COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Author:
James, Henry
Date:
1857
Short Title:
Edinburghshire: From the original plate ; Edinburghshire: From an electrotype
Publisher:
Ordnance Survey
Publisher Location:
Southampton
Type:
Survey Map
Obj Height cm:
20
Obj Width cm:
32
Scale 1:
10,560
Note:
Two engraved uncolored maps, each on sheet 20x32. Shows towns, streets, railways, footprint of buildings, etc. Relief shown by hachures, contours and spot heights.
Country:
England
Full Title:
Edinburghshire : From the original plate. (with) Edinburghshire : From an electrotype. Sheet 2. Scale six inches to a mile. (to accompany) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855-56. (with) Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. Session 1856.
List No:
6892.048
Page No:
11-12
Series No:
48
Publication Author:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Publication Author:
James, Henry
Pub Date:
1857
Pub Title:
Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. (Presented to Parliament by Her Majesty's Command.) Session 1856. (with) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855-56. (Signed) Henry James, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers.
Pub Note:
Two papers bound in one volume, 19 & 27 pages, 28 maps (some color) and plans. With 15 page manuscript notice demonstrating different printing methods: electrotype, photographic reduction, hill sketching, hill shading, engraving, lithography, zincography, and anastatic process. And 10 pages of insert at the end of volume. Includes indexes to the Ordnance Surveys of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Bound in brown covers measuring 32.5x22, with "Report of the Ordnance Survey -- 1855-56." stamped in gold on the black leather spine. Treasury minute includes memorandum by Sir Charles Trevelyan, Lord Elcho, and Sir Henry James. Inside front cover: page signed by Henry James, L'General ... 1875. We have two copies of this volume and have combined variant images from both.
Pub List No:
6892.000
Pub Type:
Survey Book
Pub Maps:
28
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
6892048
Authors:
James, Henry; Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Link To Source
Edinburghshire: From the original plate ; Edinburghshire: From an electrotype
