RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER
A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS
The Cartographer
THOMAS KITCHIN
WHOSE NAME IS LINKED TO EMANUAL BOWEN
Thomas Kitchin was born in 1719 in St. Olave Parish in Southwark. and at the age of 13 became apprenticed to the English mapmaker and publisher Emanuel Bowen. At the age of 20 in 1732 he married Sarah Bowen, daughter of Emanuel. Thomas Kitchin and Emanuel Bowen continued to work together until about 1741 when Thomas to go it alone, working at 'The Star, Holborn Hill'. Although he published books on many subjects the ones of interest to the county and road map collectors are
- The London Magazine
- The Universal Museum of Knowledge and Pleasure
- Geographia Scotiae
- The Small English Atlas
- The Large English Atlas
- London Magazine 1746 - 1760
- England Illustrated or Kitchin's English Atlas
- Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion
- Kitchin's Pocket Atlas
- England Displayed
- The New British Traveller
- Historical Descriptions of New Elegant...Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales by Henry Boswell
Atlas Title Pages
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Title page to Kitchin's English Atlas 1765
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Title page to Boswell's Antiquities of England and Wales
Bowell's Antiquities of England and Wales c.1786
County Maps by Thomas Kitchin
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Cambridgeshire, Thomas Kitchin c.1786
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Cheshire, Thomas Kitchin c.1786
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Herefordshire by Thomas Kitchin c.1786
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Lincolnshire by Thomas Kitchin c.1786
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Leicestreshire Thomas Kitchin c.1786
Kitchin's Pocket Atlas of the Counties of South Britain or England and Wales
The maps from this atlas by Thomas Kitchin vary in size. Some of them were printed with one more maps to the page so if you find an individual map from one of these sheets they may have uneven blank margins. Some maps were folded to fit so do not be worried by original creases. They are quite rare so can provide a challenge when you are looking for a particular county for your collection. I can only assume that perhaps the atlas did not sell well in its day or was it that too many copies were carried around in pockets. This just adds to the fascination of collecting. Some of the specimens I have come across have not been in the best of condition so you might have to accept this particularly with the larger maps.
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Northamptonshire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Warwickshire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Worcestershire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Cardiganshire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Cornwall, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Oxfordshire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Lincolnshire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
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Bedfordshire, Thomas Kitchin & J C Capper 1769
More Information to Come
RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER
Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG
Telephone
01244 336004
International 44 1244 336004
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.
