Wood (John)] [Town Atlas of Scotland], 47 only, of 48, double-page, engraved or lithographed town plans by T. Clerk and others, dated between 1818 and 1828 (several with watermark), featuring decorative titles, inset lists of references, plans of environs and vignettes, scales, sailing ships and compass roses, some hand-coloured in outline, lacking the plan of Annan (as often), and Galashiels, but with a plan of Inverary not present in the British Library copy, all numbered in pencil, light spotting and little dust soiling, very rare light marginal toning, Cupar lower right corner slightly chipped, tiny tear to gutter of Aberdeen and upper margin of Dumfries, no loss, a few plans just shaved to rule border (Dalkeith, with repair on verso, Dumfries, Kelso, Pert and Stirling), small rust spot in Linlithgow, minor creasing, bookplate of Blair Adam Library/ William Patrick Adam to front pastedown, half black morocco, marbled paper boards, spine and corners ruled in gilt with floral motif, new endpapers, [Fordham, MCS 22, p. 16], folio (c. 700 x 535 mm), [Edinburgh, Canaan & Swinton, [1828] *** This copy collates as follows: Aberdeen [n.d.]; Arbroath 1822; Ayr [n.d.]; Banff 1825; Berwick 1822; Brechin 1822; Cupar 1820; Crieff 1822; Dalkeith 1822; Dumbarton 1818; Dundee 1821 (lithographed 1827); Dumfries and Maxwelltown 1819; Dunfermline 1823; Dingwall 1821; Dunkeld 1823; Edinburgh 1820; Elgin 1822; Forfar 1822; Forres 1823; Glasgow 1822; Greenock 1825; Haddington and Nungate 1819; Hamilton 1819; Hawick 1824; Inverness 1821; Inverary 1825 (lithographed); Irvine 1819; Jedburgh 1823; Kelso 1823; Kilmarnock 1819; Kirkcaldy 1824; Kinross 1823; Lanark 1825; Leith 1826; Linlithgow 1820; Montrose 1822; Nairn 1821; Paisley (lithographed 1828); Peebles 1823; Perth 1823; Portobello 1824; Rothesay 1825; Stirling 1820 (2 sheets); Selkirk 1823; St. Andrews 1820; Stonehaven 1823; and Stornaway 1821. John Wood (1809-1841) surveyor, was responsible for the first systematic survey of the towns of Scotland. The 48 town plans were accompanied by a ‘Descriptive Account of the Principal Towns’ (see ”Wood’s town atlas” in “British Museum Quarterly”, vol. 27, 1963, pp. 59-60). Provenance. From the library of William Patrick Adam (1823–1881), the elder son of Admiral Sir Charles Adam of Blair Adam, ‘whip’ of the liberal party in the House of Commons, for some years, and afterwards governor of Madras.
Wood (John)] [Town Atlas of Scotland], 47 only, of 48, double-page, engraved or lithographed town plans by T. Clerk and others, dated between 1818 and 1828 (several with watermark), featuring decorative titles, inset lists of references, plans of environs and vignettes, scales, sailing ships and compass roses, some hand-coloured in outline, lacking the plan of Annan (as often), and Galashiels, but with a plan of Inverary not present in the British Library copy, all numbered in pencil, light spotting and little dust soiling, very rare light marginal toning, Cupar lower right corner slightly chipped, tiny tear to gutter of Aberdeen and upper margin of Dumfries, no loss, a few plans just shaved to rule border (Dalkeith, with repair on verso, Dumfries, Kelso, Pert and Stirling), small rust spot in Linlithgow, minor creasing, bookplate of Blair Adam Library/ William Patrick Adam to front pastedown, half black morocco, marbled paper boards, spine and corners ruled in gilt with floral motif, new endpapers, [Fordham, MCS 22, p. 16], folio (c. 700 x 535 mm), [Edinburgh, Canaan & Swinton, [1828] *** This copy collates as follows: Aberdeen [n.d.]; Arbroath 1822; Ayr [n.d.]; Banff 1825; Berwick 1822; Brechin 1822; Cupar 1820; Crieff 1822; Dalkeith 1822; Dumbarton 1818; Dundee 1821 (lithographed 1827); Dumfries and Maxwelltown 1819; Dunfermline 1823; Dingwall 1821; Dunkeld 1823; Edinburgh 1820; Elgin 1822; Forfar 1822; Forres 1823; Glasgow 1822; Greenock 1825; Haddington and Nungate 1819; Hamilton 1819; Hawick 1824; Inverness 1821; Inverary 1825 (lithographed); Irvine 1819; Jedburgh 1823; Kelso 1823; Kilmarnock 1819; Kirkcaldy 1824; Kinross 1823; Lanark 1825; Leith 1826; Linlithgow 1820; Montrose 1822; Nairn 1821; Paisley (lithographed 1828); Peebles 1823; Perth 1823; Portobello 1824; Rothesay 1825; Stirling 1820 (2 sheets); Selkirk 1823; St. Andrews 1820; Stonehaven 1823; and Stornaway 1821. John Wood (1809-1841) surveyor, was responsible for the first systematic survey of the towns of Scotland. The 48 town plans were accompanied by a ‘Descriptive Account of the Principal Towns’ (see ”Wood’s town atlas” in “British Museum Quarterly”, vol. 27, 1963, pp. 59-60). Provenance. From the library of William Patrick Adam (1823–1881), the elder son of Admiral Sir Charles Adam of Blair Adam, ‘whip’ of the liberal party in the House of Commons, for some years, and afterwards governor of Madras.
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