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This 1710 large-format map of the Kingdom of Hungary and surrounding regions extends west to east from Drendorf to Guila Feyrwar and north to south from Ormitz to Belgrade, offering a detailed depiction of the region's geography.
The map is an uncommon two-sheet engraving, originally produced by John Price for his short-lived partnership with John Senex and John Maxwell (1708–1711). Following the dissolution of their collaboration, each partner retained the engraved plates they had contributed, with the majority—engraved by Senex—later reissued in his English Atlas from 1714. However, in 1713, the remaining stock of Price’s maps was acquired by George Willdey, who began issuing them under his own imprint, entering into another ill-fated partnership, this time with Timothy Brandreth.
Like Price’s earlier endeavor, this new venture proved commercially unsuccessful, and by the end of 1713, Willdey was advertising the remaining maps at significantly reduced prices. Despite its complex publication history, this map remains a valuable cartographic artifact, reflecting the transitional period in early 18th-century English mapmaking and the commercial challenges faced by independent map publishers.
John Senex (1678-1740) was one of the foremost mapmakers in England in the early eighteenth century. He was also a surveyor, globemaker, and geographer. As a young man, he was apprenticed to Robert Clavell, a bookseller. He worked with several mapmakers over the course of his career, including Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price. In 1728, Senex was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, a rarity for mapmakers. The Fellowship reflects his career-long association as engraver to the Society and publisher of maps by Edmund Halley, among other luminaries. He is best known for his English Atlas (1714), which remained in print until the 1760s. After his death in 1740 his widow, Mary, carried on the business until 1755. Thereafter, his stock was acquired by William Herbert and Robert Sayer (maps) and James Ferguson (globes).
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