Scotland.
Playfair, James,1738-1819.
Macredie, Alexander.
Thomas Kerr and Co.
Edinburgh : Published by Tho. Kerr & Co.,
[1839].
Relief shown by hachures and shading.
Map 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 further re-engraving of the plate.
The first re-engraving was issued by Alexander Macredie ca. 1833, with the title "Scotland : engraved for Dr. Playfairs atlas".
New engraving shows the sea with straight lines ; this version has the addition of decorative lines in the border and sea routes and distances.
Vignette: Fingals Cave, Staffa.
Hand coloured counties and boundaries.
Plate number, bottom right: XXIII.
Inset, top left: The Shetland Islands.
Scotland divided into counties with Orkney and Western Isles.
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