COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Covers: Kirkwood's General Atlas.
Obj Height cm:
33
Obj Width cm:
42
Note:
Covers are half leather brown boards with a paste down label reading "Kirkwood's General Atlas. Published as the Act Directs by Kirkwood & Son 19 Parliament Square Edinr., J. Smith & Son Glasgow, Wm. Faden Charing Cross, London & Wm. Allan Dublin 1817"; the spine has a black leather label embossed with "Kirkwood's Atlas" in gilt.
Reference:
None found; not in Phillips.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Kirkwood's General Atlas ... Constructed from the best Authorities extant. Published as the Act directs by Robt. Kirkwood, Engraver, Edinburgh, John Smith & Son, Booksellers, Glasgow, & Wm. Faden, London. 1817. (title page) R. Kirkwood Script. & Sculpt.
List No:
2677.001
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1817
Pub Title:
Kirkwood's General Atlas ... Constructed from the best Authorities extant. Published as the Act directs by Robt. Kirkwood, Engraver, Edinburgh, John Smith & Son, Booksellers, Glasgow, & Wm. Faden, London. 1817. (title page) R. Kirkwood Script. & Sculpt.
Pub Reference:
None found; not in Phillips.
Pub Note:
Rare atlas, also pub. by Wm. Faden & John Smith. Kirkwood engraved some of the maps for Thomson's General Atlas (Edinburgh, 1817), but we can find no record of this atlas in Phillips, Tooley, Jolly (1983-92) or anywhere else - except for a record of a sale in the Map Collector #42. Kirkwood used A. Arrowsmith's maps from Pinkerton's Geography as a base, and enlarged and filled in detail where he could. The result is striking: these maps are more than twice the size of Arrowsmith's and often carry considerably more detail. Outline color.
Pub List No:
2677.000
Pub Maps:
45
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
42
Image No:
2677001
Publisher Location:
Glasgow
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
Robert Kirkwood
Publisher Location:
Glasgow
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
John Smith & Son
Type:
Covers
Engraver or Printer:
Robt. Kirkwood
Publication Author:
Kirkwood, Robert
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Kirkwood, Robert
Date:
1817
Covers: Kirkwood's General Atlas.
