A new and elegant general atlas of the world comprehending all the empires kingdoms & states in the old and new hemispheres ; taken from the most celebrated modern geographers and carefully corrected to the present period and beautifully engraved on 59 copper plates.
Lizars, Daniel,1760-1812.
Edinburgh : Published and sold by Daniel Lizars engraver Parliament Stairs,
[1812?]
Relief shown pictorially.
Dated from imprints of individual maps.
Comprises maps with imprint of Danial Lizars, and others with no imprint and titles in distinctive lozenge shapes, probably from anoth Lizars atlas.
Tipped in after contents page: "The World on Mercators projection", from "Betts school atlas".
Plates folded and mounted on guards.
1. Eastern Hemisphere -- 2. Western hemisphere -- 3. Mercator's Chart Eastern part -- 4. Mercator's Chart Western Part -- 5-8. Europe -- 9. Great Britain -- 10. England -- 11. Scotland -- 12. Ireland -- 13. Sweden -- 14. Denmark -- 15. Russia in Europe -- 16. Russia in Asia -- 17. Poland -- 18. Prussia -- 19. Germany -- 20. Upper Saxony -- 21. Lower Saxony -- 22. Westphalia -- 23. Upper and Lower Rhine -- 24. Franconia -- 25. Swabia -- 26. Bavaria -- 27. Austria -- 28. Bohemia and Moravia -- 29. Hungary and Transylvania -- 30. Holland -- 31. Netherlands -- 32. France in Provinces -- 33. France in Departments -- 34. Spain and Portugal -- 35. Switzerland -- 36. Piedmont -- 37. Italy -- 38. Turkey in Europe -- 39-42. Asia -- 43. Turkey in Asia -- 44. Arabia -- 45. Persia. -- 46. Hindoostan. -- 47. China -- 48. East India Islands -- 49-52. Africa  -- 53. Egypt -- 54-57. America -- 58. West India Islands -- 59. United States of America.