A large four-sheet map of Midlothian

KNOX, James.

Northern Part of Edinburgh Shire From Actual Survey by James Knox... Southern Part of Edinburgh Shire.
Edinburgh: John Thomson & Co., 1821. Original outline colour. 4 sheets, dissected and laid together on linen as issued, total 1040 x 1395mm. With bookplate of 'Mactie of Dreghorn'.

A few spots, a little wear to linen.

A superbly-detailed map of Midlothian, here referred to as 'Edinburghshire', the name of the Parliamentary constituency. In the Firth of Forth is a vignette of Edinburgh Castle.
James Knox surveyed the county in 1812, publishing his map on four sheets in 1816. When John Thomson began his Atlas of Scotland he used Knox's survey to engrave this map. Thomson's completed atlas finally appeared in 1832.


Stock ID : 23326