OSBORNE, Thomas (d. 1767). Geographia Magnae Britanniae. Or, Correct Maps of all the Counties in England, Scotland, and Wales, [London:] Printed for T. Osborne (and others), 1748. 8° (160 x 100mm.). Engraved title, folding general map, 60 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline [bound with:] Geographia Scotiae: Being New and Correct Maps of all the Counties and Islands in the Kingdom of Scotland, London: for D. Browne, T. Osborne (and others), 1756. 33 hand-coloured engraved maps. 2 works in one volume, 8° (160 x 100mm.). (Some very light browning and offsetting, some text leaves cropped at head.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: David Rochfort (armorial bookplate); maps titled in early manuscript on versos; inserted slip with autograph note relating to misbinding of map 52 in the first work. Chubb CLXXXIX: "Bound at the end is Geographia Scotiae with maps numbered 1-33." Although dated 1756 and with a separate title, the second work appears to be an integral part of the first, which contains only the English and Welsh counties; Moreland & Bannister p. 170.

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OSBORNE, Thomas (d. 1767). Geographia Magnae Britanniae. Or, Correct Maps of all the Counties in England, Scotland, and Wales, [London:] Printed for T. Osborne (and others), 1748. 8° (160 x 100mm.). Engraved title, folding general map, 60 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline [bound with:] Geographia Scotiae: Being New and Correct Maps of all the Counties and Islands in the Kingdom of Scotland, London: for D. Browne, T. Osborne (and others), 1756. 33 hand-coloured engraved maps. 2 works in one volume, 8° (160 x 100mm.). (Some very light browning and offsetting, some text leaves cropped at head.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: David Rochfort (armorial bookplate); maps titled in early manuscript on versos; inserted slip with autograph note relating to misbinding of map 52 in the first work. Chubb CLXXXIX: "Bound at the end is Geographia Scotiae with maps numbered 1-33." Although dated 1756 and with a separate title, the second work appears to be an integral part of the first, which contains only the English and Welsh counties; Moreland & Bannister p. 170.

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OSBORNE, Thomas (d. 1767). Geographia Magnae Britanniae. Or, Correct Maps of all the Counties in England, Scotland, and Wales, [London:] Printed for T. Osborne (and others), 1748. 8° (160 x 100mm.). Engraved title, folding general map, 60 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline [bound with:] Geographia Scotiae: Being New and Correct Maps of all the Counties and Islands in the Kingdom of Scotland, London: for D. Browne, T. Osborne (and others), 1756. 33 hand-coloured engraved maps. 2 works in one volume, 8° (160 x 100mm.). (Some very light browning and offsetting, some text leaves cropped at head.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt (rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: David Rochfort (armorial bookplate); maps titled in early manuscript on versos; inserted slip with autograph note relating to misbinding of map 52 in the first work. Chubb CLXXXIX: "Bound at the end is Geographia Scotiae with maps numbered 1-33." Although dated 1756 and with a separate title, the second work appears to be an integral part of the first, which contains only the English and Welsh counties; Moreland & Bannister p. 170.

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