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FIRST EDITION. This appealing atlas which was designed to be a companion to Dury’s ‘Universal Pocket Atlas’, with a charming series of town plans based on those of John Rocque as stated in the title. Except for the map of the Isle of Wight the maps are coastal ones surrounding the whole of the British Isles. The Isle of Wight is numbered ‘0’, is out of sequence and may have been a last minute inclusion. These are followed by the superb series of town plans. The date of publication is derived from that given to London on the contents leaf ‘London as it is this present year 1764’. Provenance: manuscript ownership inscription inside front cover ‘Grace Clanbrassil’; private English collection. Darlington & Howgego (1964) no. 129; ESTC N69223; Shirley (2004) T.Dury 2a; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
DURY, Andrew
A Collection of Plans of the Principal Cities; of Great Britain and Ireland: with Maps of the Coast of the said Kingdoms; Drawn from the most Accurate Surveys; In particular, those taken by the late Mr. J. Rocque ...
Andrew Dury, London, [1764]
Oblong octavo (125 x 160 mm.), full contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, with original endpapers. With double-page engraved pictorial title and dedication leaf, engraved contents leaf, 22 double-page early wash coloured engraved maps by Joseph Ellis numbered to 21, 18 double-page early wash coloured engraved city plans on 18 sheets numbered to 22 (no no. 9 called for), the 2 of London (1 of the Fire with minor repair) and 1 of Edinburgh are folding. With slight colour offsetting of some of the maps, that of the Straits of Dover supplied from another copy, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 7277
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