Title / Subject: Plate 19: The Road from London to Harwich
Date: 1775
Size: the sheet measures approximately 190mm x 240mm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches); blank verso.
Description: An original antique, copper-plate engraved strip road map incorporating significant detail of place names and topography. The map is an updated and reduced version of John Ogilby's strip-road maps, first published around a century earlier. These smaller versions proved extremely popular in the 18th century, not least due to their portability. Other noted cartographers such as Thomas Kitchen and John Senex produced similar versions, although Jefferys's maps are perhaps a little less common.
The route passes through numerous places including London, Romford, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, Manningtree, Harwich
Cartographer / Engraver: Thomas Jefferys
Provenance: 'Jefferys's Itinerary; or travellers Companion, through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, containing All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads; with the Addition of every New Road, carefully collected from all the actual surveys hitherto published. Improved with many thousand names of places more than are in any similar publication...', London, R. Sayer & J. Bennet, 1775
Condition: Good condition. Please note that there is a 5cm closed tear at the bottom left edge of the sheet extending into the printed area, partly repaired verso (no loss and quite hard to see when the map is laid down). Light age toning. Well suited for framing and display, if desired. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.
Ref: #05107
Authenticity: this is an authentic item, published at the date stated in the title and accompanying description. Where an exact date is not known, the item is dated as circa (c.), e.g. c.1650. This indicates that it may have been printed/published a few years either side of the specified year.
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