The antient and present state of the County of Down : containing a chorographical description, with...
The antient and present state of the County of Down : containing a chorographical description, with the natural and civil history of the same. Illustrated by observations made on the baronies, parishes, towns, villages, abbeys, charter-schools, mountains, rivers, lakes, medicinal and other springs, &c. with a survey of the new canal; as also, a new and correct whole sheet map of the county.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Dublin, Ireland : Printed for William Williamson, Bookseller, 1757.
Call Numbers
RB/1842
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xx, 271 pages, 20 unnumbered pages : folded map, ; 20 cm (8vo)
Content type
text
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A new and correct map of ye County of Down, partly by an Actual Survey, partly by Observation, 1743 /
S. Wheatley.
Publication information
Publisher
Dublin, Ireland : Printed for William Williamson, Bookseller, 1757.
Analytical title
A new and correct map of ye County of Down, partly by an Actual Survey, partly by Observation, 1743
Date Published
1757.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Edited by Charles Smith and Walter Harris and produced originally as part of a series of histories of Irish counties.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The antient and present state of the County of Down : containing a chorographical description, with the natural and civil history of the same. Illustrated by observations made on the baronies, parishes, towns, villages, abbeys, charter-schools, mountains, rivers, lakes, medicinal and other springs, &c. with a survey of the new canal; as also, a new...
Variant title
A new and correct map of ye County of Down, partly by an Actual Survey, partly by Observation, 1743
Spine title
County of Down
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Signatures (octavo): pi² (-pi2) a⁸(-a8) (b²+chi¹) A-S⁸ T² (R² incorrectly signed as Q²)
Rare Books copy at RB/1842: has bookplate of John Stafford Reid Byers. Bears inscription "Bernard John Ward, M.A., London, May 22, 1823" Full leather binding, with gold tooled border on covers. Spine has gold tooling and raised bands, with a black title panel with County of Down, and a brown panel with Harris written in gold lettering....
Citation / References Note
ESTC, T167481
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
RB/1842
Record Identifier
74VvW5pkeZOg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvW5pkeZOg
Other Identifiers
DDC
941.6
MMS ID
991012133939702626
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