Lot 80
Maps of Scotland - Black, Adam & Charles
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Black's county atlas of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1848. 4to, engraved frontispiece and 37 (of 39) hand-coloured engraved maps, (lacking map of Ayrshire and Selkirk), original green cloth gilt, note on endpaper and notes to margin of a few maps by John Bartholomew, map publisher, lacks lower part of spine; Johnston, W. Gellatly's new map of the country 12 miles round Edinburgh. Gellatly, 1836. Hand-coloured engraved map, dissected and laid down on linen, 645 x 570mm., slipcase with original printed label; Knox, James Map of the basin of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh: J. Anderson, 1828. Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and backed on linen, 655 x 822mm., cloth slipcase with original printed label; [Idem] Map of the Basin of the Tay. Edinburgh: J. Anderson, 1831. Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and laid down on linen, 652 x 830mm., slipcase with original printed label; [Idem] The topography of the basin of the Tay, intended as a companion to the map of the basin of the Tay. Edinburgh, 1831. 8vo, 3 engraved plates, original cloth, lower joint split; Gardner, W.R. New & improved map of Scotland. London: W. Darton, [c.1830]. Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and backed on linen, 765 x 638mm., Leigh, Samuel Leigh's new road map of England, Wales and Scotland. London: S. Leigh, [c.1830]. 2 hand-coloured engraved maps, dissected and backed on linen, folding into green morocco travelling case with leather tongue; Kincaid, Alexander The history of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787. 8vo, 2 folding plans, contemporary calf, both plans repaired without loss, rubbed, cover detached; [Melrose] A description of the parish of Melrose. Edinburgh: J. Martin, 1769. 12mo, morocco-backed cloth; Bartholomew & Co. Bartholomew's "half-inch to mile" map of Scotland. New Series, sheet 2 only; and one O.S. sheet [Kelso, sheet 25] only, c. 1873 (12)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh