Oxfordshire Maps

18x23 cm

NEAT, FINELY ENGRAVED MAP

OXFORDSHIRE
Engraved by B.Baker Islington

This series were first published in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure by John Hinton from 1791 to 1797. They were then published in Maps of the several counties and shires in England by Darton and Harvey in 1804, and finally, with amendments in Laurie & Whittle's New and Improved English Atlas in 1807 and 1816.The engraver, Benjamin Baker, was engaged for much of his career, on the earliest maps for the Ordnance Survey
This fine example, in line and was hand colour, is the first state published in The Universal Magazine in 1793.