Dawson's Map of the Dominion of Canada Chelsea

Dawson's Map of the Dominion of Canada ChelseaThis map of the Dominion of Canada was made by John Bartholomew & Son for Dawson Brothers. It features insets of the environs of Montreal, Newfoundland, Manitoba and an extension of the map to the Pacific (British Colombia and Manitoba). A first edition was published in 1870, followed by a second in 1872. Condition & Materials Lithographed folding map, printed area measures 58. 5 x 84. 5 cm, dissected into 32 panels and laid on linen, minor wear.

Cartusia Vallis Pisii

containing the calendar

John Rocque (c

printed area measurement 61 x 86

were special guide book issues

folding into printed card covers

each produced posters for British Railways (Eastern Region) in 1960

sheet size 100 x 67 cm

with a lucrative Ordnance Survey contract

Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: ‘These two little books were the earliest world atlases to be published in England and the earliest world atlases with English text’

Potential purchasers do not seem to have taken this amiss: the abridged dictionary sold well

New Map of London with the recent improvements