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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
Thomas Badeslade (fl.1719-1745) was a surveyor and engineer who was involved in many schemes to improve the waterways. He was also an established author and in 1742 he had William Henry Toms (fl.1723-61) engrave a series of maps from his draughts and publish them as the ‘Chorographia Britanniae’. It is the first pocket size English county atlas published in the eighteenth century. It is surprising that it took so long considering the runaway success of the ‘Britannia Depicta’ of 1720. This is the first edition to introduce two plates number 49 and 50 of the Hackney coaches. Provenance: private English collection. Beresiner pp. 49-50; Hodson no. 191; Shirley BL T.Bad 1c.
BADESLADE, Thomas & TOMS, William Henry
Chorographia Britanniae. Or A Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales: to which are prefix'd the following general Maps
London, 1745
Octavo (165 x 110 mm.), full contemporary calf, rebacked. Raised bands. With worn title label to spine, faint gilt tooling to boards, worn. With engraved title, dedication, 5 tables, 6 general and 40 county maps and rates for Hackney carriages etc. engraved throughout. Some titles cut at the top. Very light spotting and minor print offsetting.
Stock number: 1786
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