Yorkshire West Riding

14x18 cm

Copper engraving by Thomas Kitchin and published in The Small English Atlas being a New and Acurate Sett of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales....Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt. by Messrs. Kitchin & Jefferys 1749.
There was a single edition within Thomas Jefferys' lifetime but after his death in 1771 his material passed to Robert Sayer who published four editions before his death in 1794 and the plates passing to Laurie and Whittle who published a final edition c.1796. Despite the number of editions, sales must have been poor because maps from any edition are scarce.
Early first edition - without plate number and the list of towns below the map not in alphabetical order. The impression also shows remains of the engravers' grid and lettering guidelines, a clear indicator of an early impression.
No centrefold
Fine example of a scarce map in full original hand colour.