Engraved, cloth-backed maps by Hewitt of the 'Northern Part of Scotland' and 'Southern Part of Scotland', decorated with engraved views [said to be by William Daniell] of 'the Island of Staffa' and 'Port Patrick in Wigton Shire'. In original cloth.

Author: 
[Nathaniel Rogers Hewitt and William Daniell, engravers; map of Scotland from John Thomson's 'New General Atlas', 1821]
 'Northern Part of Scotland' and 'Southern Part of Scotland'
Publication details: 
[J. Thomson, Edinburgh: c. 1821.] 'Hewitt, Sc. Buckingham Pl. Fitzroy Sqr.'
£380.00
SKU: 10408

The two maps facing one another in the original green cloth binding, with that of northern Scotland to the left and of southern Scotland to the right. Each map consisting of eight 25 x 15 cm panels, each of two rows of four panels each. Printed in black, with additional lines in red and blue. Worn and aged, but in fair condition overal, clear and complete. Small armorial stamp in gilt on front board, and in ink on reverse of one of the maps. The inset views are 9 x 14 cm each, with that of Staffa in the top left-hand corner of the northern map, and that of Port Patrick in the bottom left-hand corner of the southern map. Hewitt's details beneath the cartouche of the northern map. According to the Cartographic Catalogue of the Newberry Library, this item derives from John Thomson's 'New General Atlas' (Edinburgh: Printed by G. Ramsay and Co. for J. Thomson and Co. et al, 1821, vol. 1, map 11, part 2. COPAC lists three entries for these maps under Hewitt: at Bristol, Oxford and the National Library of Scotland.