This map was first published by John Adair in Edinburgh and engraved by James Moxon whilst he was in Scotland assisting Adair in his survey of the country. Only the one example of the first state can be traced, in the British Library. A later state with the altered title above is almost certainly that advertised in the “Post-Boy” for December 1709. The description is consistent with the Adair map. It was placed by the publishers William Warters and his apprentice (1699–1706), son-in-law (1706), and successor (1711), John Lenthall, who were offering it as a set of playing cards. The map was dissected into 48 cards and sold with a further 4 descriptive aces. These describe the rules and list of counties of England and Wales. Lenthall who would become notable for cartographic playing cards was an enthusiastic advertiser notably in the autumn and winter months being aimed at the ‘winter evening amusements’ (London Courant). Lenthall died or retired from the business in 1734, so these represent one of his earliest sets of cards. Only one other collection is known, that being only 25 cards in our own private collection. IPCS Journal Vol. X, pp. 95. Shirley Britain Adair 1 st. 2, Mann & Kingsley pp. 20-21.