Bedfordshire Maps

22x27 cm

BEDFORDSHIRE | By JOHN CARY, Engraver.
London. Published Jan.1.1793, by J.Cary, Engraver & Mapseller, Strand.
Copper engraving by John Cary. This series of maps, commonly known as his "quarto" series, were published in Cary's New and Correct English Atlas and were justifiably popular, running to many editions from 1787 until about 1804. Re-engraved plates extended the life of the series from 1808 to 1843 and lithographic transfers from the plates by later publishers continued publication until about 1876 - a life of nearly 90 years.
This map of Bedfordshire is the final state of the first engraved plate published in Cary's New and Correct English Atlas of 1793. In original hand colour but with later crude addition of a red line to the London roads. Includes original typeset page of text description of the county, some near contemporary manuscript notes on the page.
Betty Chambers Printed Maps of Bedfordshire Ref. 46 (vii)