Herefordshire Maps

18x22 cm

UNCOMMON MAGAZINE ISSUE
HEREFORDSHIRE
Engraved by B.Baker, Islington.
 
Benjamin Baker is known for his engraving of the earliest maps for the Ordnance Survey. His first known work was this series of county maps produced for The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure published monthly from 1792 by John Hinton. The maps appeared in a single issue and were not re-issued until the firm of Laurie & Whittle acquired the plates and published them in Laurie & Whittle's New and Improved English Atlas in 1807. A number of alterations and additions to the plates were carried out for this publication, notably including a compass rose behind the title in the style of Cary and the imprint Laurie & Whittle outside the bottom border. The work was republished in 1816 with some rare examples of loose maps and later publications have been found indicating later issues in 1821 and 1846.
 
Folds as issued. Good example from the first issue published in The Universal Magazine 
Uncommon.