Berkshire. A Topographical Survey of the County of Berks, in Eighteen Sheets, in which is expressed, His Majesty's Royal Palace of Windsor, its Parks and Forrest; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Farms, Cottages, etc. ... by J[ohn] Rocque, 1st edition, London: printed for and sold by the Author ... printed by James Dixwell, 1761, 13 leaves of letterpress including title-page printed in red and black, double-page engraved key map ('A Map of the County of Berks, reduced from an Actual Survey in 18 Sheets ... 1764') with inset plan of Oxford, large-scale map of Berkshire engraved after Rocque by Benning and Deharme and printed on 18 separate numbered sheets as issued, of which numbers 1-5 and 7-12 all double-page and hand-coloured in outline, 6 double-page and uncoloured, 13-15 and 16-18 single-page and uncoloured (sheet 15 being the decorative cartouche), and 16 single-page and hand-coloured in outline, all except text-leaves mounted on guards, light to moderate offsetting, key map with paper restoration to lower outer corner not affecting image, a few spots to sheet 1, modern red crushed half morocco, large folio (55.4 x 37 cm) (Qty: 1) Chubb p. 448; ESTC T213151. A very rare example of Rocque's large-scale map of Berkshire intact in its original eighteen separate sheets, and complete with the the key map (here a later state, date 1754) and all introductory letterpress. ESTC trace three copies only in libraries world-wide. Rocque's county maps were 'innovative in their portrayal of land use and vegetation' (ODNB).
Berkshire. A Topographical Survey of the County of Berks, in Eighteen Sheets, in which is expressed, His Majesty's Royal Palace of Windsor, its Parks and Forrest; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Farms, Cottages, etc. ... by J[ohn] Rocque, 1st edition, London: printed for and sold by the Author ... printed by James Dixwell, 1761, 13 leaves of letterpress including title-page printed in red and black, double-page engraved key map ('A Map of the County of Berks, reduced from an Actual Survey in 18 Sheets ... 1764') with inset plan of Oxford, large-scale map of Berkshire engraved after Rocque by Benning and Deharme and printed on 18 separate numbered sheets as issued, of which numbers 1-5 and 7-12 all double-page and hand-coloured in outline, 6 double-page and uncoloured, 13-15 and 16-18 single-page and uncoloured (sheet 15 being the decorative cartouche), and 16 single-page and hand-coloured in outline, all except text-leaves mounted on guards, light to moderate offsetting, key map with paper restoration to lower outer corner not affecting image, a few spots to sheet 1, modern red crushed half morocco, large folio (55.4 x 37 cm) (Qty: 1) Chubb p. 448; ESTC T213151. A very rare example of Rocque's large-scale map of Berkshire intact in its original eighteen separate sheets, and complete with the the key map (here a later state, date 1754) and all introductory letterpress. ESTC trace three copies only in libraries world-wide. Rocque's county maps were 'innovative in their portrayal of land use and vegetation' (ODNB).
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