General atlas of the world. containing upwards of seventy maps / engraved on steel, in the first style of art, by Sidney Hall, William Hughes.
Hall, Sidney
Category
Books
Date
1854
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3249194
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition. 1 atlas ([6],12,63 p., [94] leaves (some fold.)): ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 46 cm. Loose inserts at rear: (1) Political map of Ireland, The Times, July 16, 1914 (93 x 62 cm, fold. to 32 x 25c m); (2) The world stereographically projected on the plane of the horizon of London / (London: William Hughes, 1840) (39 x 62 cm); 93) Hand drawn colour map on grid showing part of modern Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the Persian Gulf (32 x 44 cm); (4) Printed O.S. map of England and Wales (London, Edward Stanford, [18--?]), torn, from separate volume. Annotation facing Introduction: "Three Chimnies" with map coordinates; pencil annotation on table. Provenance: inscribed "Stamford, Weybridge" [i.e. William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910)] Binding: nineteenth-century half red morocco, red cloth over boards, five false bands, gold lettered spine: Black's General atlas. (Upper board detached.)
Makers and roles
Hall, Sidney Hughes, William