Antique Print Map of Canterbury From The Beauties of England & Wales 1808

Description

Artist : Engraved by J Roper after drawings by G Cole and G Shephard
Title : ‘Canterbury’
Publisher : Vernor. Hood & Sharp – Poultry; Dec 1st 1806
Colouration: Print from copper engraving; hand tinted
Size: 28.8 x 33.9cm
Image : Topographical map of Canterbury. including a detailed sketch showing an aspect of the cathedral
Additional Information : The Beauties of England & Wales was a series of eighteen volumes published between 1801 and 1815. There were two editions featuring Kent (and therefore Canterbury). both produced under the direction of Edward Wedlake Brayley – volume VII (which also featured Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire) and volume VIII. solely about Kent – both of these volumes were published in 1808