RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER

A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS

The Cartographer

EMANUEL BOWEN

1694 - 1767

Some of Bowen's county maps are easily recognised by the panels of text filling every available space

EMANUEL BOWEN AND THOMAS KITCHIN

The Large English Atlas or, A New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales

There were a number of editions of The Large English Atlas from 1755 to about 1787. I have found that the contents of the copies of the atlas I have handled over the years do vary. This list I have constructed below is take from a copy of the atlas in my own collection which has an added undated titlepage but which I am guessing is the 1787 edition. The usual way to date these maps is from the publishers imprint beneath each map. The early editions have the names of J. Tinney, T. Bowles, J. Bowles and Robert Sayer. Later editions have the names of Robert Wilkinson, Robert Sayer and Carington Bowles.

Large English Atlas by Emanuel Bowen Titlepage 1767

LIST OF MAPS IN MY ATLAS

An Accurate Map of England and Wales...By Thoms Kitchin
An Accurate Map of the County of Bedford...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accutae Map of Berkshire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Cambridgeshire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County Palatine of Chester...By Emanuel Bowen
A New Improved Map of Cornwall...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of the County of Derby...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Devon Shire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Dorsetshire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County Palatine of Durham...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of the County of Essex...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth
A New and Improved Map of Hampshire...By Thomas Kitchin
A New Improved Map of Hartfordshire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Herefordshire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Huntingdon...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Kent...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Lancaster...BY Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Lincolnshire divided into Wapontakes...By Emanuel Bowen
To the Most Noble Thomas Pelham Diuke of Newcastle This Map of the County of Middlesex is dedicated...R. W.Seale
An Accurate Map of the County of Norfolk...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Northamptonshire Divided into its Hundreds...By Emanuel Bowen
A New Improved Map of Northumberland...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Nottinghamshire...By Emanuel Bowen
A New Improved Map of Oxfordshire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Improved Map of the County of Somerset Divided into its Hundreds...By Emanuel Bowen
An Improved Map of the County of Stafford Divided into its Hundreds...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Suffolk Divided into its Hundreds...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Surrey Divided into its Hundreds...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Sussex...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Warwickshire...By Thomas Jefferys
A New Map of the Counties Cumberland and Westmoreland...
An Improved Map of Wiltshire Divided into its HundredsBy Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of Worcester Divided into its Hundreds...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the County of York Divided into its Ridings...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the East Riding of York Shire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the North Riding of York Shire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of the West Riding of York Shire...By Emanuel Bowen
An Accurate Map of Cardigan Shire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Pembroke Shire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Carmarthenshire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Glarmorganshire,,,By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Radnorshire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of Brecknock Shire...By Thomas Kitchin
An Accurate Map of North Wales

All of the Welsh county maps are half page in size and abut each other. So when you find a loose map it will either be with its county partner on the same printed sheet or it will be a single county with no blank margin on one side or with an added margin on one side.

Gallery

North Wales by Emanuel Bowen

EMANUEL BOWEN AND THOMAS KITCHIN

THE ROYAL ENGLISH ATLAS : BEING A NEW AND ACCURATE SET OF MAPS OF ALL THE COUNTIES OF SOUTH BRITAIN.....

LIST OF MAPS IN THE ATLAS

Natural History of England

Oxfordshire by Emanuel Bowen

The Universal Magazine

Co.unty Durham by Emanuel Bowen c.1755
Kent by Emanuel Bowen c.1749
Dorsetshire by Emanuel Bowen c.1749

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I have been buying and selling antique maps since the early 1960's during which time I had a gallery in Watergate Street, Chester for 30 years. I am now able to offer through my websites a personal service to map and print collectors.