COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Date:
1821
Short Title:
Contents: Modern geography
Publisher:
Wm. Faden
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Contents
Obj Height cm:
12
Obj Width cm:
15
Note:
Table of contents with manuscript log by Wilson inscribing his voyages to and from India.
Full Title:
(Contents to) Atlas minimus universalis, or, A geographical abridgement ancient and modern of the several parts of the earth : in fifty-eight maps composed principally for the use of schools, &c. Published by Wm. Faden, Geographer tp His Majesty. Second edition. Jan 1, 1821.
List No:
13243.013
Series No:
13
Publication Author:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Pub Date:
1821
Pub Title:
Atlas minimus universalis, or, A geographical abridgement ancient and modern of the several parts of the earth : in fifty-eight maps composed principally for the use of schools, &c. Published by Wm. Faden, Geographer tp His Majesty. Second edition. Jan 1, 1821.
Pub Note:
Pocket-sized world atlas, 2nd. edition, 1821, by William Faden. Contains 58 maps, including eleven ancient maps numbered 1-11, followed by forty seven modern ones numbered 12-58. Showing political and administrative boundaries, cities, towns, rivers, roads, canals, fortifications, etc. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. This is a highly important copy owned by Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta, includes his manuscript log of voyages to and from India and the Far East, including Singapore, Malaya and Ceylon. Inscribed by Wilson on front endpaper “This book, my incomparable companion for 35 years, I leave to my dearest and most beloved daughter Eliza Emma. D. Calcutta January 12 1857”. Maps are copper engraved hand colored, bound in reddish brown full calf embossed binding, with title "Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine. Maps dated 1819-1821, and engraved by Thomas Conder, John Hatchett, Thomas Foot, William Palmer, D. Henwood, and Thomas Starling. The log is written mainly to the front and back endpapers, but also on several maps and content. The earlier voyages are noted at the end of the volume.
Pub List No:
13243.000
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
58
Pub Height cm:
13
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
13243013.jp2
Authors:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Link To Source
Contents: Modern geography
