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It shows the hundreds, rivers, roads (with the miles marked 
upon them upon the main lines, and the directions they take where 
they leave the county indicated), with towns, villages and hamlets, 
and parks and woods, and hill-shading. In the left-hand top 
corner is the title, in ornamental capitals : “ Hertfordshire.” Below 
it, a “ Beference to the Hundreds,” and, towards the bottom of the 
map, against the left-hand margin, a star-indicator of the points of 
the compass. Below this again, close to the bottom border, is 
a scale of 10 miles, and, in the right-hand bottom corner, an 
“ Explanation,” showing the signs used on the map. 
Outside the border, at the foot of the map, is, on the left: 
“Drawn under the Superintendance of T. L. Murray” ; in the 
centre: “London, Published May, 1st 1831, by T. L. Murray, 19, 
Adam Street Adelphi,” and, on the right: “ Hoare & Beeves sc.” 
From ‘ An Atlas of the English Counties Divided into Hundreds 
Etc.Projected on the Basis of the Trigonometrical 
Survey By Order of the Hon ble The Board of Ordnance.’ London, 
1831, large 4to. There are 44 maps in this collection. 
1831. Lewis, Samuel. 9 X 6f. Scale, about 5 miles = 
1 inch. Drawn on steel by B. Creighton. 
A map of Herts in a double-lined margin, with degrees and 
minutes of latitude and longitude marked. It is very clearly 
engraved, and shows the main and some cross roads (with indica¬ 
tions of direction where they quit the county), rivers, the Grand 
Junction Canal and Aylesbury Branch, and the Lea Navigation, 
with the towns, villages, and a few hamlets. Hills are shown, by 
shading, along the Chalk escarpment. The design does not extend 
beyond the boundary of the county. In the left-hand top corner 
the title: “Hertfordshire,” with, below it, an ornamental star- 
indicator of the points of the compass. In the right-hand bottom 
corner is a “ Scale of Miles” (15), and, below the margin, at the 
foot, on the left: “Drawn by B. Creighton”; in the centre: 
“ Drawn and Engraved for Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary”; and, 
on the right: “ Engraved by J. & C. Walker.” 
From ‘ A Topographical Dictionary of England.’ By Samuel 
Lewis. 4 vols., London, 1831, 4to. Herts is in vol. ii. This 
is the first edition of this work, of which there were seven in all. 
The county maps are in some cases inserted interleaved with the 
text, and in others bound in a separate atlas. They were slightly 
altered in the successive editions by the insertion of railways. 
This work in its most complete form (1840) was made up to 
14 volumes, viz., England, 4; Wales, 2; Scotland, 2; Ireland, 2 ; 
atlases, 4. The dates of the several editions are 1831, 1833, 1835, 
1840, 1842, 1845, and 1849. 
1832. Boundary Commissioners. About 13 x ll|. 
Scale, about 4|- miles = 1 inch. 
Outline map of the county, without border, to show the altera¬ 
tions in the Parliamentary representation proposed in the Beform 
Bill of this year. It gives a few roads, and toAvns and villages, 
