[The atlas of Scotland : containing maps of each county, on a scale so large as to exhibit the features of the country, and places of importance; the boundaries of the shires, attested with respectable names to verify their accuracy, laid down from actual survey, or compiled from plans of recent date, so as to form a complete body of topographical information at the date of publication; accompanied with a memoir of the geography of Scotland, view of the comparative length of the rivers, height of the mountains, and a consulting index, to facilitate the finding out of places, &c.]
Johnson, William,active 1806-1840.engraver
John Thomson and Co.
W. & A.K. Johnston Limited.
Edinburgh : John Thomson & Co.,
1832 [ie. ca. 1838]
Relief shown by hachures.
Maps from the Atlas of Scotland, sectioned, mounted on linen and folded with card covers; titles pasted on outside and sellers plate.
The inclusion of some maps issued by W. & A.K. Johnston implies the maps were collated after 1838 when they acquired the plates for the atlas.
Maps catalogued separately.
Plates engraved by a variety of Edinburgh and London engravers ; many maps drawn by William Johnson.
Most maps have hand coloured boundaries.
Some maps with inset town plans, and pictures and vignettes of local significant buildings.
Includes index map.
Index map - - 24 maps of counties (some published on multiple sheets but here joined together).
EMS,
Atlases, Scottish.