SALISBURY TO CAMPDEN BY JOHN OGILBY c1675

SALISBURY TO CAMPDEN
PLATE 85

BY

JOHN OGILBY
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THE ROAD FROM SALISBURY THROUGH WILTSHIRE TO MARLBOROUGH AND ON TO BURFORD IN OXFORDSHIRE AND CAMPDEN IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
 

  A GENUINE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP PRODUCED FOR OGILBY'S "BRITANNIA"
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THIS COPPER ENGRAVED MAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A CLEAR IMPRESSION AND HAND COLOUR
THERE IS A CENTREFOLD AS PUBLISHED

THIS IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP OVER 340 YEARS OLD

THE MAP MEASURES APPROX  17.5 x 13.5 ins (44 x 34 cms) THE FULL PAGE MEASURES 19.25 x 16.25 ins (49 x 41 cms)

JOHN OGILBY (1600-1676) WAS ONE OF THE MOST COLOURFUL CARTOGRAPHERS OF THE 17th CENTURY WHO DURING HIS LIFE WAS A DANCING MASTER, POET, TRANSLATOR, PRINTER, PUBLISHER AND ROYAL COSMOGRAPHER BUT HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS GREAT WORK "BRITANNIA" BEING THE FIRST EVER ROAD ATLAS CONTAINING 100 MAPS

 ESTABLISHED IN 1998 WE ARE AN ANTIQUE MAP & PRINT BUSINESS THAT ONLY SELL GENUINE ANTIQUES. ALL OUR MAPS AND PRINTS ARE GUARANTEED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AT OR AROUND THE DATE STATED AND WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.