An exact survey of the cities of London and Westminster, . the borough of Southwark, with the country near ten miles round; begun in 1741, finished in 1745, and publish'd in 1746, according to Act of Parliament, by John Rocque, [...] engrav'd by Richard Parr, and printed by W. Pratt. Sold by the proprietor John Rocque, next the Duke of Grafton's Head, in Hyde-Park-Road, the bottom of Piccadilly, and at the print shops in London and Westminster, price two guineas in sheets. Urbium maxime insignium Londini et Westmonasterii, nec non municipii sudovercencis. Regionumque ad decem quasi milliaria cicumjacentium, delineatio ichnographica anno 1741 incohata, 1745 absoluta a Johanne Rocque, [...]. Carte topographique des villes de Londres, Westminster, et bourg de Southwark, et de leurs environs levée trés exactement sur les lieux, en 1741, achevée en 1745, et publiée selon un Acte de Parlement en 1746. Par Jean Rocque.
John Rocque (c.1709-1762)
Category
Maps
Date
1746
Materials
Paper, leather, board, thread
Measurements
528 x 388 mm; 24 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048586
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4]p.[14] plates (folding) . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: G.2. Probably imperfect, wanting two of the usual 16 plates. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier, less well-executed plate of the 5th earl, with the single-tailed lion.. Binding: Panelled calf; blind rolled, ruled and tooled; double gilt ruled; spine double gilt ruled; spine label (partially missing): '[Envi]rons'.
Makers and roles
John Rocque (c.1709-1762), cartographer Parr, Richard, engraver (printmaker)