[Morden, Robert.

4to (220 x 175mm.), 2 double-page engraved views of Windsor Castle, 40 double-page engraved county maps, double-page map of the British islands, 2 large folding engraved maps, of the Fens and the River Thames, later portrait of Walpole pasted in, contemporary rough calf, lacking the preliminary general maps, many of the maps loose, binding worn; sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return 

Horace Walpole (1717-1797), bookplate 

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Unusual compilation of the maps and views, only, from Magna Britannia, a history of the English counties, published in parts from 1714 to 1731. Although compiling the text took 18 years, the maps were all available at the start of the project, and it is assumed that this compilation was sold early in the project to raise capital.