Scotland : engraved for Dr. Playfair's atlas.
Playfair, James,1738-1819.
Edinburgh : Published by Macredie, Skelly & Co.,
1821.
Relief shown by hachures and shading.
First issued under the title "Scotland : engraved for Dr. Playfair's statistical account" by A. Constable & Co. in 1819 in Playfair's "Geographical and statistical description of Scotland".
A reworking of the plate engraved by Richard Cooper entitled "Scotland : drawn and engraved for Dr. Playfair's geography" issued in1809, and issued in Playfair's "New general atlas, ancient and modern ...".
In this version the title has been altered, and moved to the top of the plate ; the vignette replaces the old title on the lower left.
Printed for inclusion in Playfair's "New general atlas, ancient and modern..." published by Macredie, Skelly & Co. in 1822.
Vignette: Fingals Cave, Staffa.
Inset top left: The Shetland Islands.
Hand coloured counties and boundaries.
Plate number, top right outside border "22".
Scotland divided into counties with Orkney and Western Isles.
Marischal Collection.