Bickham, George the Younger
Five maps from a series of county maps comprising: Leicestershire; Bedfordshire; Kent; Middlesex; and Essex, c.1752. Hand-coloured etchings, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire and Kent mounted, all but Essex with accompanying text pages.
A delightful series of maps using a perhaps unique bird's eye view method to display the county laid out and labelled as if from a vantage point looking over it. The maps are finished with a rustic vignette to exemplify the county. It was commissioned by Bickham's father George and initially performed as a part-work with each plate date when published as here. It was offered complete when finished in 1755. It received a second edition in 1796 which lacks the text below the plate.