On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique map "Buckingham S.".  Offered with original outline colour.

DATE PRINTED: 1812. 

SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 25.5 x 19.5 cm, 10 x 7.75 inches (medium) plus margins. 

PROVENANCE:  A map published in 'The New British Traveller'...by James Dugdale, volume 1. 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 copper 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.

POSTAGE / SHIPPING COSTS: I only charge postage for the first print ordered. There is no additional postage charge if you order more than one print.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  Sometime before 1811, the London publisher, John & James Cundee, of Ivy-Lane, Paternoster Row, decided to issue a new edition of The New British Traveller to replace the original by Alexander Hogg in 1784.   While James Dugdale expanded and updated his text, he commissioned the engraver, Samuel M. Neele, to engrave a new set of county maps and an overall map of England for this new edition. Once again, The New British Traveller was issued in parts, between 1812 and 1814. Once the parts had all been published, in 1815, the unsold numbers were bound together, collected into four volumes, each with a new title page. Sometime between 1815 and 1818, it seems likely that James Robins took over the Cundee publishing house.  In 1819, The New British Traveller was again published, in four volumes, by J. Robins & Co., Albion Press, at Ivy-Lane, Paternoster Row.  This was the last use of these plates which therefore had a short life.

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