A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF EUROPE, DIVIDED INTO ITS EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES AND REPUBLICS…
\nSAYER, Robert
\nLondon, 1795
\n122 x 51 cm.<\/p>\n
*originally four sheet map…this one is the lower two sheet map…
\nThis map comes from Thomas Kitchin’s A General Atlas. This atlas was conceived of by Thomas Jefferys in the 1760s. Following Jefferys’ bankruptcy in 1766, the atlas was first completed by Robert Sayer in 1773. This was Robert Sayer’s first terrestrial atlas. From 1794 the atlas was published by his successors Laurie & Whittle. Later editions tend to be more desirable. Thomas Kitchin’s name appears on title pages even after his death in 1784. The maps are after a variety of makers such as d’Anville, Roberts, Dunn, Rocque, Delarochette, Rennell, Zannoni, Dury, Cook, Vancouver, Perouse and others.
\nThis map is from the 1797 edition of the atlas. This atlas was later expanded and replaced by Laurie & Whittle’s A New Universal Atlas.
\nRobert Sayer Biography
\nRobert Sayer (ca. 1724-1794) was a prominent London map publisher. Robert\u2019s father was a lawyer, but his older brother married Mary Overton, the widow of prominent mapmaker Philip Overton and the proprietor of his shop after his death. Mary continued the business for roughly a year after her marriage and then, in early 1748, it passed to Robert. Robert became a freeman of the Stationers\u2019 Company later that year; his first advertisement as an independent publisher was released in December.
\nSayer benefited from Overton\u2019s considerable stock, which included the plates of John Senex. In the 1750s, Sayer specialized in design books and topographical prints, as well as comic mezzotints. In 1753, he, along with John Roque, published a new edition of<\/p>\n
Thomas Read\u2019s Small British Atlas, the first of several county atlases that Sayer would publish.
\nSayer\u2019s business continued to grow. In 1760 he moved further down Fleet Street to larger premises at 53 Fleet Street. In 1766, he acquired Thomas Jefferys\u2019 stock when the latter went bankrupt. In 1774, he entered into a partnership with John Bennett, his former apprentice. The pair specialized in American atlases, based on the work of Jefferys. They also began publishing navigational charts in the 1780s and quickly became the largest supplier of British charts in the trade.
\nBennett\u2019s mental health declined, and the partnership ended in 1784. As Sayer aged, he relied on his employees Robert Laurie and James Whittle, who eventually succeeded him. He spent more and more time at his house in Richmond. In 1794, he died in Bath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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