Buy this book on-line GIBSON, John : New and Accurate Maps, of the Counties of England and Wales Drawn from the Latest Surveys
J. Newbery at the Bible and Sun in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, [1759]
Duodecimo (130 x 85 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt panelled, rebacked with raised bands, gilt red calf title label, later endpapers. With engraved title and 53 maps, engraved throughout, title and general map with professional repair to lower edge, otherwise in good condition.
The FIRST EDITION of Gibson’s highly desirable little atlas. John Gibson (fl.1750-1787) was an engraver who worked for several of the cartographers of the day. Published and advertised extensively in May of 1759 by John Newbery (1713-67), the ‘New and Accurate Maps ...’ was most probably intended for children. Newbery had married the widow of William Carnan in 1740, the owner and publisher of 'The Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette' and at first he continued to run business. It was one of the earliest papers outside of London. Then in 1744 he moved to London. Newbery was the first publisher to focus on the market for children’s books most of which he priced around 6d. or 1s. So this work was one of his most expensive items on offer at 4s. and 5s.6d. coloured. In 1758 Newberry had published the Atlas Minimus, with plates engraved by Gibson, a similar sized world atlas. It is Newbery who is depicted in Oliver Goldsmith’s 'The Vicar of Wakefield' as the philanthropic bookseller. He also published 'Goody Two Shoes', the first in his series of the Juvenile Library. Newbery is name is honoured in America with the annual award of a medal since 1922 for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature by an American resident.At the bottom of the title below is a brief explanation of the symbols used on the maps. The maps themselves contain some brief topographical and statistical notes. Cartographically the majority of the maps are drawn from Morden although Hodson identifies some more recent sources for some maps, usually large scale county surveys which were beginning to appear on the market at the time. There were two editions of this pretty county atlas, both of which are very rare. On Newbery’s death, the business was taken over by his son, Francis Newbery, and his stepson, Thomas Carnan. Provenance: private English collection. Chubb (1927) no. 213; not in ESTC; Hodson (1984-97) no. 219; Shirley (2004) T.Gib 2a.
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