Full Title: Antwerp. Antwerpen. Anvers. (with) Plan of the Scheldt, & forts from Antwerp to Lillo. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke. Engraved & printed by B.R. Davies, 16 George Str., London University. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, Decr. 1832. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)

Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Date: 1832

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Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Date: 1832

Short Title: Antwerp. Antwerpen. Anvers.

Publisher: London: Chapman and Hall

Type: Atlas Map ; View

Object Height cm: 32

Object Width cm: 40

Scale 1: 11,000

Note: Engraved map. Hand col. Includes view "Antwerp from the road to Mechlin, Brussels & Louvain", and drawings of facades of 11 buildings "A comparison of the principal buildings at Antwerp."

Reference: Branch, M.C. An atlas of rare city maps, p. 20-21.

Country: Belgium

City: Antwerp (Belgium)

Full Title: Antwerp. Antwerpen. Anvers. (with) Plan of the Scheldt, & forts from Antwerp to Lillo. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by W.B. Clarke. Engraved & printed by B.R. Davies, 16 George Str., London University. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, Decr. 1832. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)

List No: 0890.161

Page No: (163)

Series No: 170

Engraver or Printer: Davies, B. R. ; Clarke, W. B.

Published In: Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 1. London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1844.

Publication Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Publication Date: 1844

Publication Reference: Phillips, 794.

Publication Note: The SDUK, as the Society was known, produced inexpensive maps to encourage broad use in education. The maps in these two volumes were issued in parts over several years. The city plans are of particular interest, with vignettes and great detail. The gnomonic star maps were issued separately in this edition in their own covers. This is the second edition, the first being by Baldwin and Cradock, with the maps issued in numbers and later bound as a set. Rumsey Collection copy originally issued without the 6 "World on a gnomonic projection" maps; copies of them have been laid in. Atlas is bound in half leather dark brown cloth covered boards with "Maps. Vol. 1," "Maps. Vol. 2" stamped in gold on the spines. Maps with outline color; geological map of England and Wales hand colored in full color.