This appealing atlas was designed to be a companion to Dury’s ‘A New General and Universal Atlas’. It contains 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 covering the whole of the British Isles. The Isle of Wight is numbered ‘0’, but placed between ‘3’ and ‘4’ in geographical order, 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’. Andrew Dury (fl.1754-78) it is believed was a Huguenot emigre from Paris who first appears in Dublin in 1754, presumably having accompanied John Rocque. He was, it is believed, the manager of Rocque’s shop in 1757. Dury was an engraver, surveyor, publisher, printer, map, and printseller. In 1761 he co-published with Robert Sayer ‘A New General and Universal Atlas’ with 39 small maps engraved on 45 sheets. A second edition was printed in collaboration with Carington Bowles c.1764 to accompany, it is believed, ‘A Collection of Plans of the Principal Cities of Great Britain and Ireland’ offered here. Provenance: Clive A. Burden Ltd. Catalogue I item 48; Dr. Adrian Almond collection; Dominic Winter auction 19 September 2012 lot 65; Clive A. Burden Ltd.; private English collection. Chubb (1927) 187; Darlington & Howgego (1964) no. 129; ESTC N69223; Shirley (2004) T.Dury 2a; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).