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Laurie & Whittle

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A Map of the North Part of Hindostan or A Geographical Survey of the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Awd, Ellahabad, Agra and Delhi. by Major James Rennell F.R.S. Engineer Surveyor General to the Honourable the East India Company . . . 1794

Publication Place / Date

London / 1794

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41.5 x 28.5 inches (if joined)

Color

Outline Color

Condition

VG+

Stock# 28202

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Description

Fine example of James Rennell's highly detailed map of northern India, based upon his survey work while Surveyor General of the East Indian Company.

The map is exceptionally detailed and includes roads, towns, mountains, rivers and a host of other details. One of the most important maps of India from the period.

James Rennell is widely considered to be the most important and influential map maker of eighteenth century India. Rennell was appointed surveyor-general of Bengal in 1764, at the age of twenty-one. His first great work, "The Bengal Atlas", came out in 1779. It contained 21 maps and plans. He also created maps of the provinces as Behar, Bengal, Delhi, Agrah, Oude and Allahabad.

Condition Description

2 sheet map (unjoined). Margins are ample. Could be joined perfectly (cost would be about $75 if done by us).

Laurie & Whittle Biography

Robert Laurie (ca. 1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818) formed their Fleet Street, London-based firm upon the 1794 death of their employer Robert Sayer, himself one of the dominant print and mapmakers of the last half of the 18th century.

Laurie & Whittle started managing Sayer's business as early as 1787. They took over all managerial duties when Sayer's health flagged in 1792, and they changed the imprint in 1794 upon his death. Sayer left the two a 21-year lease on the shop (at £100 a year) and on Sayer's Bolt Court premises, as well as an option to acquire stock and equipment at a preferential price of £5,000 payable over three years.

Robert Laurie retired from the firm in 1812, and his role was assumed by his son, Richard Holmes Laurie (1777-1858). The younger Laurie worked with James Whittle until the latter died in 1818. After R. H. Laurie died in 1858, Alexander George Findlay, FRGS (1812-1875) purchased the firm from his daughters. The firm continues today under another name, specializing in yachting charts.

Laurie & Whittle were prolific print and map publishers, and throughout their careers, they produced numerous very important and rare works. They carried on Robert Sayer's atlas business and were responsible for editions of The Complete East-India Pilot and The American Atlas.