RICHARD NICHOLSON of CHESTER

A WORLD OF ANTIQUE MAPS AND PRINTS

The Cartographer

HENRY TEESDALE

Flourished 1828 - 1843

County Maps

Henry Teesdale was a respected and well established map publisher working from two addresses in London. He was a Founder Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. To the collectors of British county maps he is best known for his 'New British Atlas' published in 1829 by Henry Teedale & Co. The maps had appeared earlier in 'The English Atlas' published by R. Rowe in 1816. On acquiing the plates Teedale removed the name of the engraver T. Barnett and added his own name. Slight changes were made to some other plates but otherwise the maps were unaltered. The 1829 edition appears to have sold well as there was a further edition of 'New British Atlas' corrected to 1831. The atlas title was was changed to 'Improved Edition of New British Atlas' in 1832. The maps appeared again in 1849 after the plates had been acquired by Henry Collins and the atlas title returned to 'New British Atlas'. The maps appeared again in 'The British Gazetteer' in 1852 with added floral decorations.

As well as this eries of county maps he produced a number of large scale English maps as well as 'New General of of the World' 1831 -35.

ADDRESSES

32 High Holborn - until 1838
2 Brunswick Row, Queen Square, London - until 1842

TITLE PAGES

Title page Improved British Atlas by Henry Teesdale 1830
Title page Improved British Atlas by Henry Teesdale 1832

Map of Cambridgeshire by Henry Teesdale 1835
Map of Northumberland by Henry Teesdale 1832
Map of Hertfordshire by Henry Teesdale 1832
Map of Lincolnshire by Henry Teesdale 1832
Map of Huntingdonshire by Henry Teesdale 1832
Map of Norfolk by Henry Teesdale 1832
Map of East Yorkshire by Henry Teesdale 1832. Early Hand colouring
Map of West Yorkshire by Henry Teesdale 1832. Early Hand colouring
Map of North Wales by Henry Teesdale 1832. Early Hand colouring

Just my personal opinion

I have always liked these county maps by Henry Teesdale. They are detailed and of a good size, clearly engraved and the early outline and wash hand colouring can be very attractive. A good map to start a county map collection.

RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER

Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG

Telephone

01244 336004

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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.