Composite world atlas, by William Faden

Scotland

(1749-1836), published in London, 1794. Bound in pebbled brown board with abraded leather corners and spine. With gilt spine title. Bound in 19th century half red calf over purple pebble-grain cloth, with gilt spine title. Pink end papers. Bookplate: Liverpool Library, Lyceum, Bold Street. Stamp for the “Liverpool Library” on many of the maps within. Elephant folio. Collation: 2°: 1, 48 leaves of plates. With a contemporary manuscript index listing forty-eight subjects in order of appearance, including the wall-maps of the Mediterranean, Asia, India, Africa and the Americas, each joined in two sections and listed as two subjects. Geographic coverage spans the globe, including maps of the Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern Hemispheres, as well as Europe, the United States and the West Indies. Maps show political boundaries, cities, roads, canals, topography, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, water depths and anchorage. Maps feature routes of European exploration, such as the voyages of Captain Cook. Maps include decorative cartouches and descriptive text, including notes on voyages. Engravings with original hand

Date

1794

Place

Scotland

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

atlas page

Original size

7,113 × 10,854 pixels

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