On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) scarce antique map "Plan of Chester", Cheshire.  

DATE PRINTED: 1810 (dated 1809 on the print, the date of engraving). 

SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 35.5 x 24.5 cm, 14 x 9.75 inches (large) plus margins with a centre fold as issued. 

PROVENANCE:  A map published in 'Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain... Vol.II Part II, containing the County Palatine of Chester. Published T. Cadell, London'. 1810.  Magna Britannia was written by brothers Daniel Lysons, 1762-1834 and Samuel Lysons, 1763-1819.  Drawn by Neele.  Samuel John Neele 1758-1824 was a member of the prolific Neele family.  Samuel was the father of Josiah Neele (fl. 1826-45), who produced maps for many atlases and topographical works, including town plans and county soil maps.

TYPE: Antique plate engraving printed on paper.

VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is blank.

CONDITION: Good. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. 

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy.  The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique.

RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  A map published in "Magna Britannia".  In full, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain was a topographical and historical survey published by the antiquarians Daniel Lysons and his brother Samuel Lysons in several volumes between 1806 and 1822. It covers the counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, and Devon. The work was curtailed in 1819 on Samuel Lysons' death. Unlike other similar works published in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Magna Britannia is of significant value to economists and social historians because the Lysons brothers included content on topics such as population, manufacture and commerce. They were also far less preoccupied than many antiquarians with coats of arms and pedigrees, and did not overstate the grandeur of the counties, as local topographers were apt to do.

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