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London,: T. Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the corner of St Martin's Lane Charing Cross, and by W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge,, [1750-58].. 1210 by 1520mm (47.75 by 59.75 inches).. Engraved map on six sheets, dissected and mounted on linen, original full wash colour, evenly age-toned, inset map of Scotland upper right, elaborate title cartouche lower left, and advertisement upper left. On 3 February 1732, George Willdey placed an advertisement in the Daily Post for "...a large new Map of Great Britain and Ireland, together with a very curious Set of Heads of all the Kings of England from William the Conqueror to King George the Second, to place roundit, and is esteemed the handsomest Map ever done, it is six Feet square, the Map alone is four Feet deep by five Feet long". The only surviving example of the first state survives in the Mann Atlas at Eton College. The present map bears the imprint of Thomas Jefferys, who, following Willdey's death,… Read More