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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
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James Pigot (1769-1843) began as an engraver and printer in Manchester before moving to London. In 1811 he began his own business and concentrated from 1822 on publishing directories of the whole country. In 1826-27 he published one of the Home Counties which was according to the title ’embellished with a new series of Elegant Maps …’ An advert in 1829 indicated that the full series of maps were available bound up separately in an atlas.
A dated edition of 1830 was followed by one dated 1831 and undated ones. This undated issue is from 1840, the date found on the large folding general map. In the interim the maps were constantly updated with Polling Stations data relating to the Reform Act of 1832 and of course the expanding railway network. The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire even have a separate leaf of text describing the network. Some interesting information is given, for instance on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway detailing passenger numbers and costs.
The maps were based on those of John Cary published in 1809. They are believed to be the first engraved on steel and each contains attractive vignette scenes of the county. The title records the ‘Price, Bound, with Coloured Maps, Two Guineas and a Half’. Beresiner (1983) pp. 177-80; Carroll (1996) 88; Chubb (1927) 427; Darlington & Howgego (1964) no. 341.(3); Smith (1982) pp. 187-9; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
A dated edition of 1830 was followed by one dated 1831 and undated ones. This undated issue is from 1840, the date found on the large folding general map. In the interim the maps were constantly updated with Polling Stations data relating to the Reform Act of 1832 and of course the expanding railway network. The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire even have a separate leaf of text describing the network. Some interesting information is given, for instance on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway detailing passenger numbers and costs.
The maps were based on those of John Cary published in 1809. They are believed to be the first engraved on steel and each contains attractive vignette scenes of the county. The title records the ‘Price, Bound, with Coloured Maps, Two Guineas and a Half’. Beresiner (1983) pp. 177-80; Carroll (1996) 88; Chubb (1927) 427; Darlington & Howgego (1964) no. 341.(3); Smith (1982) pp. 187-9; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
PIGOT, James
Pigot & Cos. British Atlas, Comprising the Counties of England, (upon which are laid down all the railways completed and in progress), with Separate Large Sheet Maps of England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland, and a Circular one of the Country Round London
J. Pigot & Co. 59, Fleet-Street, London, and Fountain-Street, Manchester, London, 1840
Quarto (400 x 295 mm.), contemporary half calf, cloth boards, gilt ruled, rebacked in matching calf, blind ruled compartments, red calf gilt title label, final endpaper with some tissue repair. With engraved title page, Address with Contents, double page ‘Reciprocal Distance Table’ with tables of routes on the verso, with 41 steel engraved maps in early outline and wash colour, including a large folding map of England & Wales dated 1840, Yorkshire and the London plate also folding, each with a leaf of descriptive text, those of Lancashire and Yorkshire with an extra leaf describing the railways, in good condition.
Stock number: 9932
£ 1,200