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Joseph Ellis (fl.1758-d.1802) was an engraver whose most important cartographic production was the atlas named after him of the English Counties. It was first published in 1765 as the ‘New English Atlas’ of which only one incomplete example survives. It was issued jointly by Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer and re-named ‘Ellis’s English Atlas’ in 1766. This further third edition in 1768 reflected the partners desire to have individual title pages. This is an example of the corrected issue. In the first 1768 issue the imprint on the title page is Carrington Bowles with two ‘r’s. Provenance: private English collection. Chubb 228; Hodson 244.
ELLIS, Joseph
Ellis's English Atlas: or, a Compleat Chorography of England and Wales: in Fifty-Four Maps. Containing More Particulars than any Other Collection of the Same Kind.
London, 1768
Oblong quarto (230 x 285 mm.), contemporary quarter calf with contemporary? marbled boards, worn. With title page and 54 engraved maps including 4 folding maps, all of which are somewhat torn, but complete. Some inkstains on the preliminary maps with some manuscript notations. Each map is interleaved with copious manuscript notes and other annotations.
Stock number: 1762
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