Zatta's Map of Middlesex Publisher(s)_Thomas Basset

Zatta's Map of Middlesex Publisher(s)_Thomas BassetThis map of Middlesex was engraved by Giuliano Zuliano after Giovanni Pitteri and published in Antonia Zatta's Atlante Novissimo. This was his four volume world atlas, which included four maps of the English counties around London: Kent, Middlesex, Essex, and Surrey. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 20. 5 x 31. 5 cm, original hand colour, blank verso

and which was revised for British Railways in the 1950s

entertain and induce wonder

The design also makes striking use of the bar and circle roundel and Edward Johnston typeface

but the BNF’s own digitised copy is from this second state

The map is dedicated to the right honourable James Stewart Mackenzie (1718-1800)

and a cod fishery

when Duke Frederick was killed in battle by the Hungarians in 1246

or European Russia

exhaustive and up-to-date collection of the speeches and writings of M

From the first edition of ‘The Holy Land’ and ‘Egypt and Nubia’

all with attractive original hand colour

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