A Topographical Map Of The County Of Middlesex
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The first large-scale map of the county of Middlesex, effectively all now part of Greater London. The map includes the Cities of London and Westminster, and appears on four sheets at a scale of two inches to the mile. It is bound here with the single-sheet derivative "Map Of The County Of Middlesex Reduced From An Actual Survey In Four Sheets By John Rocque" published in 1757. Recent 3/4 calf binding with marbled boards, raised bands, gilt lines and label to the spine. Rocque's immensely detailed map is presented here in original wash colour and is one of the earliest works of this famed cartographer, in fact his second county survey. Rocque's skill as a mapmaker is evident here in his careful delineation of the county's topographical 'infrastructure' along with decorative detail so that individual properties, the layout of formal gardens and estates, tracks and field patterns, much still identifiable today, are all discernible. Equal care and attention has also been paid to the 1757 general single-sheet map of the county - allowing the viewer to see the extent of this county in one glance. The map sheets are laid on protective archival tissue and there has been a small loss of printed area with manuscript reinstatement to the lower edge of two sheets. Nevertheless, this is an attractive example of a fascinating, rare and sought-after map.
region: Middlesex |
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