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A Map of the World by John SENEX

Creator: John Senex
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

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SENEX, John.

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A Map of the World
Corrected from the Observations communicated to the Royal Societys of London and Paris. By John Senex F.R.S. To the Right Honorable Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington and Cork, Viscount Dungarvan, Baron Clifford of Landsborough and Baron Boyle of Youghail.

Stock Code 108456
John Senex, at the Globe against St. Dunstans Church, Fleetstreet, London 1710 [-1728].

Current price$6,468.00
World . John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price. In 1728, Senex was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, a rarity for mapmakers. The Fellowship reflects his career-long association as engraver to the Society and publisher of maps by Edmund Halley, among other luminaries. He is best known for his English Atlas (1714), which remained in print until the 1760s. After his death in 1740 his widow, Mary, carried on the business until 1755. Thereafter, his stock was acquired by William Herbert and Robert Sayer (maps) and James Ferguson (globes).

Double-page engraved map on 2 sheets joined, with full contemporary hand-colouring, size: 1080 mm by 585 mm, sheet size: 1110 by 680 mm.
Stain on right fold, centre fold creased, some old repairs.
Framed and glazed, overall size: 70.5cm by 120cm by 2cm.

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Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	18th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern
Dealer Reference #:	108456
Incollect Reference #:	688423

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