Shropshire Maps

20x25 cm

A New MAP of | SHROPSHIRE | Drawn from the best | Authorities: | By Tho^s,,Kitchin Geog^r,, | Engraver to H. R. H. the | Duke of York.
Copper engraving by Thomas Kitchin published in England Illustrated, or, a compendium of natural history, geography, topography… by  Robert and James Dodsley in 1764.
Thomas Kitchin (fl.1732-1776, d.1784), one of the foremost engravers of his time, was apprenticed to Emanuel Bowen in 1732 and married his daughter, Sarah, at the end of his apprenticeship in 1739. His works include the map of Scotland by Elphinstone, maps for Geographia Scotiae, the London Magazine and The Large English Atlas working with his father in law Emanuel Bowen.
The publisher, Robert Dodsley, took his younger brother James into partnership by 1755 and together published England Illustrated in December 1763 post-dated 1764. The work was re-issued in monthly parts early in 1764. Robert Dodsley died on 23rd September but publication of the monthly parts continued until completion on 1st January 1765. The maps appeared once more in 1765 in an atlas publication without text under the title Kitchen's (sic) English Atlas; Or, A Compleat Set of Maps Of All The Counties of England and Wales…By Thomas Kitchen, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Duke of York. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall.
Fine hand coloured example.