Royal English Atlas: Collection of 28 Maps

Loose., A very good example of this collection of maps, which are most often sold individually and are becoming increasingly rare and scarce. Emanuel Bowen (1694?1767) was a Welsh map engraver who served as Royal Mapmaker to both King George II of Great Britain and Louis XV of France. Bowen was highly regarded by his contemporaries for producing some of the largest, most detailed, and most accurate maps of his era. Despite this, Bowen would die in poverty, a similar fate that would be met by his son, Thomas Bowen, who took up his father?s cartographic business following his death.List of maps (number indicated if stated):1. #16. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of HARTFORD SHIRE Divided into Hundreds? 2. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of DORSET SHIRE Divided into Hundreds? 3. #7. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of CORNWALL Divided into Hundreds?4. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of HUNTINGDON, Divided into its Hundreds?5. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of CAMBRIDGE SHIRE, Divided into Hundreds?6. #6. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER. Divided into Hundreds?7. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of MONMOUTH, Divided into Hundreds?8. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of GLOUCESTER, Divided into Hundreds?9. #9. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of DERBY SHIRE, Divided into its Hundreds?10. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of HAMP SHIRE Divided into its Hundreds?11. E. Bowen, 1777. A Corrected Map of the County of STAFFORD Divided into Hundreds?12. #26. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of NORTHAMPTON, Divided into its Hundreds?13. #12. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM, divided into its Wards?14. #29. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of OXFORD SHIRE, Drawn from the Best Authorities, Divided into Hundreds?15. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of NORTHUMBERLAND, laid down from the Best Authorities and Divided into its Wards?16. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of LINCOLN SHIRE DIVDED INTO WAPONTAKES? 17. #33. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate map of the County of SUFFOLK Divided into its Hundreds? 18. E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of BERK SHIRE Divided into Hundreds?19. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the COUNTY OF KENT DIVIDED INTO ITS LATHES, and Subdivided into Hundreds? 20. #34. T. Bowen; revised, corrected and improved by E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of SURREY Divided into Hundreds?21. #20. J. Gibson; revised, corrected and improved by E. Bowen, 1777. An Accurate Map of the County of LANCASTER, Divided into Hundreds?22. #13. J. Gibson; revised, corrected, and improved by E. Bowen, 1778. An Accurate Map of the COUNTY OF ESSEX Divided into Hundreds? (John Bowles and Carington Bowles, ? ?)23. #38. E. Bowen, 1778. An Accurate Map of WORCESTER SHIRE Divided into Hundreds?24. E. Bowen, 1778. An Accurate Map of the COUNTY OF HEREFORD Drawn from Surveys?25. E. Bowen, 1778. An Accurate Map of the COUNTIES OF LEICESTER & RUTLAND, Divided into their Respective Hundreds?26. T. Kitchin, 1777. An Accurate Map of SUSSEX Drawn from the Best Surveys & Intelligences Divided into its Hundreds?27. T. Kitchin, 1777. A NEW MAP OF SOUTH WALES, containing the counties of Radnor, Brecknock, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke & Cardigan?28. T. Kitchin, 1777. An Accurate Map of the COUNTY OF SALOP Divided into its Hundreds?, A collection of 28 copper-engraved maps from Bowen?s Royal English Atlas, which was a smaller-scale version of the Large English Atlas issued circa 1767. 3 maps drawn by Kitchin, remainder drawn by or corrected by E. Bowen. Maps illustrating various British counties (list below), with later handcolouring, often with pictorial cartouches, often featuring inset engravings of cathedrals and churches, plus extracts commenting on counties? trade and economy, geographical details, history and formation, and more. Some maps numbered.Maps of Hartfordshire, Dorsetshire, Cornwall, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Chester.…