COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Text: General Description.
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj Width cm:
64
Reference:
Tooley Dictionary p.401; British Museum World, p. 400; Tooley Australia, p. 117.
Full Title:
(Text Page) General Description.
List No:
5161.005
Page No:
2-3
Series No:
5
Pub Date:
1848
Pub Title:
The People's Atlas, Shewing The Relative Extent And Divisions, The Boundaries, And Other Geographical Details Of The Various Empires, States, And Quarters Of The World, Agreeably To The Best Authorities, And In Accordance With A Comparative View Of The Heights Of Hills And Lengths Of Rivers, Revised By J. Lothian. Glasgow: James Macleod, 20 Argyle Street, And Francis Orr & Sons, William Tait, Edinburgh; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. London; A. Heywood, Manchester; And J. Cumming, Dublin. MDCCCXLVIII.
Pub Reference:
Tooley Dictionary p.401; British Museum World, p. 400; Tooley Australia, p. 117.
Pub Note:
John Lothian was an Edinburgh geographer and publisher who issued atlases of Scotland and its counties from 1825 to 1835, and a General Atlas in 1834 (R. Baskes). Tooley and British Museum list and 1846 edition of this atlas, probably the first. This 1848 second edition is a late production for Lothian, engraved in the style of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK), but lithographed, with considerably less detail. On first glance the maps appear to be derived or copied lithographically from other maps of the period, but no engraver credit is given and we can not find any source maps. The mountains and rivers plate is unusual - it is a schematic representation that is decidedly "modern" in style. Outline color.
Pub List No:
5161.000
Pub Maps:
46
Pub Height cm:
42
Pub Width cm:
34
Image No:
5161005
Publisher Location:
Glasgow
Publisher:
James MacLeod and Francis Orr & Sons
Type:
Text Page
Engraver or Printer:
Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
Engraver or Printer:
Heywood, A.
Engraver or Printer:
Cumming, J.
Engraver or Printer:
Tait, William
Publication Author:
Lothian, John
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Lothian, John
Date:
1848
Text: General Description.
