Thomas Kitchin

18th Century Map of the Empire of Germany

Thomas Kitchin, original hand-colored engraving, "Map of the Empire of Germany Including all the States Comprehended under that Name: With the Kingdom of Prussia, Etc." is a fine example of an original 18th century map. This large, very detailed map of Germany has a combined measurement of 41 X 48. It is an original hand-coloured engraving was engraved by Thomas Kitchin based upon a design created by Louis de La Rochette. This map was published in London by the British publisher, Laurie & Whittle in 1794.

18th Century Map of the Empire of Germany

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Thomas Kitchin (London, c. 1710 - 1779)
#	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-	An 18th Century General Map of The East Indies from the Latest Surveys by Thomas Kitchin	Original Hand - Coloured Engraving	1762	Published by Thomas Kitchin, London
02.-	18th Century Map of the Empire of Germany by Thomas Kitchin	Original Hand - Coloured Engraving	1794	Published by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London

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Title:	18th Century Map of the Empire of Germany Including all the States Comprehended under that Name: With the Kingdom of Prussia, Etc.
Engraver:	Kitchin, Thomas (London, c. 1710 - 1779)
Designer:	Louis De La Rochette
Date:	1794
Medium:	Original Hand - Coloured Engraving
Publisher:	Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London
Note:	Thomas Kitchin: One of England's most productive mapmakers of the last half of the eighteenth century, Thomas Kitchin both engraved and published most of his own work. And from his premises at the Sign of the Star, situated at Holborn Hill, he also sold artists' materials and wrote and published books of instruction of the various mediums of artistic expression, such as oil painting, watercolour composition, and engraving and etching.
	Robert Laurie, or Lawrie, (1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818) were major British publishers and printsellers during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Initially Robert Laurie developed his reputation as a mezzotint engraver of caricatures, portraits, sporting subjects and topographical views, both after the old masters and his contemporaries. In fact, in 1776, he was awarded a premium from the Society of Arts for inventing a new method of printing mezzotints in colours. Around 1790, Laurie and Whittle took control of the publishing house of Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. Their firm published prints ranging from satirical works to topographical views, but they quickly became best known for their large, accurate maps and atlases. In 1812 Robert Laurie retired and was succeeded by his son, Richard Holmes Laurie.
	This very large map of Germany was published in 1794 in London by Laurie and Whittle. It was printed on two adjoining sheets of eighteenth century, laid paper, each measuring 20 1/2 X 48 inches, for a combined total of 41 X 48 inches. This map represents a re-issue of Kitchin,s 1785 map of Germany, published in London by Bowles & Carver. Besides the remarkable detail of this map, other notable features include a very large cartouche crowned by the two headed eagle of Germany and a Scale of Degrees that includes the Common miles of England and Italy, Great miles of Germany and Bohemia, Common miles of Germany, and Leagues of Germany, Bohemia, Switzerland, France, Silesia and Austria.
Size:	20 1/2 X 48 for each engraving for a combined measurement of 41 X 48 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Printed upon two sheets of thick, eighteenth century hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published by Laurie and Whittle in London in 1794. Containing the vertical folding marks, as usual. Bearing minor, marginal tears (not within the actual map) as well as two small spots of staining within the lower map, else a fine early impression and in very good condition throughout. This large, very detailed map of the Empire of Germany Including all the States Comprehended under that Name: With the Kingdom of Prussia, Etc. represents a very important, original example of eighteenth century cartography.
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