FIRST EDITION. The ‘British Atlas’ was first published jointly with Longman, Rees & Co. on 1 March 1837 and dedicated to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria who later that year ascended to the throne. It proved to be a popular atlas with a number of editions up to 1880. Originally the atlas was issued with 47 maps as here; those of Scotland and Ireland were added at a later date. In 1850 lithographic transfers were made in partnership with William Hobson to create ‘Hobson’s Fox Hunting Atlas’, another atlas which was successful. A later use still was by Lett’s, Son and Co. in 1884. John and Charles Walker were well known engravers and publishers of the nineteenth century. They also produced engraved maps for other works including ‘Ellis’s English Atlas’, Greenwood’s county atlas and ‘Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of England’. A fine example of an atlas which in its true first edition is very scarce. Provenance: public auction. Chubb 476 (citing one known copy at CUL); Beresiner pp. 232-3.