Bowen Eman Uel (4 results)

17.5 x 22.5 cms. Color de época.Bello mapa de Menorca coloreado de época, en pas-partout. Muy buen ejemplar Recuadros: The Harbour of / PORT MAHON + The Streights of Gibraltar / with the Coast of Spain from / Cadiz to Malaga. Publicado en: The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences by Benjamin Martin. The insets note the distances from Mahón to Toulon (197 miles) and Gibraltar (540 miles).Jolly: Maps in British Periodicals. Vol.II. GENMAS 72. Martorell 93 (illustrated).…

Engraved, hand-coloured, linen-backed folding map. Housed in original publisher's marbled paper slipcase. Map shaved at foot with loss of imprint. Slipcase rubbed. A late eighteenth century folding map of Buckinghamshire - issued by notable printseller Carington Bowles (1724-1793) - preserved in the original publisher's slipcase. Size: Dimensions 540 x 700 mm.…

Engraved hand-coloured linen-backed folding map. Housed in original publisher's marbled paper slipcase. Map shaved at foot with loss of imprint. Slipcase rubbed. A late eighteenth century folding map of Nottinghamshire - issued by notable printseller Carington Bowles (1724-1793) - preserved in the original publisher's slipcase. Size: Dimensions: 550 x 700 mm.…

Second Edition, n.d. but circa 1760. Map approx 158 cm x 113 cm, dissected into 32 parts and mounted onto linen. Uncoloured. Large title cartouche to upper left corner with allegorical figures and putti, and second large cartouche for dedication to the Prince of Wales to lower left corner with figures and armorial crest. Five large engraved views of Carmarthen, Brecknock (Brecon), Haverfordwest, Swansey (Swansea) and Tenby each approx 21 cm x 10. Distance tables at foot for principal journeys and Explanation key together with Scale in border at lower right corner (scale 3 inches to 5 miles). Linen to rear lightly surface soiled and foxed; some wear at folds including single 8 cm length with very minor loss and associated fraying. Small corner crease; 3 very minor holes to Haverfordwest engraving. Map itself partially faintly toned with some creasing at section edges; overall a clean and well preserved map. Large scale map of six counties by the noted engraver Emanuel Bowen (c.1694-1767). Cartographer to both George II of Great Britain and Louis XV of France Bowen's early work Britannia Depicta showed the English and Welsh counties, and he was commissioned in the mid eighteenth century to produce the Large English Atlas of county maps, a long-term and ambitious project. Bowen is also known for his small traveller's road strip maps for specific routes, often compared with the Sat-nav system used today. This map was printed in 6 sheets and shows towns, villages, churches, chapels and "Gentlemen's Seats" as well as rivers, roads, forests and other landscape features. The original 1729 first edition and this later undated edition are both rare. The dedication to George Prince of Wales determines that it was printed in or before 1760 as he acceded to the throne as George III during that year. Rare.…