Title:
“PROPOSALS (BY WAY OF SUBSCRIPTION) FOR A NEW AND MOST CORRECT SETT OF MAPS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, BY AN ACTUAL SURVEY OF THE SAME, ACCORDING TO MR. WHISTON’S AND MR. DITTON’S NEW METHOD FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE LONGITUDE”
Map Maker:
Ditton & Whiston
[London]. Jan. 3, 1714/5 [i.e. 1715?] Small folio ... (full text available to subscribers)
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MapMaker: |
Ditton & Whiston
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Subject: |
Cartographic Miscellany |
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Period/Size: |
1714-5 / unknown
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Color: |
Black & White
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Condition: |
Early folds and early stab holes in left margin, 5-inch lower portion of inner margin excised, with no loss to text. Some toning in upper margin and very light foxing. Very good. (condition help) |
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References: |
Dava Sobel, Longitude... (New York: Penguin Books, 1995), pp.46-50. DNB V, p.1026; XXI, pp.10-14. |
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Offered by: |
Wm. Reese Co. |
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Catalog: |
Catalogue 351 - Travels & Voyages (9449) |
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Lot/Item #: |
82 |
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Date: |
01/2018
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