H. G. FORDHAM-HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
197 
and the most celebrated penman of his time) were collected into 
a folio volume after their completion, and reprinted in that form 
at various dates from 1743 to 1750; and that, subsequently, when 
the series of views had been all engraved, these views were hound 
up with the descriptive sheets and re-issued about 1754 (q.v. post, 
p. 198), although I have seen no fresh title-page of that date. 
The views were reprinted, without the descriptive text, in 1796, 
with a new title, ‘ A Curious Antique Collection of Bird’s-Eye 
Yiews of the several Counties in England and Wales.’ 
London, folio. 
(Reprinted about 1754 and in 1796.) 
* 1753. Rocque, John. 7i x 6rV. Scale, 5 miles = 
1 inch. 
A reprint of the map of Herts first found in ‘ The English 
Traveller’ of 1746, but with the scale altered to one of 6 instead 
of 5 miles, and showing 5 miles instead of 4 to the inch.. The 
plate seems otherwise unaltered. 
Erom ‘ The Small British Atlas : Being a New Set of Maps 
of all the Counties of England and Wales ’ : “ London. Published 
according to Act of Parliament, 1753. By John Rocque, Choro- 
grapher to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, near Old Round 
Court in the Strand, and Robert Sayer, Map and Print Seller, at 
the Golden Buck, opposite Letter Lane, Fleet Street.” Obi. 4to. 
There is a duplicate title in French. 
This collection contains 54 maps in all (2 of England, 38 of the 
English Counties, 3 of the Ridings of Yorkshire, 8 of the Welsh 
Counties, and 3 of the Islands). 
The first map, “ a Parliamentary Map of England,” larger than 
the others, and folding, has in the margin a table of ‘ ‘ The Produce 
of the Land Tax at 4 Shillings P. Pound iv Guliel. et Ma: as also of 
the Ship Money,” showing the amounts for each county, a table 
of the “ Three Shilling Aid ” of the year 1699, and other printed 
matter, and is dated 1753 at foot. The maps in this edition are 
not numbered on the plate. (Reprinted 1762 and 1764 (?); the 
maps were also reprinted in 1769 in ‘ England Displayed.’) 
* 1753. Moll, Herman. 10 A- x 7J-. Scale, about 
3^ miles = 1 inch. 
A reprint of Moll’s Map of Herts of 1724, but with the coins 
cut off the plate. The map itself is unaltered, except that it is 
numbered in the margin in the left-hand top corner “ (20)” instead 
of “(18).” 
From Moll’s ‘ British Atlas, or Pocket Maps of all the Counties 
in England and Wales.’ 1753, sm. folio. There are 51 maps in 
this Atlas. 
* 1753. Camden, William. 17f x 14£. Scale, about 
2 miles = 1 inch. Drawn by Robert Morden. 
The Map of Herts of 1695 as altered in the reprint of 1722. 
From the third edition of the ‘ Britannia ’ by Gibson. 2 vols. 
London, 1753, folio. 
