COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Edinburgh.
Obj Height cm:
31
Obj Width cm:
39
Scale 1:
8,500
Note:
Engraved map. Hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Includes drawings of facades of 17 structures "A comparison of the principal buildings in Edinburgh."
Reference:
Branch, M.C. An atlas of rare city maps, p. 88-89.
Full Title:
Edinburgh. Reduced under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge with the permission of Messrs Laing and Forbes from their large plan. (with view) Edinburgh Castle. Drawn by W.B. Clarke, Archt. Engraved by E. Turrell. Printed by J. Henshall. Published Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, Jany. 1st. 1834. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)
List No:
0890.174
Page No:
(176)
Series No:
183
Pub Date:
1844
Pub Title:
Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 1. London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1844.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 794.
Pub Note:
The SDUK, as the Society was known, produced inexpensive maps to encourage broad use in education. The maps in these two volumes were issued in parts over several years. The city plans are of particular interest, with vignettes and great detail. The gnomonic star maps were issued separately in this edition in their own covers. This is the second edition, the first being by Baldwin and Cradock, with the maps issued in numbers and later bound as a set. Rumsey Collection copy originally issued without the 6 "World on a gnomonic projection" maps; copies of them have been laid in. Atlas is bound in half leather dark brown cloth covered boards with "Maps. Vol. 1," "Maps. Vol. 2" stamped in gold on the spines. Maps with outline color; geological map of England and Wales hand colored in full color.
Pub List No:
0890.000
Pub Maps:
207
Pub Height cm:
43
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
0890174
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Chapman and Hall
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
View
Country:
Scotland
City:
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Engraver or Printer:
Clarke, W. B.
Engraver or Printer:
Henshall, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Turrell, Edmund
Publication Author:
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date:
1834
Edinburgh.
