Hobson’s Foxhunting Map of Cheshire Date of Publication_1945-1958 first published in 1570

first published in 1570

This map of the British Isles and northwestern Europe charts George Edwards's travels between 1716 and 1730 and features male and female stag beetles from Borneo

He opted to say on in India and devoted the remaining thirty years of his life to compiling the definitive account of the Survey: ‘for the first three volumes alone he studied no fewer than seven hundred volumes of manuscript letters and reports and had them indexed and deposited among the State archives in India

The founder of the business

Hobson’s Foxhunting Map of Cheshire Date of Publication_1945-1958 first published in 1570This map of Cheshire wasprepared for William Colling Hobsons Fox Hunting Atlas. It is overprinted with the names of the hunts and the places of the meeting of foxhounds. Condition & Materials Lithograph, 32. 5 x 39. 5 cm, original hand colour, blank verso.