A Topographical Map for the County of Sussex; from the Large Survey in four Sheets

Published by Published by W: Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross. 12 August 1799, London

Seller: Clive A. Burden Ltd., Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, United KingdomClive A. Burden Ltd.

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DAVID KINGSLEY'S COPY. 365 x 790 mm., dissected and laid on contemporary linen, full early wash colour, Faden's paper label affixed to verso, with publisher's original marbled paper slipcase, with Faden's label on front, a good example. William Gardner (1739-1800) and Thomas Yeakell's (fl.1758-1787) four-sheet map of Sussex published in 1795 is one of the most important maps of the county and one of the rarest. It is the first map of the county to be based on a trigonometrical survey. The Master of the Board of Ordnance was the Duke of Richmond under whom the Ordnance Survey became fully operational in 1790. Both Yeakell and Gardner worked for it. Unsurprisingly the map was a forerunner of the early Ordnance Survey maps. Published by William Faden this map won a Society of Arts Gold Medal in 1796. In 1799 Faden published this reduction which is here found in folding format. A note lower right records 'The Distances on the Great Roads are measured from Westminster Bridge, Surrey Side. Those on the Cross Roads are measured from Town to Town'. It was engraved by John Palmer (fl.1799-1818), who went on to work on the Ordnance Survey maps from about 1808-18. A fine copy with an associated provenance. Provenance: David Kingsley Collection, author of the cartobibliography of Sussex; acquired February 1999 by Clive A. Burden Ltd.; private English collection. Baynton-Williams, Roger (1995) '200th birthday of Sussex map', in 'The Map Collector' no. 71 pp. 39-41; Kingsley (1982) 58.i; Rodger (1972) 461; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011). …

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Title
A Topographical Map for the County of Sussex; from the Large Survey in four Sheets
Author
GREAM, Thomas
Publisher
Published by W: Faden, Geographer to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross. 12 August 1799, London
Condition
Very Good
Binding
No binding
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Clive A. Burden Ltd.

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Founded by the late Clive A. Burden in 1966, the company is one of the longest established dealers in antique maps, atlases, books and rare decorative prints. All items offered are fine original examples. Areas of particular focus are the British Isles and North America. Our stock dates from incunabula (pre-1500) to the late 1800s. We also carry decorative prints including botanical, bird, other natural history, architecture, in addition to Vanity Fair caricatures. Books include atlases, illustrated, and colour plate works. Philip D. Burden joined his father in the business in 1979. His interests included the British Isles and North America. He wrote and published in 1996 and 2007 the definitive two volume treatise entitled ‘The Mapping of North America’. This was the first work to list all known printed maps relating to North America up to the year 1700. Each fully described and illustrated. Clive A. Burden Ltd. is a member of the following organisations: the ABA (Antiquarian Bookdealers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), and IMCoS (International Map Collector’s Society). …

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Clive A Burden Ltd

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Harrow, United Kingdom HA1 3EX