This
very large - 4 sheet
joined - famous mid 18th century original antique map of
England and Wales by John Rocque was published by Robert
Sayer in the large 1761 edition of A General Atlas
Describing the Whole Universe.
This map is extremely detailed
denoting nearly every town river canal and point of
interest. This type of cartography is indicative of the
British attention to detail & research that helped
Britain become the world power over the next 150 years.
John ROCQUE
c. 1704-62 - Little is known
of John Rocque's early life except that he was of
Huguenot extraction and was living and working in London
as an engraver from about 1734. His early experience in
preparing plans of great houses and gardens for the
nobility led him to take up large-scale surveying for
which he developed a distinctive and effective style
involving new ways of indicating land use and hill
contours. He is best known for a very large-scale plan
of London published in 1746 and for a pocket set of
county maps, The English Traveller, issued in the same
year. He spent some years in Ireland surveying for
estate maps and in 1756 he published a well-known Exact
Survey of the City of Dublin.
Rocque was Topographer to the Prince of Wales and
attained his new title after the coronation in 1760. He
flourished from 1734-62. Sayer, a famous and prolific
mapmaker, was taken into partnership by John Overton in
1745. After his death in 1752 Sayer continued on his own
forming several associations until his own death in
1792. His association with Rocque began in 1753.
(Ref:
M&B; Tooley)
General Description:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy & stable
Paper color: - White
Age of map color: - Original & later
Colors used: - Blue, brown
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 49in x
39in (1.25m x
1.00m)
Paper size: - 49in x
39in (1.25m x
1.00m)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - Several folds re-enforced
and re-joined
Plate area: - Folds as issued, light
offsetting, several folds re-enforced and re-joined
Verso: - Several folds re-enforced
and re-joined
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