Buy this book on-line SMITH, William - OVERTON, John : Lancastriae Comitatus Palatinus, Continens in se Oppida Mercatoria XVI. Ecclesiasque Parochiales Tantaum XXXVI ..
Printed and sould by I. Overton over ainst Sepulchers church, London, c.1603-[c.70]
370 x 475 mm., in old outline colour, small tear just into the image lower centre, otherwise in good condition.
William Smith (1550-1618) was an antiquary and an officer of the College of Arms. The twelve maps by William Smith were for years known famously as those of the ANONYMOUS map maker. Although ten of them are derived from those of Christopher Saxton and two from John Norden they are no mere slavish copies. Smith sought local knowledge to improve on earlier works, much of which was incorporated into his maps. One such correspondent called William Burton provides the only firm evidence we have that the engraver of the plates was Jodocus Hondius. In 1958 the British Museum acquired four manuscript maps from the Netherlands which provided the conclusive evidence of the authorship of William Smith. These were of Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The name of Hans Woutneel, a Dutch bookseller in London, can be found in connection with two of the maps, but only on one engraved, that of Essex dated 1602. This has led to speculation that his departure from the project, Hondius’ departure to work on the copper plates for the atlas of John Speed, or the latter’s imminent production were sufficient to end the series. The maps of William Smith beautifully engraved by Hondius remain one of the most desirable of any English county maps. Those in the first state are VIRTUALLY UNOBTAINABLE. Peter Stent died from the plague 29 September 1665 and bequeathed his estate to his wife Susanna, shortly after it was sold to John Overton the printseller. Stent’s stock was arguably the largest collection of prints on the market at the time. Amongst this he found twelve copper plates of the English counties by William Smith. These formed the nucleus of a set of maps of the English Counties. Those counties which Overton could not provide from his own stock were supplied by the acquired maps of Speed, Blaeu or Jansson. These county atlases were an English version of a rich seam of similar Dutch composite atlases published from the mid-seventeenth century. They are exceedingly rare SURVIVING IN JUST FOUR KNOWN EXAMPLES, none complete. Later atlases sold by his son Henry are similarly rare, only seven survive. The third state of the map. Provenance: private English collection. Baynton-Williams (2006); Hodson (1984-97) 142; Saunders (2013) pp. 16-20, fig. 12; Skelton (1970) p. 21 & nos. 3 & 89; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).
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