Hertfordshire Maps

46x33 cm

FIRST EDITION

A MAP OF HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGRAVED FROM AN ACTUAL SURVEY. with Improvements.
Haywood del. | Sudlow sc. 
London, Engraved for J.Harrison, 115, Newgate Street, as the Act directs, July 4 1788.

Drawn by John Haywood and engraved by Edward Sudlow, this series of county maps were issued as loose sheet maps at erratic intervals over a four year period bearing dates between 1787 and 1789. They were first issued in atlas form in Maps Of The English Counties… in 1791 by John Harrison and remained on sale for several years. It seems that sales were disappointing as various reductions in price are recorded. Despite the claim in the title that the maps were from an actual survey, they were mostly based on the maps of Kitchin and Bowen published in The Large English Atlas or one of the derivatives. The border is divided and numbered at 5' intervals with a graticule over the map.

Several short closed tears to right margin, one reaching the engraved border and some additional light creasing, but still a good example from the first edition, good margins, neat hand colour.

ref. Hodson Printed Maps of Hertfordshire 50(i)