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BOWEN (EMANUEL) and THOMAS KITCHEN
The Large English Atlas: Or, A New Set of Maps of All the Counties in England and Wales, Drawn from the Several Surveys which have been hitherto Published; Le grand atlas anglois: ou, nouveau recueil des cartes de toutes les provinces d'Angleterre et de la principauté de Galles, Robert Sayer, [1767?]

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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BOWEN (EMANUEL) and THOMAS KITCHEN

The Large English Atlas: Or, A New Set of Maps of All the Counties in England and Wales, Drawn from the Several Surveys which have been hitherto Published; Le grand atlas anglois: ou, nouveau recueil des cartes de toutes les provinces d'Angleterre et de la principauté de Galles, French and English title-pages in red and black, 47 engraved double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, with cartouches, vignettes, inset plans, arms, etc., all mounted on guards, short tear in margin of map of Dorsetshire, Kent with very short nick at foot of central fold, creasing to title-pages, modern half calf with gilt title label [cf. Chubb CXCVII, 1763 edition], folio (569 x 400mm.), Robert Sayer, [1767?]

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A good clean copy of 'by far the most important eighteenth-century English atlas to be published before the appearance of John Cary's new English atlas in 1787' (Hodson). The highly-detailed and large scale folio maps, engraved by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchen at the instigation of John Hinton, were first collected together and issued by John Tinney, Thomas Bowles and Robert Sayer in 1760. The present copy is a relatively scarce edition with an additional title-page in French. The maps bear the imprints of John Bowles, Carington Bowles and Sayer (some having a gap where Tinney's name has been removed), with the map of Berkshire dated 1756. This 'splendid collection of maps' (Chubb) includes inset views or plans of major cities, including prospects of Ely, York, Leeds, Cardiff and Chichester.

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