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Creator:
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
Title(s):

A topographical dictionary of Scotland : comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions : embellished with a large map of Scotland, and engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities / by Samuel Lewis.

Published/Created:
London : S. Lewis and co., 1846.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 30 x 23 cm. + atlas.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA865 L48 1846+ Copy 1 Overisze
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The map was engraved by John Dower and etched by T. Harwood; after Frederick A. Carrington. Hills were drawn by G.W. Carrington.
View of Melrose Abbey engraved by Henry Griffiths; after Thomas Allom.
The atlas consists of a sectional map of Scotland, scale 5 miles to the inch, with a view of Melrose Abbey. Map has title that reads: A map of Scotland, divided into counties shewing the principal roads ...
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is complete in 2 v. with atlas bound separately. Copy 2 is incomplete: contains atlas only, with v. 1 & 2 lacking. Map is in 3 parts, mounted in separate volumes.
Subject Terms:
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1846.
Etching -- Specimens -- 1846.
Lewis (Samuel) and Co. -- Publisher.
Scotland -- Gazetteers.
Scotland -- Maps.
Contributors:
Dower, John, active 1838-1846?, engraver.
Harwood, T., etcher.
Griffiths, Henry, -1849, ill.
Carrington, Frederick A., ill.
Carrington, G. W., ill.
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, ill.
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