Folding Maps

184x222 cm

TO THE Nobility, Gentry, & Clergy, of YORKSHIRE, this Map of the County CONSTRUCTED from a Survey commenced IN THE Year 1817, & CORRECTED IN THE YEARS 1827 & 1828, Is repectfully dedicated by the PROPRIETORS.
LONDON, PUBLISHED BY HENRY TEESDALE, AND C.^o AND C. STOCKING, PATERNOSTER ROW
APRIL 21, 1828. J. Bingley, sc. Sidney St. Islington.

Nine plates dissected into 72 sections and pasted on linen in three sheets 184x74cm. each of 24 sections with green tape borders and green marbled paper covers, east and west sheets with paper label. Housed in original calf book box slipcase with gilt title label.
The map is engraved by James Bingley (1796-1869) and is a revised re-issue of an 1817 map by Christopher Greenwood, lithograph printed and hand coloured.

Henry Teesdale (1776-1855) was a London publisher, this map being one of his first recorded publications. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society shortly after its foundation in 1830. He traded as Henry Teesdale & Co. in partnership with John Jordan of Holborn and William Colling Hobson of Witham until 1832. 
The map has some occasional light marking an tanning but is generally in very good condition, The box is scuffed and worn but complete and strong. A very good example.

Whitaker Printed Maps of Yorkshire ref. 381