An Accurate Map of Carmarthen Shire by Thomas Kitchin

An Accurate Map of Carmarthen Shire by Thomas Kitchin

Code: 54874

£120.00 Approx $148.51, €139.37
 

Date: 1760

An Accurate Map of Carmarthenshire drawn from an Actual Survey, with various Improvements.  Illustrated with Historical Extracts relative to the  Air, Soil, Natural produce, Trade & Manufactures.  
Copper engraving with original hand colouring. Overall size : 56.7cms.x 36.9cms. Image size : 523mm.x 346mm. Decorative cartouche at lower right with view of Carmarthen below. Remargined on bottom edge with contemporary paper (as usual).  Very good condition.
The Large English Atlas was the finest county atlas produced in the 18th.Century and was the largest scale atlas produced to date. Clearly engraved in detail with views and panels of text in the areas surrounding each county describing the commerce and the state of the principal cities