Hertfordshire Maps

49x39 cm

An Accurate Map of  |  HARTFORD SHIRE | Divided into | HUNDREDS; | Drawn from Surveys and | Illustrated with Historical Extracts | relative to its Natural Produce, | Trade and Manufactures; | Describing also the Church | Livings, Charity Schools, &c. | with other Improvements | by Eman: Bowen | Geog^r,, to his late Majesty.
This series of maps, produced for The Royal English Atlas, were a reduction by two thirds of the maps from The Large English Atlas and were first published in 1763 only three years after the first complete issue of the Large English Atlas. There were a number of re-issues in the 1770's and 1780's with the final publication in 1828 by R. Martin but the publications were small and the work was not a commercial success, the maps are scarce today.
This Hertfordshire map has been trimmed to plate edge with loss of imprint which prevents identification of the specific edition. It has also been folded with slight browning at folds and some minor loss at fold intersections. Re-margined in matching paper and repaired and re-inforced at fold lines verso. Despite its faults it remains a detailed and decorative map in original hand colour and the good dark impression with very little loss of detail from the plate would suggest an early edition.
Hodson Printed maps of Hertfordshire ref. 42