Description: ‘A Correct map of Buckingham Shire’ by Thomas Osborne, published in London, 1748.Attractive county map, showing towns, roads, rivers, forests, lakes and other features. Includes decorative title and compass rose. From the first edition of Osborne's ‘Geographia Magni Britannii, Or, Correct Maps of all the Counties in England, Scotland and Wales, an of several adjacent islands’. The separate maps from this work are relatively scarce on the market. Its life was short, being overtaken by sales of new atlases by Bowen and Kitchin. Chubb 189. John and Thomas Osborne published a number of cartographic works. They co-operated in the production of Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History' (1744-6), and in 1748 produced an attractive set of 'pocket' county maps, designed for the traveller, entitled 'Geographia Magnae Britanniae' The title-page of this work is dated 1748. Original copperplate engraving with later hand colouring, printed on laid paper. In a later Hogarth style print frame with single mount. Plate 15.5cms by 17.5cms, frame 28cm x 29.5cm. The map is in excellent original condition with the vertical fold as issued and good margins (see photos). Frame with a small nick to the lower edge, mount clean (see photos).Comes with our Certificate of Authenticity - guaranteed authentic and original. Delivered ready to hang. Overseas buyers please check delivery charge to your location through Ebay Global Shipping Program.
Price: 20 GBP
Location: Leyburn
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Shipping Cost: 32.24 GBP
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County: Buckinghamshire
Cartographer/Publisher: Thomas Osborne
Printing Technique: Copper Plate
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Format: Atlas Map
Antique/ Modern: Antique
Continent: Europe
Type: County Map
Year: 1748
Antique: Yes
Date Range: 1700-1799
City: Alesbury, Buckingham etc.
Country/Region: England
Era: 1700s
