The People's atlas : shewing the relative extent and divisions, the boundaries and other geographical details of the various empires, states, and quarters of the world, agreeably to tthe best authorities, and in accordance with modern discovery ; together with a comparative view of the heights of hills and lengths of rivers /
Lothian, John.
Macleod, James.
Tait, William,1793-1864.
Francis Orr & Sons.
D. MacDonald & Sons
Glasgow : James Macleod ... , and Francis Orr & Sons ; Edinburgh : William Tait ...,
1846 [ie. 1850].
Relief shown by shading.
Maps are bounded by foliate decorative borders with scallop shell corner features.
Although the title page states the date as 1846 a later date of issue is suggested by the number of changes since the original publication.
Ten country maps and the western hemisphere have been replaced by "New Sixpenny Maps", "embracing the most recent discoveries" which have different borders and are printed on thinner blueish coloured paper ; they were lithographed by D. Macdonald & Son.
Map of Greece has heading "Orr & Sons New Sixpenny maps".
Original double hemisphere map of the world is decorated with foliate swags and trident bearing putti ; in this volume the Western Hemisphere has been replaced by a New Sixpenny Map showing further advances in the dicovery of Antarctica ; it is decorated with mythological characters and a decorative shell and oakleave border.
Includes handwritten index list, introduction and general description ; wants census of Scotland issued in other versions.
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