Yorkshire North Riding

24x19 cm

NORTH RIDING OF
YORKSHIRE
Engraved by B. Baker, Islington.
Published 12.^th October, 1806, by LAURIE & WHITTLE, N.^o 53, Fleet Street, London.

Copper engraving by Benjamin Baker first published in for The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure..., W. Bent. from 1791 to 1797. This was the second series of county maps issued in the magazine, the first series by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin was published between 1747-1766 by John Hinton. Baker's maps were based on the 'quarto' maps of John Cary published from 1787. This series is the first known work by Benjamin Baker who is also noted for his engraving work on the earliest maps for the Ordnance Survey until his retirement c.1824.
The maps also appeared unchanged in Maps of the Several Counties and Shires in England… Darton and Harvey, 1804. Finally, Laurie & Whittle published them with a number of revisions to the plate, including a compass rose and their imprint, in Laurie & Whittle's New and Improved English Atlas… 1807 & 1816.
This example is from the Laurie & Whittle publication. Original hand colour. Light overall toning to the paper. Uncommon.