Item details: Hertfordshire
Click for full size image.
£ 225.00
BICKHAM, George - LAURIE & WHITTLE
Hertfordshire
Imprint: London, 1743-[96]
14.5 x 23.5 cms., in good condition
First published in George Bickhams fully engraved 'British Monarchy' c.1743. A little known later edition by George Bickham Junior was published by Laurie and Whittle in 1796 under the title 'A Curious Antique Collection of Birds-eye Views of the Several Counties'. Of extreme rarity in either edition, the first is known in only 7 examples. The maps are highly collected for their distinctiveness. Hodson Supp IV.2; Lyon 'A Bird's-eye View of the Bickhams' in The Map Collector no. 2 pp. 30-3; Skelton - Hodson 218
Stock number:3475. ISBN:r