Research Catalog

Title

Proposals for printing and publishing by subscription, correct maps of the rivers Rhine, Maese, and Scheldt, [electronic resource] : Dedicated, BY Permission, To His Royal Highness The Duke Of AtYork. First ----- A complete Set of five Maps of the River Rhine, being 672 Miles. No. 1. From its Spring to Basle, being 216 Miles. No. 2. From Basle to Strasbourgh and Fort Lewis, being 87 Miles. No. 3. From Fort Lewis to Mentz, being 109 Miles. No. 4. From Mentz to Dusseldorff, being 133 Miles. No. 5. From Dusseldorff to Wych, being 127 Miles. Secondly. A complete Set of Four Maps of the River Maese, being 645 Miles. No. 1. From its Spring to Verdun, being 164 Miles. No. 2. Verdun to Dinant, being 189 Miles. No. 3. From Dinant to Venlo, being 183 Miles. No. 4. From Venlo to the Sea, being 139 Miles. Thirdly, A complete Map of the River Scheldt, from Bouchain to the Sea, being 229 Miles. To each of these Maps is given, in large Marginal Notes, a Geographical Description of the above Rivers, together with all the Cities, Fortifications, and other remarkable Places situated on their Borders, with the Names of the several Sovereigns to whom they belonged, previous to the present War. The whole taken and surveyed by Matthias Koops, Esq. Who for several Years served in different distinguished Military Characters, under the late Emperor of Germany, and King of Prussia. Conditions. The Maps will be finished and ready for delivery to the Subscribers the First Day of June next. The Maps to be printed and elegantly coloured, on the largest wove Imperial Paper, 26in. by 39. The Subscription for the Ten Maps, is Ten Guineas, one half to be paid at the Time of Subscribing, and the remainder, on Delivery. Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Hammersley and Co. Pall-Mall. N. B. No more Copies will be printed than subscribed for.

Author

Koops, Matthias.

Publication

[London, s.n., 1796]

Details

Description

[4]p.; 2⁰.

Uniform Title

Map of the river Rhine. Prospectus

Alternative Title

Map of the river Rhine.

Subject

Advertising > Books > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Prospectuses.

Note

• The proposals are printed on the first recto of the sheet; the second recto contains an advertisement for Koops's 'Developement of the views and designs of the French nation' published in the same year.
• The maps referred to were published in 1797.
• The proposals are introduced by a separate printed letter by Koops dated April 1796: 'Sir, the very high patronage with which the inclosed proposals are honoured, ..'.
• Braces in imprint.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642311854
• ECCO1-T118146

Author

Koops, Matthias.

Title

Proposals for printing and publishing by subscription, correct maps of the rivers Rhine, Maese, and Scheldt, [electronic resource] : Dedicated, BY Permission, To His Royal Highness The Duke Of AtYork. First ----- A complete Set of five Maps of the River Rhine, being 672 Miles. No. 1. From its Spring to Basle, being 216 Miles. No. 2. From Basle to Strasbourgh and Fort Lewis, being 87 Miles. No. 3. From Fort Lewis to Mentz, being 109 Miles. No. 4. From Mentz to Dusseldorff, being 133 Miles. No. 5. From Dusseldorff to Wych, being 127 Miles. Secondly. A complete Set of Four Maps of the River Maese, being 645 Miles. No. 1. From its Spring to Verdun, being 164 Miles. No. 2. Verdun to Dinant, being 189 Miles. No. 3. From Dinant to Venlo, being 183 Miles. No. 4. From Venlo to the Sea, being 139 Miles. Thirdly, A complete Map of the River Scheldt, from Bouchain to the Sea, being 229 Miles. To each of these Maps is given, in large Marginal Notes, a Geographical Description of the above Rivers, together with all the Cities, Fortifications, and other remarkable Places situated on their Borders, with the Names of the several Sovereigns to whom they belonged, previous to the present War. The whole taken and surveyed by Matthias Koops, Esq. Who for several Years served in different distinguished Military Characters, under the late Emperor of Germany, and King of Prussia. Conditions. The Maps will be finished and ready for delivery to the Subscribers the First Day of June next. The Maps to be printed and elegantly coloured, on the largest wove Imperial Paper, 26in. by 39. The Subscription for the Ten Maps, is Ten Guineas, one half to be paid at the Time of Subscribing, and the remainder, on Delivery. Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Hammersley and Co. Pall-Mall. N. B. No more Copies will be printed than subscribed for.

Imprint

[London, s.n., 1796]

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T118146.

Connect to:

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.