A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey (5 results)

26 engraved sheets (at the time of publication joined and laid down on canvas to make a continuous roll with wooden rollers, repaired in the 20th-century when paper dividers with type-written explanatory text were added between five runs of the complete width of the finished map, each ca 18 6/8 x 115 inches), a magnificent map of Essex, complete with a key map after that of Thomas Sparrow of 1767, insets of Colchester and Harwich Harbour, and a list of Subscribers; one whole sheet decorated with and devoted to a superb large historiated title cartouche showing a fulling mill with fullers at work beating woolen cloth in the water, all with original hand-colour in full (rollers absent, some browning, spotting, and one or two short tears). Provenance: with two red arrows affixed in the 20th-century to the sheet containing Bridge House near Leaden Roding and another to Millers Green near Willingale Doe. Second edition, first published in October of 1777 and sold in 1778 for 2 pounds 12 shillings and 6 pence for uncoloured copies, 4 pounds 4 shillings for the map half bound and fully coloured, and on canvas and rollers fully coloured for 5 pounds and 5 shillings (as here). In 1762 the Society of Arts offered a prize to anyone "who shall make an accurate survey of any county upon the scale of one inch to a mile". Naturally local landowners were very willing to finance these maps by subscription, which was probably about half the price of the published map. Chapman and Andre's map epic map was not the first of these, but is one of the very best. Chapman and Andre's survey of Essex completed over the course of two years, was the most exhaustive since that of the Domesday survey completed in 1086, and resulted in this magnificent and decorative large-scale map (2" = 1 mile). Rich in detail, and extremely accurate, with each hundred outlined; every estate, country manor, house, farm, cottage and landowner named; ancient roadways and minor tracks delineated; milestones and turnpikes recorded; and the Essex coastline, so vital to the county's economy, is shown in the same exacting detail. In addition to the whole sheet devoted to the title cartouche, one sheet provides the Key Map showing how the individual sheets join to make one large and extremely impressive wall map; another contains a map of Harwich Harbour, and another a plan of Colchester; a fourth lists 216 subscribers for 240 copies of the map, including most of the major land owners of Essex; Lord Petre and Richard Rigby ordered four copies each. Other notable subscribers include the topographer Richard Gough, the landscape gardener Richard Woods, and most impressively the founder of the Ordnance Survey Colonel Roy. Chapman died suddenly in 1778 before all the subscribed copies were even printed, let alone delivered. Randall the bookseller at the Royal Academy where Chapman had his London offices distributed some maps to original subscribers in 1779; but it wasn't until this edition, published by Keymer in 1785, after purchasing the original copper-plates at a Christie's auction in 1784, that all subscribers still interested were satisfied. Chapman is known to have been a land surveyor in Dalham, Suffolk before embarking on this map of Essex, his most heroic venture. He is recorded as joint publisher of Andrew Armstrong's map of the County of Durham in 1768, and provided 21 fine illustrations of Essex for a "History of Essex" 'by a gentleman' (ie Peter Muilman) published in parts between 1769 and 1771, as well as one or two estate maps for Essex landowners. Shortly thereafter, probably at the suggestion of Mary-Ann Rocque (surveyor, engraver, mapmaker, map-seller and publisher John Rocque's widow), Chapman, with the help of one of Rocque's protégés Peter Andre, began this survey of Essex. Once completed Chapman surveyed (1774) and published (1776) a map of Nottinghamshire, and engraved the plates for a large scale map of Staffordshire (1775). Adair Stuart Mason, "Esse.

This is the key map to their large scale survey. Engraved, dissected and mounted on linen, size 18" x 23", plus margins, with a compass rose, a vignette cartouche and inset plans of Harwich and Colchester. Folding into a small 8vo marbled slipcase, with the original label titled:- 'Essex. Sold by Wm Faden Geographer to the King, Charing Cross.' Slipcase slightly rubbed, light browning and small stain to linen, but map clean. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include ESSEX - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ).

Essex - The finest large-scale map of Essex Folio (440 by 390 mm), index map, and 25 double-page engraved map sheets, all with fine original hand-colour, some minor offsetting, modern half calf over marbled paper boards. Chapman and André's survey of Essex was one of the most celebrated of the nineteenth century large-scale maps with a wealth of detail matched by extraordinary accuracy, even when checked against large-scale contemporary estate maps. Minor roads were depicted on a map of the county for the first time with bridges, milestones and turnpike gates, whilst on the long coastline every creek, wharf, quay, ferry, duck decoy and cliff is shown. The countryside is extensively delineated with hills, woods, parks and heaths clearly depicted and often named. Except in the towns and villages, nearly every house and cottage is marked, whilst the principal seats and their owners, and most of the manor houses, and farm houses are named. There are complete sheets devoted to the vignette title (an Essex fulling mill with two cloth beaters and Harwich and Dovercourt churches in the background), and a list of 240 subscribers. Further sheets include a general map of the county to serve as a key map, an outline of Harwich Harbour and a plan of Colchester on a scale of 168 yards to the inch including information about the town such as fairs and market days. It is unlikely that more than 300 copies of this edition were sold, though there was a second smaller edition issued in 1785. The twenty-one sheets covering the survey of the county, together with the rest of the atlas, are all fully coloured by a contemporary hand to make it one of the most competent and attractive of the large-scale surveys.

Condition: Good. Title Page to A Map of the County of Essex by John Chapman & Peter André 1777. Antique folio copperplate map with original full wash colour; John Chapman & Peter André (1777). 53.0 x 70.0cm, 20.75 x 27.5 inches; this is a folding map. Condition: Good. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain.

Condition: Good. A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey by Chapman & André 1777. Antique folio copperplate map with original full wash colour; John Chapman & Peter André (1777). 53.0 x 70.0cm, 20.75 x 27.5 inches; this is a folding map. Condition: Good. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain.