8. Sweden and Norway. London, Edward Stanford, 55, Charing Cross. Stanford's Geogl. Estabt.
Steel-engraved map, in color, of Sweden and Norway. Relief illustrated with hachures. Shows political boundaries, railways, topography, drainage and submarine telegraph cables. Includes a legend and a bar scale. With latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Inset map: Continuation from Tornea to the Nort...
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Edward Stanford
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| Summary: | Steel-engraved map, in color, of Sweden and Norway. Relief illustrated with hachures. Shows political boundaries, railways, topography, drainage and submarine telegraph cables. Includes a legend and a bar scale. With latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Inset map: Continuation from Tornea to the North Cape. 35 x 28 cm, on sheet 38 x 29 cm. Stanford's London atlas of universal geography : Quarto edition, published by Edward Stanford. The Stanford map making company had been active in London since 1854. In 1874 they acquired the London atlas of 1834 from John Arrowsmith, with 50 maps which had increased to over 65 maps within 30 years. This quarto edition of Stanford’s atlas was created to “present in a handy form the usual maps on a sufficient scale for ordinary reference, and to repeat on larger scales those parts of the Earth which are more nearly connected with English interests, thus laying a foundation for a truly British Atlas of Universal Geography” (from the Preface). Maps show political boundaries, topography, drainage, elevation, water depths, railways, canals and submarine telegraph cables. Includes a table of contents preceding the maps, and a 50-page index following the maps, which lists principal mountains, rivers, capes, bays, islands, towns and villages, all with coordinate points. Later, according to Francis Herbert, Stanford released a special limited edition in 1884 with 70 maps (our copy - see Pub List No. 11741.000 - appears to be a partial set of those maps). After the limited edition, Stanford then released an expanded edition in 1887, with 90 maps in two volumes (see Pub List No. 14053.000). Short Titles taken from Contents; Full Titles taken from maps. Imago Mundi vol 41, 1989, Francis Herbert "The London Atlas of Universal Geography." |
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