OXFORD TO COVENTRY & DERBY BY OGILBY / GARDNER c1719

 THE ROAD FROM OXFORD TO COVENTRY & DARBY 

JOHN OGILBY'S ROAD MAP SHEET 82 SHOWING THE ROADS FROM OXFORD THROUGH OXFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE TO DERBY.
DEDICATED TO THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE

REDUCED BY THOMAS GARDNER c1719

JOHN OGILBY PRODUCED THE GROUND BREAKING WORK "BRITANNIA" IN 1675 SHOWING THE ROADS OF BRITAIN ON A HUNDRED PLATES.
THIS WAS A HEAVY WORK THAT WAS LATER PRODUCED AT A SMALLER SCALE SO THAT IT COULD BE TAKEN IN A HORSEMAN'S POCKET OR IN A CARRIAGE BY SEVERAL CARTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING SENEX AND BOWEN. HOWEVER THE FIRST WAS BY THOMAS GARDNER IN 1719. THIS WAS A STRAIGHT COPY OF THE OGILBY PLATES INCLUDING A DOT FOR EVERY FURLONG. THE SCALE IS ABOUT 2.22 MILES TO AN INCH INSTEAD OF OGILBY'S 1 MILE TO AN INCH. THE TITLE PANEL IS THE SAME DESIGN AS IN OGILBY WITH THE ADDITION OF DEDICATIONS ON SOME SHEETS

THIS COPPER ENGRAVED MAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH HAND COLOUR. THERE IS A CENTREFOLD CREASE AS PUBLISHED AND A LITTLE AGE TONING.

THE TOP MARGIN IS CLOSE CROPPED WITH SLIGHT LOSS AS PUBLISHED.
THE MAP MEASURES APPROX  11.5 x 7.25 ins (29 x 18.5 cms) INCLUDING MARGINS.

 THIS IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP OVER 300 YEARS OLD.