ATLAS - LE PETIT ATLAS BRITANNIQUE
Ou recueil des Province d'Angleterre et de la Principaute de Galles, avec une Carte Generale ....
Publie par Jean Rocque, Chorographe de fon Altesse Roiale Monseigner Le Prince de Galles, dans le Strand & R. Sayer in Fleet Street a Londres. No date, [ca 1750's]. Lacking the English title page, edges trimmed, [?] complete. Some finger marks and smudging on the maps in the central portion, however mostly clean.187mm, bound in a contemporary maroon leather binding blind tooling at boards edges and spine titled in gilt 'British Atlas'.
Unpaginated, contains Map of England and Wales divided into its Counties with details of England Wales and the Counties Provinces. Also 46 double page maps of the individual counties all hand coloured. The map of Weft Riding of York Shire containing an engraving titled 'The Manner of Execution according to the Halifax Law' showing a man being beheaded by guillotine.
In the central portion of the book verso of maps are 9 pages of handwriting in a contemporary hand, appearing to be a diary of events during a naval engagement, signed at the end of the passage 'Canada' and dated Nov 6th, 1795. Various notations on other pages, verso of maps one reading 'Canada at sea Saturday 1 November 1794 Saltash. George Ron on board the Syren - off Flushing in the river Scheld January 25: 1793'.
Provenance: Library of C.R. Straubel.