carey does not label it as such, because Carey calls the 1818 edition the third edition. The Map of the United States is an updated copy of the U.S. map engraved by Henry Tanner that appeared in the first edition of Melish's Travels In the United States, published in 1812. This issue is late 1814. See our early 1814 for differences. Bound in quarter leather, brown paper covered boards. Likely Used by Fur Traders This 1814 Carey's General Atlas is among the small group of maps and atlases that Alson J. Smith has suggested were likely used by the fur traders and mountain men in their early western explorations in the West during the 1820s: Other maps of the day which the young partners [i.e. General Ashley, Jedidiah Smith, David Jackson, and William L. Sublette] may have had spread out before them on a rude table in a tent (Jedidiah Smith usually carried one) or an Indian lodge, with the drunken revelry of the rendezvous sounding about them, were M. Carey's General Atlas, Philadelphia, 1814 - Alson J. Smith, Men Against the Mountains, page 46. Samuel Lewis's map of Missouri Territory Formerly Louisiana - Freshly Influenced by Lewis and Clark: Lewis and Clark influence is apparent on the Upper Missouri and also along the Columbia. Missouri Territory extends west to the Pacific Coast, its probable northern and southern boundaries being shown by colored dotted lines. The northern line runs easterly from Mr. Rainier and includes most of the Columbia watershed, thence north of the Missouri drainage and including that of the Assiniboin (with its large lake), thence east to Lake of the Woods and south to the head of the Mississippi, which then forms the eastern boundary. The southern line leaves the coast just north of F. S. Francisco (whose Bay is not shown), thence easterly and slightly north of the headwaters of the Rio Grande, following south along the ridge east of that stream, southeast to the head of the Colorado (of Texas) and down that stream to the Gulf of Mexico at St. Bernardo B. The State of Louisiana (admitted 1812) appears near the north of the Mississippi - Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West 315. Mexico or New Spain (including Texas) Matthew Carey's double-page engraved map of Mexico includes Texas and New Mexico, and it is among the first regional maps of the Southwest and Mexico to be published in an American atlas. Published in the midst of Mexico's War of Independence (1809-1821), the map appears at a fascinating time in Mexico's history. Of note is that vast portion of Northern Texas, which is left blank, extending nearly to the Rio Grande River. As described below, this is almost certainly a direct result of the then raging political question over whether the United States had acquired Texas as part of the Louisiana Purchase (discussed below), in addition to the paucity of information available to mapmakers for a region which is here so conspicuously blank. Carey's map reflects the information from Alexander von Humboldt's seminal map of Mexico but pre-dates Pike's explorations. The map extends north to show Lake Timpanogos and covers most of Colorado and New Mexico, as well as providing details in Texas, including the naming of Bejax, Cibola, Provincia, S Josef, Nuestra Sra del Rosario, Galveston Bay, and the name Texas itself. The details along the Rio Grande and in Southern Arizona is also excellent. Historical Context of Carey's Mexico Map Carey's map was produced at time when the question of ownership of what would become Texas and New Mexico were still very much in dispute. In 1803 the United States acquired Louisiana from Napoleon Bonaparte, with the understanding that the purchase covered all territory ceded by France to Spain in 1762 and then back to France in 1800. As the line between France and Spain in the New World had never been clearly established, Thomas Jefferson's administration seized the opportunity to make the most of its claim to a vast, uninhibited, and largely unexplored land. Jefferson's vision is clearly reflected in the exploratory expeditions commissioned in the years immediately following the Louisiana Purchase. Within a few years of the purchase, Jefferson had authorized 4 expeditions to explore the newly acquired Territory. While the Lewis & Clark Expedition focused on the Northwestern portions the United States, the remaining 3 expeditions, The Dunbar Expedition (1804-1805), the Pike Expedition (1806-1807), and Red River (or Freeman-Custis) Expedition (1806) were all focused on lands that were the subject of competing Spanish claims, provoking diplomatic incidents as a result of American incursions into the disputed territory. While Jefferson's agents were busy testing the elastic boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase, the Spaniards were not idle. Wary of their new neighbor and fearful for their vulnerable possessions in Texas and New Mexico, Spanish officials in New Orleans and beyond hastened to establish their line of demarcation. The matter became even more complex when in December of 1803, the French Prefect of Louisiana, Pierre Clement de Laussat, declared that the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase lay at the Rio Grande. In 1806, a military agreement was entered into between General James Wilkinson of the United States Army and General Simon Herrera of the Spanish forces, making the country between the Arroyo Hondo and the Sabine River temporarily neutral ground, over which neither the United States nor Spain should exercise political jurisdiction. The agreement was generally observed by both countries; the United States took possession of territory as far west as Natchitoches, while Spain maintained a small garrison at its eastern outpost, Nacogdoches. President Jefferson was convinced as early as 1804 that the territory included in the Louisiana Purchase extended to the Rio Grande. His insistence upon this and his efforts to promote the exploration of the western territory (to some of which Spain claimed unquestionable right), and the border dispute in the Sabine-Red River region, temporarily settled by the Wilkinson-Herrera agreement, brought the United States and Spain near to hostilities. Following a royal order issued in May 1805, Jose de Iturrigaray, the viceroy of New Spain, in January 1806, named Fray Melchior de Talamantes chief of an historical commission created to ascertain from all available sources the true boundaries of the provinces of Texas and Louisiana, before the latter was ceded to Spain in 1762. However, the arrest and deposition of Iturrigaray and the subsequent arrest of Talamantes for his separatist views by the Audiencia of Mexico in September 1808, interrupted the work of this commission. The following month, the Viceroy ad interim, Pedro de Garibay, appointed Fray Doctor Jose Antonio Pichardo (1748-1812), of the congregation of the Oratory of San Felipe Neri, to determine the historic limits of Louisiana and Texas. Over the next four years, Pichardo compiled a monumental defense of Spain's traditional Louisiana boundary with France. Pichardo's treatise was constructed as an argumentative historical treatise, intended to survey and describe "the true limits of the provinces of Louisiana and Texas." The purpose of the Treatise was to respond to and to disprove the claim of the United States that Texas was included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. To augment his final report, Father Pichardo then created an elaborate new map, using only the most trustworthy sources--primarily the maps of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, a celebrated French geographer whom he regarded very highly, which he augmented with manuscript maps in the Spanish archives. Finally, the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 resolved the land ownership dispute by conceding the validity of Spain's Claims to Texas and the lands east of the Rio Grande, in exchange for Spain's abandonment of its historical claims to Oregon and Florida. North America According to Wheat the North America map is based on much earlier work (compared to the aforementioned Missouri Territory map); he points to its many striking geographic affinities to the North America maps by Tanner (1812) and Lucas (1812). The map includes nice pre-Lewis & Clark information in the Transmississippi West. The "Columbia or River of the West" flows to the R. Oregan, a vestige from the first half of the 18th Century, with a short portage over to a tributary of the Upper Mississippi River. A wide open, convenient passage through the Rocky Mountains accommodates this unusual feature. Apacheria is shown, along with the Pimas, Yuma and other Indian Tribes. On the West Coast, most of the major California harbors are shown, including San Pedro. The Rocky Mountains are still largely unknown south of the Canadian Border. A number of Indian Tribes located. The Northwest Coast reflects the recent discoveries of Vancouver and La Perouse. Decorative swash letter title. Illustrates the still naïve engraving style of American mapmakers in the early 19th Century. One of the most interesting atlas maps of North America from this period. Early American Map Showing Capt. Cook's Discoveries in the Pacific Carey's map of Cook's Discoveries in the Pacific and Hearn's discoveries west of the Hudson, in search of the Arctic Sea, represents one of the earliest appearances of Cook in a map published in America. Excellent conjectural NW Coast of America, predating Vancouver's voyage. Sandwich Islands are shown. Cook's route in each of the years is shown, as is Hearn's trek to the Arctic Sea. Summary In sum, a cornerstone American atlas issued at a critical moment in western borderlands history, by America's first commercial publisher. Provenance: Dr. Thomas Chalkey James (1766 - 1835) The atlas is from the original contents of Dawesfield, Lewis Lane, Ambler, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - an iconic American farmhouse built by Abraham Dawes and by descent through generations of the female line. It served as the Revolutionary Headquarters of General George Washington from 20th October until 2nd November, 1777. The book is from the personal library of Dr. Thomas Chalkey James (1766 - 1835) (signature on front pastedown) who was married to Hannah née Morris. Dr James was a Philadelphia physician and joined the staff of Pennsylvania hospital. In 1810 he was elected professor of midwifery at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr James was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the librarian of the College of Physicians and a founder of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Adams, April 1, 2024 (including approximately 80 lots from Dawesfield House, of which 28 lots were from the Library of Thomas Chalkey James. Rarity The 1815 edition is extremely rare. ", P722, 1372.

Map representing the southern part of Great Britain. Shows political boundaries, cities, railways, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, peak heights, and islands. Includes a legend, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale given in English miles. Colored lithograph. Map is 27 x 34 cm, on sheet 30 x 37 cm., Stanford’s London atlas of universal geography “Whitehall” edition. Bound in boards covered with blue fabric. With gilt title on front cover and spine. Published in London by Edward Stanford, Ltd., in 1926. In total, this world atlas includes 63 maps. Maps show political boundaries, cities, topography, railways, submarine telegraph cables, drainage, coastlines, peak heights, and islands. Includes a table of contents preceding the maps, and a 98-page index following the maps, which lists principal mountains, rivers, capes, bays, islands, towns and villages, all with coordinate points. The Stanford map-making company had been active in London since 1854. After the death of John Arrowsmith in 1873, his stock, plates and copyright were purchased by Edward Stanford Sr., another London map publisher, in July 1874. Stanford, now owner of the Arrowsmith copyright, followed his illustrious predecessor John Arrowsmith with an updated version of the atlas, which he named Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography, in 1887. This updated version included plates by both Arrowsmith and Stanford. Stanford, like Arrowsmith, also sold loose maps, which he updated from time to time. The atlas continued to be published into the second decade of the twentieth century, as in this “Whitehall” edition. In addition to this printing, The David Rumsey Map Collection houses the 1882 (Pub List No. 14081.000), 1887 (14053.000), 1901 (5075.000), and 1904 (0949.000 ) editions of this atlas. Historical notes courtesy Dorothy Prescott: Arrowsmith's Australian Maps, last accessed February 6, 2024: https://www.asmp.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/E000144b.htm

Physical and political map of England and Wales. Showing regions, cities, railroads, roads and waterways. Relief shown by gradient tints, contours and spot heights. Depth shown by bathymetric tints, isolines and soundings., First edition of the Atlas Mira (Atlas of the World) was published in 1954. Prepared under the cooperative editorship of A. N. Baranov; V. N. Lysiuk, S. I. Shurov and Sioviet Union. Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography; et al. A second edition of Atlas Mira was published also in English as "The World Atlas" in 1967, Pub list #: 1603.000, with fewer maps of the USSR. First edition published in 1954, it provides complete picture of Earth's hydrography, physical, political and administrative division, settlements, transport and communication. The atlas is divided into 4 main parts: 1- World maps. 2- Maps of the USSR. 3- Maps of the continents. 4- Maps of the Polar regions and Oceans. On the first page of the atlas is a vignette with a world map inside a five-pointed star, depicting the Soviet Union. On reverse of title Page “Издан по постановлению Совета Министров СССР" = Published by decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The atlas consists of pages of editorial board, preface, table of contents and key to map symbols, with a duplicate sheet, and 283 maps in attractive full color with tints for elevation and sea depth values, most double page with title page and key map and notes. Showing political and administrative boundaries, capitals, major cities, regions, railways, major airports, air routes, submarine communication cables, shipping and exploration routes, distances, canals, rivers, lakes and forests. Bound in the embossed coat of arms of the USSR on the cover, and the title embossed in gold on the cover and on spine.

Physical and political map of Great Britain and Ireland. Relief shown by gradient tints, contours and spot heights. Depth shown by bathymetric tints, isolines and soundings., First edition of the Atlas Mira (Atlas of the World) was published in 1954. Prepared under the cooperative editorship of A. N. Baranov; V. N. Lysiuk, S. I. Shurov and Sioviet Union. Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography; et al. A second edition of Atlas Mira was published also in English as "The World Atlas" in 1967, Pub list #: 1603.000, with fewer maps of the USSR. First edition published in 1954, it provides complete picture of Earth's hydrography, physical, political and administrative division, settlements, transport and communication. The atlas is divided into 4 main parts: 1- World maps. 2- Maps of the USSR. 3- Maps of the continents. 4- Maps of the Polar regions and Oceans. On the first page of the atlas is a vignette with a world map inside a five-pointed star, depicting the Soviet Union. On reverse of title Page “Издан по постановлению Совета Министров СССР" = Published by decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The atlas consists of pages of editorial board, preface, table of contents and key to map symbols, with a duplicate sheet, and 283 maps in attractive full color with tints for elevation and sea depth values, most double page with title page and key map and notes. Showing political and administrative boundaries, capitals, major cities, regions, railways, major airports, air routes, submarine communication cables, shipping and exploration routes, distances, canals, rivers, lakes and forests. Bound in the embossed coat of arms of the USSR on the cover, and the title embossed in gold on the cover and on spine.

"This is the first edition with the name of Henricus Hondius on the title page. The Latin Atlas is enlarged with the same six new maps of French provinces as appeared in the 1619 French edition (1:113): (49) Saintonge, (54) Picardie, (55) Champagne, (56) Beauvais, (60) Bourbonnais, and (62) ~ercy. As in the 1619 French edition the 1585 Mercator map of France (map 46) is replaced by a 'new' one: Jodocus Hondius map of 1600, some copies of the 1623 edition have a later state of this map with the date altered to 1622. Mercator's map of Bohemia (map 106) is replaced by Blaeu's map of the same region." (Van der Krogt 1:105). This copy has unusually fine color. It was long held in a collection in Germany., Koeman Me 27A; van der Krogt 1:105

"This is the first edition with the name of Henricus Hondius on the title page. The Latin Atlas is enlarged with the same six new maps of French provinces as appeared in the 1619 French edition (1:113): (49) Saintonge, (54) Picardie, (55) Champagne, (56) Beauvais, (60) Bourbonnais, and (62) ~ercy. As in the 1619 French edition the 1585 Mercator map of France (map 46) is replaced by a 'new' one: Jodocus Hondius map of 1600, some copies of the 1623 edition have a later state of this map with the date altered to 1622. Mercator's map of Bohemia (map 106) is replaced by Blaeu's map of the same region." (Van der Krogt 1:105). This copy has unusually fine color. It was long held in a collection in Germany., Koeman Me 27A; van der Krogt 1:105

Map representing England and Wales. Shows counties, cities, railways, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Includes a legend, table of geological groups, lines of navigation, and latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as bar scales given in geographical and English miles. Hand-colored engraving. Map is 63 x 50 cm, on double sheet 68 x 56 cm., The London atlas of universal geography. Bound in black leather with gilt title, border, and spine title. Published by John Arrowsmith in London, 1858. In total, atlas includes 121 maps. Maps feature political boundaries, topography, cities, railways, roads, bodies of water, drainage, shorelines, coastlines, and islands. Printed primarily as hand-colored engravings, with two maps in black and white. All but one of the maps in this atlas were published by John Arrowsmith. The map of Mauritius was engraved in Edinburgh by W.H. Lizars. It is quite rare, and may be a unique survival. Examples of The London atlas of universal geography with a title page dated after 1842 are extremely rare. Most later examples have a title page date of 1842, with a list of 50 maps, often supplemented by additional maps. The Arrowsmiths were a cartographic dynasty which operated from the late-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. The family business was founded by Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823), who was renowned for carefully prepared and meticulously updated maps, globes, and charts. He created many maps that covered multiple sheets and which were massive in total size. His spare yet exacting style was recognized around the world and mapmakers from other countries, especially the young country of the United States, sought his maps and charts as exemplars for their own work. Aaron Arrowsmith was born in County Durham in 1750. He came to London for work around 1770, where he found employment as a surveyor for the city’s mapmakers. By 1790, he had set up his own shop which specialized in general charts. Arrowsmith worked in five locations during his career, which were primarily located on or near Soho Square, a neighborhood which included the naturalist Joseph Banks, and hydrographer Matthew Flinders. Through his business ties and employment at the Hydrographic Office, Arrowsmith made other important relationships with Alexander Dalrymple, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and others entities. In 1810 he became Hydrographer to the Prince of Wales and, in 1820, Hydrographer to the King. Aaron Arrowsmith died in 1823, whereby the business and title of Hydrographer to the King passed to his sons, Aaron and Samuel, and later to his nephew, John Aaron Jr. (1802-1854), who was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). Samuel and John Aaron Jr. worked as partners in the business and they traded together until John Aaron Jr. left the family business in 1832 and enrolled at Oxford to become a minister. Samuel died at age 34 in 1839; his brother presided over his funeral. The remaining stock and copper plates were bought at auction by John Arrowsmith, their cousin. John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) operated his own independent business after his uncle passed away. After 1839, John moved into the Soho location of his uncle and cousins. John enjoyed considerable recognition in the geography and exploration community, and carried the title Hydrographer to Queen Victoria. Like Aaron Jr., John was a founding member of the RGS and would serve as its unofficial cartographer for 43 years. Several geographical features in Australia and Canada are named after him. He died in 1873 and the majority of his stock was eventually bought by Edward Stanford, who co-founded Stanford’s map shop, which is still open today in Covent Garden, London. ⁃ Historical notes courtesy Barry Lawrence Ruderman

"One of the Most Important Books in Human History. First Edition in German. The famous Nuremberg Chronicle, a history of the world, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. The text is a year-by-year account of notable events in world history from the creation down to the year of publication. It is a mixture of fact and fantasy, recording events like the invention of printing, but also repeating stories from Herodotus. Even the world map is decorated with strange beings from the far reaches, including a cyclops and a four-eyed man. 645 woodcuts were used to illustrate the Chronicle, but many were used more than once, so there are a total of 1,809 illustrations, making it the most extensively illustrated book of the fifteenth century. The wood-cutters were Michael Wolgemut, his stepson, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop. As Albrecht Dürer was the godson of Koberger and was apprenticed to Wolgemut from 1486 to 1489, it is likely that he was involved in the work. The immense importance of the Nuremberg Chronicle, with respect to history, geography, and topography, cannot be overemphasized. It is often quoted as being the most important book ever printed. Two of the illustrations are maps that typify the range of old traditions and new information of the text itself. The world map is of Ptolemaic configurations, although without Ptolemy's scientific apparatus of latitudes, longitudes, scales, rich nomenclature, etc. The border contains twelve dour wind heads while the map is supported in three of its corners by the solemn figures of Ham, Shem, and Japhet taken from the Old Testament. What gives the map its present-day interest and attraction are the panels representing the outlandish creatures and beings that were thought to inhabit the further most parts of the earth. There are seven such scenes to the left of the map and a further fourteen on its reverse. Pliny, Pomponius Mela, Solinus and Herodotus' Fables have been the sources for many of these mythological creatures, others were doubtless born of medieval travelers' tales. Among the scenes are a six-armed man, possibly based on glimpses of a file of Hindu dancers so aligned that the front figure appears to have multiple arms, a six-fingered man, a centaur, a four-eyed man from a coastal tribe in Ethiopia, a dog-headed man from the Simien Mountains, a cyclops, one of the men whose heads grow beneath their shoulders, one of the crook-legged men who live in the desert and slide along instead of walking, a strange hermaphrodite, a man with one giant foot only (stated by Solinus to be used as a parasol but more likely an unfortunate sufferer from elephantiasis), a man with a huge underlip (doubtless seen in Africa), a man with waist-length hanging ears, and other frightening and fanciful creatures of a world beyond. Twelve winds are named as well as major place names. The source of this map is apparently the frontispiece of Pomponius Mela's Cosmographia printed by Ratdolt at Venice in 1488. The map of Northern Europe (15.5 x 22.75 inches) was the first modern map of the area. Second printed map of the North, after the woodcut map published in the 'Ulm' Ptolemy edition of 1482/1486. The map is also deemed to be the first printed map of Germany, even if it shows a larger area, including all of Poland, Lithuania etc. The map ranges from the British Isles to Constantinople. The designer has been identified as Hieronymus Münzer (1437-1508), who trained as a physician. The Münzer map is one of the earliest to depict the Scandinavia peninsula. Nordenskold credits the map of the north in the Zamoyski Code as the prototype for this map. The source for the Central European portion is a manuscript map of 1460 of Germany by Cardinal Nicolas Cusanus (also Nicholas of Cusa), printed posthumously at Eichstätt in 1491. Early (16th to 17th century) readers' manuscript marginal notes in several hands. Binding with the coats of arms of Grafen von Schönborn-Buchheim blind-stamped on front and back cover. The "Bibliothek der Grafen von Schönborn-Buchheim" was sold at Reiss & Auvermann, Königstein im Taunus at Auktion 50, 14. April 1993. Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) was a physician, book collector, and writer whose most famous work, the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), included some of the first printed views of many cities in Europe and across the world. Schedel was born and died in Nuremberg, but he also traveled for his education. From 1456 to 1463 he lived in Leipzig, where he attended the University of Leipzig and earned his MA. From there he went to Padua, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine in 1466. After university, he worked for a time in Nördlingen and then returned to Nuremberg. In 1482 he was elected a member of the Great Council of Nuremberg." (Ruderman, 2019) The Chronicle was published in 1493. Besides this major work, one of Schedel’s most enduring legacies is his magnificent manuscript and printed book collection, one of the largest of the fifteenth century. In 1552, Schedel's grandson, Melchior Schedel, sold about 370 manuscripts and 600 printed works from Hartmann Schedel's library to Johann Jakob Fugger. Fugger later sold his library to Duke Albert V of Bavaria in 1571. This library is now mostly preserved in the Bayerische Staasbibliothek in Munich. Among the surviving portions of Schedel's library are the records for the publication of the Chronicle, including Schedel's contract with Anton Koberger for the publication of the work and the financing of the work by Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, as well as the contracts with Wohlgemut and Pleydenwurff for the original artworks and engravings. The collection also includes original manuscript copies of the work in Latin and German." (Ruderman, 2021), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich / C. von Wurzbach, t. 31 (1876), p. 130-142 . - Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels : Fürstliche Häuser, III (1955), p. 152 sq. . - Neue Deutsche Biographie, t. 23 (2007), For a full translation to English, see https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A3SXNV3NHBQLFQ8J

Map representing England and Wales. Shows political boundaries, cities, topography, railways, roads, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Includes a table of population density, sailing routes and distances, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as bar scales given in English miles and kilometers. With one inset map: The Scilly Islands. Colored lithograph. Map is 61 x 51 cm, on double sheet 70 x 56 cm., Philips' General Atlas of the World. Edited by William Hughes. Published by George Philip & Son Ltd., 1864. Bound in boards with red leather spine and corners. With gilt title on front cover and spine, as well as marbled endpapers. Includes a title page, table of contents and an extensive index. Atlas comprised of 73 maps (with 5 ancillary maps) on 39 plates. Maps represent regions of the world and show political boundaries, cities, topography, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Relief shown with hachure lines and peak heights. Maps include indigenous territories in New Zealand and parts of North America. Color lithographs. George Philip (1800-1882) was a Scottish geographer and map publisher who established the cartographic firm known as George Philip & Son. The company began in Liverpool, later opening a second location in London. The publishing house played a significant role in the production and distribution of maps, atlases, and geographical publications during the 19th and early 20th centuries. George Philip's maps were renowned for their accuracy and attention to detail. He was one of the first publishers to use lithography for map production, which allowed for mass production and the inclusion of intricate details, with maps covering various regions of the world. For the 1910 edition in the collection, see Pub List No. 15487.000.

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

Dimensions are sheet sizes., "This is the outstanding Wardington copy—and likely the most desirable copy obtainable—of Stockdale’s highly detailed maps of England, Wales, and Scotland, the only set with hand-colored maps that has appeared at auction since 1977. Precursors to the Ordnance Survey maps, the maps in our volume show even obscure hamlets, and are designed so they could theoretically be joined; if put together, that of “England and Wales” would measure 3020 x 1925 mm. (119 x 75 3/4”), and “Scotland” would measure 1830 x 2422 mm. (72 x 95 3/8”), making it the largest-scale map of Scotland before the one-inch Ordnance Survey. The third map here—showing the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia—was first published in Paris in 1784. John Stockdale (1749-1814) was a London publisher who produced a wide range of books in addition to maps, charts, and music. According to DNB, his Piccadilly bookstore was “a fashionable lounging place” for supporters of Tory Prime Minister William Pitt. This volume was probably assembled by, and was certainly bound for, Christopher Henry (“Bic”) Beaumont Pease, 2nd Lord Wardington (1924-2005). As noted in his obituary in “The Book Collector,” Wardington amassed “the most extensive and valuable collection devoted to cartography . . . assembled by an individual book collector.” All of these maps are uncommon and, when encountered, are frequently in poor condition." (Phillip Pirages, 2023)

"One of the Most Important Books in Human History. First Edition in German. The famous Nuremberg Chronicle, a history of the world, published the year that Columbus returned to Europe after discovering America. The text is a year-by-year account of notable events in world history from the creation down to the year of publication. It is a mixture of fact and fantasy, recording events like the invention of printing, but also repeating stories from Herodotus. Even the world map is decorated with strange beings from the far reaches, including a cyclops and a four-eyed man. 645 woodcuts were used to illustrate the Chronicle, but many were used more than once, so there are a total of 1,809 illustrations, making it the most extensively illustrated book of the fifteenth century. The wood-cutters were Michael Wolgemut, his stepson, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop. As Albrecht Dürer was the godson of Koberger and was apprenticed to Wolgemut from 1486 to 1489, it is likely that he was involved in the work. The immense importance of the Nuremberg Chronicle, with respect to history, geography, and topography, cannot be overemphasized. It is often quoted as being the most important book ever printed. Two of the illustrations are maps that typify the range of old traditions and new information of the text itself. The world map is of Ptolemaic configurations, although without Ptolemy's scientific apparatus of latitudes, longitudes, scales, rich nomenclature, etc. The border contains twelve dour wind heads while the map is supported in three of its corners by the solemn figures of Ham, Shem, and Japhet taken from the Old Testament. What gives the map its present-day interest and attraction are the panels representing the outlandish creatures and beings that were thought to inhabit the further most parts of the earth. There are seven such scenes to the left of the map and a further fourteen on its reverse. Pliny, Pomponius Mela, Solinus and Herodotus' Fables have been the sources for many of these mythological creatures, others were doubtless born of medieval travelers' tales. Among the scenes are a six-armed man, possibly based on glimpses of a file of Hindu dancers so aligned that the front figure appears to have multiple arms, a six-fingered man, a centaur, a four-eyed man from a coastal tribe in Ethiopia, a dog-headed man from the Simien Mountains, a cyclops, one of the men whose heads grow beneath their shoulders, one of the crook-legged men who live in the desert and slide along instead of walking, a strange hermaphrodite, a man with one giant foot only (stated by Solinus to be used as a parasol but more likely an unfortunate sufferer from elephantiasis), a man with a huge underlip (doubtless seen in Africa), a man with waist-length hanging ears, and other frightening and fanciful creatures of a world beyond. Twelve winds are named as well as major place names. The source of this map is apparently the frontispiece of Pomponius Mela's Cosmographia printed by Ratdolt at Venice in 1488. The map of Northern Europe (15.5 x 22.75 inches) was the first modern map of the area. Second printed map of the North, after the woodcut map published in the 'Ulm' Ptolemy edition of 1482/1486. The map is also deemed to be the first printed map of Germany, even if it shows a larger area, including all of Poland, Lithuania etc. The map ranges from the British Isles to Constantinople. The designer has been identified as Hieronymus Münzer (1437-1508), who trained as a physician. The Münzer map is one of the earliest to depict the Scandinavia peninsula. Nordenskold credits the map of the north in the Zamoyski Code as the prototype for this map. The source for the Central European portion is a manuscript map of 1460 of Germany by Cardinal Nicolas Cusanus (also Nicholas of Cusa), printed posthumously at Eichstätt in 1491. Early (16th to 17th century) readers' manuscript marginal notes in several hands. Binding with the coats of arms of Grafen von Schönborn-Buchheim blind-stamped on front and back cover. The "Bibliothek der Grafen von Schönborn-Buchheim" was sold at Reiss & Auvermann, Königstein im Taunus at Auktion 50, 14. April 1993. Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) was a physician, book collector, and writer whose most famous work, the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), included some of the first printed views of many cities in Europe and across the world. Schedel was born and died in Nuremberg, but he also traveled for his education. From 1456 to 1463 he lived in Leipzig, where he attended the University of Leipzig and earned his MA. From there he went to Padua, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine in 1466. After university, he worked for a time in Nördlingen and then returned to Nuremberg. In 1482 he was elected a member of the Great Council of Nuremberg." (Ruderman, 2019) The Chronicle was published in 1493. Besides this major work, one of Schedel’s most enduring legacies is his magnificent manuscript and printed book collection, one of the largest of the fifteenth century. In 1552, Schedel's grandson, Melchior Schedel, sold about 370 manuscripts and 600 printed works from Hartmann Schedel's library to Johann Jakob Fugger. Fugger later sold his library to Duke Albert V of Bavaria in 1571. This library is now mostly preserved in the Bayerische Staasbibliothek in Munich. Among the surviving portions of Schedel's library are the records for the publication of the Chronicle, including Schedel's contract with Anton Koberger for the publication of the work and the financing of the work by Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, as well as the contracts with Wohlgemut and Pleydenwurff for the original artworks and engravings. The collection also includes original manuscript copies of the work in Latin and German." (Ruderman, 2021), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich / C. von Wurzbach, t. 31 (1876), p. 130-142 . - Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels : Fürstliche Häuser, III (1955), p. 152 sq. . - Neue Deutsche Biographie, t. 23 (2007), For a full translation to English, see https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A3SXNV3NHBQLFQ8J

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"

This is one of Arrowsmith's largest scale maps, showing England and Wales in great detail. The individual sheets were sold separately by Arrowsmith. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings on some sheets. Printed in 18 numbered sections on 17 sheets. Sections 17 and 18 printed on same sheet. Includes text, diagram of longitude/­latitude grid, statistical table of county areas, and diagram of "Scales shewing the unequal shrinking of paper." (Sheet 6). 1 in. to 3 English statute miles. This is the updated edition published in 1818. This copy issued dissected on linen; also issued in atlas form (National Library of Australia copy) See our 1820 copy 6713.000 ."Mammoth map of England and Wales, prepared by England's most revered 19th Century mapmaker, Aaron Arrowsmith. First issued in 1815, the map was revised in 1816 and 1818. The map contains a grid illustrating how the lines of Longitude and Latitude were constructed from the map. At the top left, sections of Scotland and Ireland are shown in outline, to illustrate the contiguous regions which are not the subject of the map. There is also an unusual diagram entitled "Scales Shewing The Unequal Shrinking of Paper." The purpose of this diagram was to address the problem faced by makers of printed maps, that all paper shrinks as part of the process of creating and printing on paper. For example, Philippe Buache calculated that a manuscript map should be enlarged by 1/60th to account for shrinkage when the map design was transferred to a copperplate, to account for paper shrinkage. In the explanatory note, Arrowsmith writes: This Map of England and Wales is delineated according to a Scale of One Inch to Three English Statute Miles. The size of each Sheet of the Paper on which it is printed is 40 Inches by 29 Inches. The Map will require 15 whole Sheets of the above Size, and 3 Half Sheets. These when carefully pasted together, and laid on a good plain Surface, will form the Map. The Sheets are to be connected by the Lines of Latitude E. and W. and parallel to the Centre, the sides of the Squares parallel to the Meridian N. and S. The two corrected Scales A.A. and B.B. on Sheet No.6. The Scale A.A. is too large as measured E. and W. but applies correctly N. & S.; and the Scale B.B. is too small as measured N. & S. but applies correctly E. and W. For the purpose of ascertaining the Area of the several Counties, the Outlines were correctly traced, and the Fractional parts of the Square Miles on the different sides of the Outline, differently coloured: By which contrivance the Area of the whole to the Fractional part of a Square Mile shown by the subdivided parts of each County. The entire Square Miles were numbered at each Hundred, and the fractional parts of Square Miles afterwards added. The dimensions of each Sheet of Paper according to the Scale would contain 10,440, Square Statute Miles, and in the view of ascertaining whether the Area of the Map, or of its parts, might be safely inferred from the Weight of the Paper, Fifteen Sheets taken out of the Middle of a Ream, completely dry, were accurately weighed, but were found to differ as 18 to 18.5; the heaviest weighing 18 3/4 oz. Troy; the lightest 18 oz.; wherefore the Area computed according to the weight of the Paper would be liable to Error of nearly one fifth part. The map is apparently rare. OCLC locates 2 examples of the1818 (see below for a list of all states in OCLC): British Library (1815, 1816, 1818) Bibliotheque National De France (1815) National Library of Australia (1815) (bound as an atlas) National Library of Wales (1815) (bound as an atlas) University of Wales Saint David (1815) (segmented and laid on linen, 3 boxes) Incomplete Example: Stanford University / Rumsey Library (1815), lacking 6 sections) Oxford (1816) National Library of Scotland (1816) Library of Congress (1818) (segmented and laid on linen, 2 boxes)"