Item details: A Complete Atlas of the English Counties, Divided into their Respective Hundreds &c.
£ 8500.00
DARTON, William & DIX, Thomas
A Complete Atlas of the English Counties, Divided into their Respective Hundreds &c.
Imprint: London, 1822 Binding:
Hardback
Folio (475 x 315 mm.), nineteenth century half calf, rebacked, light wear. Folding engraved title, dedication and contents, forty-two folding engraved maps with original wash hand colour. Five maps with strengthening to lower centrefolds, not affecting the image, with light wear to map of Sussex at lower centrefold, otherwise a good example.
An EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE atlas begun by Thomas Dix which was completed with the help of William Darton. Dix (1769/70-1813) was a surveyor in Northamptonshire and Norfolk. Darton was a publisher who after the death of Dix in 1813 saw the atlas through to completion. Published in 1822 under the title of ‘A Complete Atlas of the English Counties’ the maps bear dates varying from July 1816 to February 1821. Examples of the maps loose, cut and dissected are known and it is probable that they were first sold individually. The atlas is of great rarity, only three examples have appeared on the market in 20 years. Each map bears an attractive circular title cartouche and an uncoloured vignette view of somewhere in the county. Provenance: Sotheby’s 13 November 2003 lot 335 £5040; private English collection. Carroll (1996) no. 75; Chubb (1927) no. 387; Kingsley (1982) no. 75.
