A Map Of Middlesex, an original antique map by E. Bowen / J. Owen, published in London, 1720-1724. A copperplate engraving, coloured. Map size 11.5 x 18 cm, overall mounted size 26.5 x 32.5 cm. This attractive map covres the cities of London & Westminster, & present-day north & west London. Emanuel Bowen was one of the most prolific map engravers active in London in the mid-eighteenth century. Beginning his career in about 1714 he continued into the 1760's producing maps of all parts of Britain & the world. Undoubtedly one of the most popular atlases of the early eighteenth century was that with maps engraved by Bowen for John Owen's Britannia Depicta -a pocket-sized atlas of county maps & strip road maps, based on John Ogilby's famous road book of 1675, & first published in 1720. This particular map comes from a 1724 edition of the Britannia Depicta & is immensely detailed & finely engraved with a decorated cartouche, information regarding market days & distances pertaining to the county shown. Hodson, County Atlases Of The British Isles, vol I, 155. Antique maps from various original publishers are presented on the Stanford