COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Quin, Edward
Date:
1830
Short Title:
Index 1: Historical atlas ... creation to A.D. 1828.
Publisher:
Seeley and Burnside
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Index Page
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
31
World Area:
World
Full Title:
(Index 1 to) An Historical Atlas; In A Series Of Maps Of The World As Known At Different Periods; Constructed Upon An Uniform Scale, And Coloured According To The Political Changes Of Each Period: Accompanied By A Narrative Of The Leading Events Exhibited In The Maps: Forming Together A General View Of Universal History, From The Creation To A.D. 1828. By Edward Quin, M.A. ... The Maps Engraved By Sidney Hall. Printed For R.B. Seeley And W. Burnside; And Sold By L.B. Seeley & Sons, Fleet Street, London. MDCCCXXX.
List No:
2839E
Series No:
5
Publication Author:
Quin, Edward
Pub Date:
1830
Pub Title:
An Historical Atlas; In A Series Of Maps Of The World As Known At Different Periods; Constructed Upon An Uniform Scale, And Coloured According To The Political Changes Of Each Period: Accompanied By A Narrative Of The Leading Events Exhibited In The Maps: Forming Together A General View Of Universal History, From The Creation To A.D. 1828. By Edward Quin, M.A. ... The Maps Engraved By Sidney Hall. Printed For R.B. Seeley And W. Burnside; And Sold By L.B. Seeley & Sons, Fleet Street, London. MDCCCXXX.
Pub Reference:
cfP4139.
Pub Note:
1st edition. The unique maps show progressively receding cloud borders to indicate the expansion of geographical knowledge over time. This atlas may have influenced Emma Willard's "Atlas to Accompany a System of Universal History" - 1835. Willard's Atlas uses the "cloud" maps in a very similar way. See our copy of Willard. Full color. Atlas is bound in half red leather marbled paper covered boards with a label printed with "An Historical Atlas, Containing Maps of the World At Twenty-One Different Periods. With a General View of Universal History, By Edward Quin, M.A. Price L3 (pounds): 10s. Half-Bound." The spine has a red leather label embossed in gilt with "Quin's Historical Atlas."
Pub List No:
2839.000
Pub Type:
Historical Atlas
Pub Maps:
21
Pub Height cm:
42
Pub Width cm:
34
Image No:
2839E
Authors:
Quin, Edward
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
