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Antique City Map of Exeter by
Benjamin Donn dated 1765

Exeter by DonnDated 1765
Exeter by Benjamin Donn 1765
 

Sheet 4 from the County map of Devonshire Benjamin Donn engraved by Thomas Jeffereys dated 1765.

Condition: Good bold imprint, original outline colouring, generous margins, folding copy, old tape marks and reinforcing to both sides of centrefold.

Title: An antique map of Exeter
Medium: Hand coloured engraving. Image Size: 630 x 470mm, 25 x 18.5 " approx.
Order No. 2914 Price:SOLD Paper Size: 690 x 520mm, 27 x 20.5 " approx.
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Biography:
Benjamin Donn
In 1759 the Royal Society of Arts, then known as the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, offered an annual award of £100 for the best original 1" to 1 mile county survey. Donn and Isaac Taylor's (Dorset) submitted entries, but Benjamin Donn was the first successful applicant, with a twelve sheet map of Devonshire, engraved by Thomas Jeffereys and published in 1765.

A Devonian, Donn was a well-known mathematician as well as a surveyor and teacher of mathematics in Bideford, before moving to Bristol. Also interested in tidal flows he published a set of figures for the South West of England.
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Thomas Jefferys (1719-1771) was one of the most important engravers of the eighteenth century. His considerable output covered the entire field of printing from maps to satires and portraits. Learning his trade as an apprentice with Emanuel Bowen. He produced several other large scale county maps which proved expensive to produce and may have contributed to his bankruptcy in 1765. Robert Sayer and latterly William Faden joined forces with Jeffreys, giving financial assistance to the business and in Faden's case leading to an eventual takeover after Jeffrey's death in 1771.

 

Eighteenth century town map of Exeter by Benjamin Donn.

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