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 Salisbury, Marlborough, Lechdale-on-Thames, Chipping Campden

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: Very good condition. Light age toning. One or two very faint age spots. Well suited for framing and display, if desired. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.

Ref: #05183