Berkshire Maps

23x19 cm

UNCOMMON. NEATLY ENGRAVED IN FINE HAND COLOUR.

 


BERKSHIRE 
Engrav'd by B. Baker Islington

 

 

Copper engraving by Benjamin Baker from The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure...,the maps appearing between 1791-1797, published by W. Bent. 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.

 

This good hand coloured example of Berkshire is from the first magazine issue and has vertical folds as usual. Some discolouration to top of paper affecting plate edge.