Title / Subject: Road map running through part of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire
Date: 1720
Size: the sheet measures approximately 190mm x 126mm
Cartographer / Engraver: Emanuel Bowen
Description: An interesting and attractive, original, antique, double-sided strip road map from the 1720 edition of John Owen & Emanuel Bowen's 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'.
The sheet of hand-laid paper is printed on both sides. The copper-engraved strip maps (with accompanying information about the locations along the route and embellishments such as coats of arms) are pages 3 & 4 of 'Britannia Depicta'. They have significant detail of topography and place names, Settlements along the route include:
Page 3 - High Wycombe, Tetsworth, Oxford
Page 4 - Islip, Enstone, Chipping Norton, Little Compton
Provenance: 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'
Condition: Very good condition. Light age toning. Please study the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.
Ref: #06950