Northumberland Maps

17x25 cm

UNCOMMON. FINE ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR.

LANGLEY'S new MAP of NORTHUMBERLAND.

Printed and Published by Langley & Belch, N^o. 173, High street, Borough, London, May 1^st.1818.
Copper engraving first published in Langley's new county atlas of England and Wales, embellished with a beautiful vignette to each map...Langley and Belch, 1818. This was the single issue by Langley and Belch, the plates being issued twice more under the same title by Joseph Phelps in 1820.


Edward Langley (fl.1802-1827), engraver, bookseller, publisher and printer, probably born 1771, Henry Langley, Fleet Street weaver and Mary Langley. He was in partnership with William Belch (fl.1805-1843) from 1805-1819 until bankruptcy proceedings ended the partnership. He probably died in 1827 and buried at St. George the Martyr, although his name continued to be listed in directories as a bookseller and printer for some years, the business perhaps continued in the hands of other members of his family. (British Map Engravers Laurence Worms and Ashley Baynton Williams). 

Fine example in original hand colour in the first printed state with Langley & Belch imprint.
 

Ref. Whitaker Maps of Northumberland 352