A map of West-Lothian /
Adair, John,1660-1718.
Cooper, Richard,1696-1764.
[Edinburgh : Richard Cooper,
1737]
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows rivers and tributaries, lochs, roads (single dotted lines), woods, vegetation, settlements, prominent houses, estate enclosures, garden enclosures, place names.
Scale statement reads: "A Scale of Three Miles", with scale bar graded 0-3.
At bottom right hand corner: a coat of arms above a cartouche containing a dedication from the engraver, Richard Cooper, to John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair (John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair, 1673-1747).
Decoration: title/scale cartouche on the shape of a pedestal upon waves and decorated with two male characters (a warrior and and representation of the god Hermes/Mercurius) and a ship; elaborated compass rose; ships and boats on the "River of Forth"; shaded coasts (outwards).
Map measurements and scale taken from Moir's description.
Moir, D.G., "Early maps of Scotland to 1850", 3rd. ed.
Shows West Lothian in detail (from the Avon to the Almond river, and south to Livingston and west of Whitburn) with part of Midlothian, Stirlingshire and Fife undetailed.