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Mr. Philip D. Burden
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John Cary (c.1754-1835) and descendants were possibly the most prolific publishers of cartography around the turn of the eighteenth century. This is the first of three significant English County productions. Cary is noted for the clarity of detail in his maps and was the first to use the Greenwich meridian. This atlas is well known for the fact that the maps were being constantly updated. As a new title page was introduced in 1793 we can however deduce that this was an early example. Provenance: private English collection. Chubb 260; Fordham (1925) p. 23; Hodson 285; Shirley BL T.Cary 2a; Smith ‘The Map Collector’ 43 pp. 40-47.
CARY, John
Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being A New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys
John Cary, Map and Print-seller, the corner of Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1787-[c.90]
Quarto (325 x 255 mm.), full contemporary burgundy morrocco, rebacked preserving original spine. Boards gilt tooled and panelled. Spine with tooled gilt panels, raised bands with ornate gilt tooling. With later endpapers. Map of South Britain facing engraved title page, engraved dedication leaf, contents leaf, 6 pp. ‘Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales through all the Counties’, 4 pp. ‘Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales’, 7 pp. ‘List of the Principal Post and Sub-Post Towns in England and Wales’, 6 pp. ‘List of Subscribers’, and 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total. All in early outline colour, with wash to wooded areas. Some minor soiling otherwise good. All gilt edged.
Stock number: 1976
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