Title: The Continuation of Road from London to Barwick
Beginning at Stilton and extending to Tuxford
Plate the 2d containing 62 miles from Stilton to Stamford 13 3/4 to Grantham 21 1/2 to Newark 14 to Tuxford 12 3/4
Date: 1675
[The first edition without plate number, original companion text page included]
Color: Original Hand Colored
Medium: Copperplate Engraving on High quality Handmade Laid Paper with spear watermark
Credits: John Ogilbys (cartographer / publisher), from Britannia, volume the first. Or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales: by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof. Actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps. Accommodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns; and completed by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity, together with a novel discourse of the present state. (London, 1675)
Dimensions: image (32.2 x 44.1 cm or 12 3/4 x 17 3/8 inch); paper (42.5 x 49 cm or 16 3/4 x 19 1/4 inch)
Condition:
This road map is excellent plus condition [i.e., clear and clean image, original nice full margins (quite rare), strong and thick paper, vivid color, no bend, no tear, and even age toning – likely one of the nicest condition you will ever encounter for this map]. Issued with a centerfold, ample photos in high resolution are provided for your convenience of identification and judge its high quality independently.
Flaws to note: The map is nearly flawless with some very minor tape residue stain along the top edge on backside as shown by the detail photo.
Description:
John Ogilby (1600 - 1676), a well-known British cartographer, was the first to publish an atlas dedicated to the roads of [England and Wales] exclusively. Beautifully hand colored, his road maps are instantly recognizable with its scroll-stripe pattern and were very useful to the travelers of the day. Decorated with a very nice cartouche and many compass roses, this current map [without the plate number , the first edition produced in 1675] was taken from his Britannia and it depicted the road from London to Barwick [in six strips] covering about 62 miles.
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