A New Map of Italy Corrected from the Observations communicated to ye Royal Society at London adn ye Royal Accademy at Paris. By John Senex. To the Honorable Sr. Humphrey Mackworth of Neath in the County of Glamorgan of Pencreeke in the County of Monmouth and of Betton in the County of Salop. Knight. This Map is humbly dedicated and Presented by Your most Obedient Servant John Senex.

PRICE, J[ohn]. SENEX, J[ohn].

Published by John Senex -1728, 1710

About this Item

Double-page engraved map on 2 sheets joined, with full contemporary hand-colouring, size: 650 mm by 9240 mm, sheet size: 680 by 980 mm. Short tear to one of the folds. John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price. In 1728, Senex was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, a rarity for mapmakers. The Fellowship reflects his career-long association as engraver to the Society and publisher of maps by Edmund Halley, among other luminaries. He is best known for his English Atlas (1714), which remained in print until the 1760s. After his death in 1740 his widow, Mary, carried on the business until 1755. Thereafter, his stock was acquired by William Herbert and Robert Sayer (maps) and James Ferguson (globes).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A New Map of Italy Corrected from the Observations communicated to ye Royal Society at London adn ye Royal Accademy at Paris. By John Senex. To the Honorable Sr. Humphrey Mackworth of Neath in the County of Glamorgan of Pencreeke in the County of Monmouth and of Betton in the County of Salop. Knight. This Map is humbly dedicated and Presented by Your most Obedient Servant John Senex.
• Publisher: John Senex -1728
• Publication Date: 1710