Bedfordshire Maps

7x11 cm

MINIATURE FRENCH MAP OF FOUR COUNTIES. "TOMBSTONE" SERIES

HERTFORT BEDFORT. HUNTINGD|CAMBRIDGE
A.M.Perrot 1823. Me. Migneret Sc

Miniature map drawn by French Geographer Aristide Michel Perrot for publication in 1824 of L'Angleterre, ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne… by George Bernard Depping, a naturalised Frenchman of German birth. The map was engraved on copper by Parisian engraver, Madame Adrien Migneret.
The maps are set within designs depicting the topography, industry and commerce associated with the county and have been affectionately termed ‘the tombstone series’. 
The work was republished with small changes to the title in 1828, twice, and 1835, the maps were generally unchanged.

Good clean example in original outline hand colour.  

Ref. Chambers Printed Maps of Bedfordshire 78.