COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Lewis, Samuel, 1782-1865
Date:
1846
Short Title:
Mayo County
Publisher:
S. Lewis & Co,
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
19
Obj Width cm:
24
Scale 1:
316,800
Note:
Hand colored in outline map. Includes Compass rose oriented the north to the upper right.
Country:
Ireland
County:
Mayo (Ireland : County)
Subject:
Administrative and political divisions
Full Title:
Mayo. Drawn by R. Creighton. Engraved by I. Dower, Pentonville London. (to accompany) Lewis's Atlas comprising the counties of Ireland. London : Published by S. Lewis and Co., 1846.
List No:
13536.025
Page No:
22
Series No:
25
Engraver or Printer:
Creighton, R.
Engraver or Printer:
Dower, John
Publication Author:
Lewis, Samuel, 1782-1865
Pub Date:
1846
Pub Title:
Lewis's Atlas comprising the counties of Ireland : and a general map of the kingdom. London : Published by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. 1846
Pub Note:
1846, Atlas of Ireland counties, by the editor and publisher of topographical dictionaries and maps of the Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland, tending to illustrate the local history of English localities. Comprising of pictorial title page, engraved by George Cruikshank delt. Joseph Goodyear sculpt., a General map of the Kingdom, and 32 maps of counties, arranged alphabetically. Maps are drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by I. Dower Pentonville London. Includes a note beneath the maps: ”Drawn and engraved for Lewis' topographical dictionary”. Maps are hand colored in outline, one folded. Showing administrative boundaries, cities, towns, villages, mail and other roads, railroads, mountains, rivers, canals, and bridges. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Bound in olive embossed cloth covers, with gilt lettering on spine reads “Lewis's Atlas of the counties of Ireland”. Samuel Lewis and Co. was based in London. Samuel Lewis the elder died in 1865. His son of the same name predeceased him in 1862.
Pub List No:
13536.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
33
Pub Height cm:
30
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
13536025.jp2
Authors:
Lewis, Samuel, 1782-1865
