L’Estrange’s History of Chelsea Mapmaker(s)_Sir George Leonard Staunton

L’Estrange’s History of Chelsea Mapmaker(s)_Sir George Leonard StauntonThe Village of Palaces; or, Chronicles of Chelsea. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1880 The Reverend Alfred LEstrange (1832 1915) wrote other topographical works on Greenwich and Winchester, edited the letters of Mary Russell Mitford and wrote a history of English humour. Condition & Materials 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xii, 311, 14 (adverts); viii, 347, [i]. Occasional spotting, red publishers cloth, a little rubbed, stain to cover of vol. 2; binders ticket of

photographs of typical English landscapes

One can appreciate how

some wear and separation at folds

] Pharsalia

Mapping of Africa

they were subsequently engraved for him by the master engraver Jan Wierix

with map of the Thames Estuary inset

while the 1872 edition shows ‘Queensland’

unsophisticated copy

so that by the last edition of 1628 the work had swollen to include over 260 maps and views

published concurrently with the standard first edition - at roughly twice the price - it wasn’t strictly limited to subscribers

and the National Library of Scotland