Antique 1793 John Cary Map of Somersetshire Somerset Hand Coloured Framed

An original antique copper-engraved map of Somersetshire by John Cary (1755-1835), published in London 1st January 1793 for Cary's New and Correct English Atlas. Presented in a glazed gilt-and-wood frame.

Cary is regarded as the finest English county cartographer of his generation; his maps favour clarity and accuracy over heavy ornament and were considered the equal of the early Ordnance Survey. This example retains its original outline hand-colouring and shows the county in fine detail with the Bristol Channel, neighbouring Gloucestershire, Dorset and South Wales, a compass star and engraved scale.

The reverse carries a collector's descriptive note recording it as a print from the original 1787 plate as issued in the 1793 atlas. Clean engraving with good plate impression.

Marks: engraved imprint to lower margin, 'London Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1793 by J. Cary Engraver & Map seller Strand'. Size: approx. 35 x 30 cm in the frame.

Condition: good for age; light toning and occasional spotting as normal; original colour. Sold framed and ready to hang. Photographs form part of the description.

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