Cary's new and correct English atlas [electronic resource] : Being a new set of county maps from actual surveys. Exhibiting all the direct & principal cross roads, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, rivers, navigable canals &c. Preceded by a general map of South Britain. Shewing the connexion of one map with another. Also a general description of each county, and directions for the junction of the roads from one county to another.

London : Printed for John Cary, engraver, map and print-seller, the Corner of Arundel Street, Strand, Published as the act directs Septr. 1st 1787.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

[104],17,[1]p.,plates : maps ; 4⁰.

The titlepage and dedication are engraved.
Each map is followed by a leaf of letterpress explanation.
With a list of subscribers.
Issued in 12 parts.
In this setting the first column of the contents page ends: "Shropshire" and the four columns on p. 9 ('The market and borough towns') end: "Narboth", "Pickering", "Shelford" and "Tetbury".
In some copies the preliminary and final letterpress leaves may be bound in different orders and one of the maps may bound in as the fontispiece.
Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection.

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Fordham, H. G. 'John Cary', pp.23-24
English Short Title Catalog, T198229.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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