Shropshire Maps

44x50 cm

A | MAP | OF | SHROPSHIRE | FROM THE BEST | AUTHORITIES. |Engraved by J. Cary. | Published by John Stockdale Piccadilly 26 March 1805
Copper engraving by John Cary.  The maps were first issued in parts by T. Payne & Son, and G.G.J. & J. Robinson for Richard Gough's translation of William Camden's Britannia, the completed work being published in 1789. Following the death of Payne, the Robinson family sold the plates and publication rights to John Stockdale. Richard Gough was reportedly annoyed with the new arrangements and refused to work on the new edition and Stockdale completed the editorial work himself, expanding the work to four folio volumes and publishing them in 1806. Stockdale also used the plates in his New British Atlas from 1805 to 1809. 
Good example of the map of Shropshire from the Stockdale edition with dated imprint of 1805. Original hand colour. good margins, heavy paper, additional crease at centrefold but no damage or repairs.