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Senex / 1748 circa / [ World Atlas ] [ Composite Atlas of the World including important American maps and Whiston's Scheme of the Solar System ] (Safe 5, 100165) Full original wash color. Contemporary panelled calf, refurbished and re-backed to match, later red gilt morocco spine label. 34 engraved folding maps (21 on 2 sheets joined), all but Whiston's "Scheme of the Solar System. Founded on Sr. Isaac Newton's Wonderful Discoveries" with contemporary hand-coloR (2 tears neatly repaired and some off-setting to Africa, one fold of 2 maps strengthened, 4 or 5 with light browning at central fold, a few small marginal creases or small tears, all numbered in ink on verso upper right. Includes paste down contents sheet and a contemporary "Catalogue of the Maps as they are placed in this book" pasted inside upper cover, and letterpress advertisement for works by Senex (including further index to this volume) "to be sold by his Widow Mary Senex" tipped-in on a stub. Mary Senex's Grand Folio Atlas with Catalog of Senex Maps and Books Tipped In. Includes Senex's Important Map of North America and William Whiston's Scheme of the Solar System An exceptional full wash color example of Mary Senex's "English Atlas", consisting of 34 highly detailed large-scale engraved maps, including a fine map of North America and large double hemisphere map of the World. Published by Mary Senex in about 1748, this atlas, with maps attributed to John Senex, originated from the collaboration between Charles Price Sr. and Senex in 1707. Price, initially an apprentice to John Seller Sr., later formed a partnership with Jeremiah Seller, the heir of John Seller Sr., which unfortunately culminated in bankruptcy in 1706. Subsequently, Price and Senex, operating from separate premises, joined forces. Post-bankruptcy, Price joined Senex at his establishment "next to the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill." In 1707, this union heralded the "New Sett of Correct Maps," as reported in the Daily Courant on September 24, 1707. This project entailed a series of elephant folio maps, printed on two joined sheets, released periodically, with the aim of compiling an atlas comprising twenty maps, featuring Price as the cartographer and Senex as the engraver. The venture struggled financially, resulting in the addition of John Maxwell to the partnership. However, financial difficulties persisted, eventually dissolving this partnership. Price departed, acquiring some map plates, while Senex retained the remainder and collaborated with George Willdey and Timothy Brandreth. Both commissioned new plates to assemble a world atlas. Price, Brandreth, and Willdey publicized their maps in the Post Man between August 23 and 25, 1711. Concurrently, Senex and Maxwell advertised their atlas in the Spectator on October 1, 1711. Willdey's atlas is notably rarer, likely due to his inability to recuperate the investment costs. Senex, conversely, overcame initial financial challenges. His atlas, occasionally referred to as The English Atlas, flourished, with reissues by Senex and later his widow Mary Senex into the 1740s, with later editions issued by the Bowles family and associates in the 1750s, following the retirement of Mary Senex in 1755. Following Maxwell's exit from the partnership, John Senex removed the names of Price and Maxwell, and, after his induction into the Royal Society in 1728, added "F.R.S." to his name on various maps. The atlas presented here represents the advanced state achieved post-1728, with notoriously challenging dating post that period. This particular copy features a broadsheet catalogue of Mary Senex, affixed to the inside lower cover. The catalog includes a Calculation of the Eclipse of the Sun, July 14, 1748 . . . John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the fore. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 100165
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