MAP of the MINERAL WATERS and BATHING PLACES in England

Description

Copper engraving - 'Drawn and Engraved by J. Andrews' - with original outline colour.

'Published as the Act directs ... May 19th 1797'; subsequently as Plate V of 'A Geographical Atlas of England, Divided According to its Natural, Political, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Ancient and Modern Divisions, to which is added a Political Chart of Europe', John Stockdale, 1809.

Size, plate: 13 1/4 x 10 3/8" - 335 x 265 mm. Page: 19 1/4 x 13 3/4" - 490 x 347 mm.

In overall good condition: a firm impression, colour still bright and precise. 

Based on the Meridian of St Pauls [London]. The map shows the location of bathing places, wells, mineral spas, medicinal and petrifying waters in England and Wales. Brighton still given as 'Brighthelmstone', its official name until 1810.