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H. G. FORD RAM—HERTFORDSHIRE MATS. 
and characters on the map. In the right-hand top corner a list of 
the eight hundreds is given, on the right side of the map is a large 
star-indicator of the points of the compass, and in the right-hand 
bottom corner is a view of St. Albans Abbey from the south side, 
engraved by J. Walsh. In the centre, below the map itself, 
a “ Scale of (10) Miles” is engraved, and, below it: “ Hertfordshire 
contains 523 Square Statute Miles.” 
Prom the ‘ Atlas of the Counties of England, from Actual 
Surveys made from the Years 1817 to 1833, by C. & J. 
Greenwood.’ London, 1834, large folio. 
This atlas, besides the engraved title-page, with a sketch-map of 
England and Wales, coloured to show the counties, contains 38 
maps of the counties of England, 3 maps of the hidings of Yorks, 
a map of Monmouth, and 4 maps of Wales in divisions, in all 
46 large maps, on a uniform scale of about 3 miles to the inch. 
Each map is illustrated by a marginal view of a cathedral or other 
principal building in the county, and they are all coloured to show 
the hundred and other divisions, the principal roads, and the parks. 
Herts is number 15 in the series. 
Messrs. Greenwood projected a complete series of county maps on 
a scale of an inch to a mile, generally on 4 or 6 sheets, at the 
price (with two or three exceptions) of £3 3s. each map. The 
price of the whole series, for proof impressions, being 125 guineas. 
Their surveys commenced in 1817 and were continued till 1834. 
In May, 1824 (as appears from an original prospectus and 
advertisement in my collection), 15* of these maps had been issued. 
Work had then been proceeding “ with unremitted application 
during a period of nearly Ten Years,” and they expected to complete 
the survey “within the further period of about Six Years.” Other 
maps appeared subsequently, and the whole of this set (with the 
exception of the maps of Bucks, Cambs, Hereford, Herts, Norfolk, 
and Oxfordshire, which were never published), making up, with 
S.E. Wales and a verv hne map of London on a scale of 8 inches 
to the mile, a series of 34 maps, was completed about 1830. The 
Greenwoods commenced in 1829 the publication of the series of 
smaller maps afterwards collected in the above - mentioned atlas. 
In that year 11 maps appeared (July 4th), in 1830 12 were issued, 
and, in 1831, 11. There was then a break, and 12 more (in¬ 
cluding Herts) were published in 1834 (April 1st), which is the 
date of the title-page of the atlas itself. 
The two series of maps contain the same details and ornamenta¬ 
tions, and are drawn and coloured in a similar style. They con¬ 
stitute by far the most artistic, complete, and interesting set of 
county maps ever issued. I he details are very complete and clear, 
the engraving and colouring are very good, and the marginal views 
are in nearly every case charming pictures. 
* Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Middlesex, Durham, Staffordshire, Wilt¬ 
shire, Kent, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Cumberland, Surrey, 
Westmoreland, and Berkshire. 
