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Antique Maps by Emanuel Bowen

Emanuel Bowen (fl. 1714 - 67)

An 18th century map and print seller and engraver to King George II and Louis XV of France, who worked in London from about 1714, producing some of the best and attractive maps of the century. A recurring feature of Bowen's work, evident even on the early road maps, was his habit of filling every corner and space of the map with jottings and footnotes, both historical and topographical.

He had plans for completing a major county atlas but, finding the task beyond his means, joined with Thomas Kitchin to publish The Large English County Atlas. Many of the maps were individually issued from 1749 and the whole atlas was finally completed in 1760.

One of his earliest engraved works Britannia Depicta, published in 1720 contained over two hundred road maps together with a miniature county map of each of the counties of England and Wales. It was an unusual feature of the atlas that the maps were engraved on both sides of each page, and this resulted in a handier sized book.

He also issued with John Owen a book of road maps based, as was usual at the time, on Ogilby but again incorporating his own style of historical and heraldic detail.

Thomas Bowen was his son, Thomas Kitchin and Thomas Jefferys were his apprentices.

In spite of his royal appointments and apparent prosperity he died in poverty and his son, who carried on the business was no more fortunate and died in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.

c.1714 Maps of the Continents 1720 (with John Owen) Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved.
1744-47 A Complete System of Geography.
1744-48 maps for Complete Collection of Voyages (Harris).
1752 Complete Atlas Distinct View of the Known World.
1755-60 (with Thomas Kitchin) The Large English Atlas (1763/67/77/85/87 further editions and enlargements).
1758 (with John Gibson) Atlas Minimus (re-issued 1744).
1762 (with Thomas Kitchin) The Royal English Atlas 1778/80 re-issued (1794-1828 re-issued as the English Atlas).
c.1763 (with Benjamin Martin) The Natural History of England.
1766 Universal History of the World. 1767 (with Thomas Bowen) Atlas Anglicanus (re-issued 1777).
c.1777 (Thomas Bowen) The World showing the Discoveries of Captain Cook and other Circumnavigators.
c.1784 (Thomas Bowen) Maps in Rapins's History of England.

Cheshire Antique  Map by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Cheshire
Emanuel Bowen
1767
£165.00

Antique map of Hampshire for sale by Thomas Kitchin

Hampshire
Thomas Kitchin

c.1764
£395.00

Yorkshire West Riding antique map for sale Emanuel Bowen

Yorkshire West Riding
Emanuel Bowen
c.1779
£225.00 scarce

Antique map of Cornwall by Emanuel Bowen

Cornwall
Emanuel Bowen
1763 scarce
SOLD

Basingstoke to East Dean road map

Basingstoke to East Dean road map
Owen and Bowen
c.1720-1764
£40.00

Devon and Cornwall Road Map

Cornwall - Devon Road Map Hatherly to Camelford
Emanuel Bowen and John Owen, Britannia Depicta
c.1720
£40.00

Dunkerton to Weymouth road map

Dunkerton to Weymouth road map
Owen and Bowen
c.1720-1764
£40.00

Exeter to Dartmouth antique road map

Exeter to Dartmouth road map
Owen and Bowles
c. 1720
40.00

Somerset - Emanuel Bowen

Somerset
Emanuel Bowen
c.1759
£80.00

Antique map of Devonshire - Emanuel Bowen for sale

Devonshire
Emanuel Bowen

c.1760
£395.00

Portugal antique map for sale

Portugal
Emanuel Bowen

c.1747
£65.00

Antique plan of Jerusalem by Emanuel Bowen

Jerusalem
Emanuel Bowen
c. 1766
£95.00

Antique  Map of Buckinghamshire by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Buckinghamshire
Emanuel Bowen
C.1787
SOLD

antique map of Devonshire by owen and bowen

Devonshire
Owen and Bowen
1720
£60.00

Antique  Map of Surrey by Emanuel Bowen

Surrey
Emanuel Bowen
1777
£350.00

Antique map of Bedfordshire by Emanuel Bowen

Bedfordshire
Emanuel Bowen and John Owen
c. 1720
£45.00

Antique Map of Middlesex by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Middlesex
Emanuel Bowen
1757
£70.00

Antique Map of Wiltshire by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Wiltshire
Emanuel Bowen
C.1760
SOLD

Antique Map of Hampshire by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Hampshire
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£60.00

Antique Map of Oxfordshire by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Oxfordshire
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£60.00

Antique Map of Kent by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Kent
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£60.00

Antique Map of Cornwall by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Cornwall
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
SOLD

Antique Map of British Islands by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Smaller Islands of the British Ocean
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£55.00

Antique Map of Wiltshire by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Wiltshire
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£55.00

Antique Map of Sussex by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Sussex
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£55.00

Antique Map of Suffolk by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Suffolk
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£50.00

Antique Map of Hertfordshire by Emanuel Bowen for sale

Hertfordshire
Owen and Bowen
c.1720
£60.00

Emanuel Bowen 18th century antique maps.