Forty-two new maps of Asia, Africa, and America ... : all engrav’d, according to the latest
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
The River Nile, with all the pyramids
Description:
Imperfect: tear at bottom center fold with no loss of text., In ink on verso: 15., and Includes "The draught of ye pyramids taken exactly from Mr. Greaves".
Subject (Geographic):
Africa --Maps --Early works to 1800 and Nile River
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 Cook, James, 1728-1779 Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784, creator Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created:
1787 January 6
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
2
Description:
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780]., No. 29 of 43 maps bound together in composite atlas., Relief shown pictorially., Scale [ca. 1:11,100,000]., Sheets mounted together to form 2 sheets., Shows boundaries, rivers, settlements, islands; includes descriptive notes., and Title cartouche depicts local produce, a palm tree and a camel.
30 constellation cards; 30 country cards., Bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman in volume. From the Julia Parker Wightman Card Collection., Hand-coloured engraved playing cards are enclosed in a brown cardboard slipcase with an engraved paper label on the front and a blind-stamped decoration on the back., and Title from engraved paper label on slipcase.
Publisher:
Published by C. Hodges, 27, Portman Street, Portman Square,
Subject (Name):
Wightman, Julia P.--(Julia Parker),--1909-1994--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Constellations, Playing cards, and Playing cards--Specimens
'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
'Captain Ludlow is listed in the East India Register and Directory as being on furlough from the Twelfth Regiment Bengal Native Infantry in 1835.' -Christie's catalog 2019., Plate titles derive from descriptive text printed along foot of plates., Also published as a panorama roll., BAC Folio B 2025 1: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored, cut and pasted in album form with two strips per leaf, verso blank. 1 leaf introductory text in three columns, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates including title. Title page illustration signed in lithograph: W.A.L. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and green cloth. Dimensions: 29 cm x 59 cm. Also contains signed letter and note from Dudley Colman to J. R. Abbey, 1934., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy. 17 Gate St.
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), Bengale (Inde), India, and Bengal
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
History, Military, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, Hindu temples, Fakirs, Histoire militaire, and History
