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OGILBY (JOHN) Britannia, Volume the First: or, an Illustration of the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales: By a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads Thereof], for the Author, 1675
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[OGILBY (JOHN)
Britannia, Volume the First: or, an Illustration of the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales: By a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads Thereof], 90 double-page engraved road maps (of 100), old ink numeral in upper corner in each map, lacks all text, contemporary vellum, small loss to spine [cf. ESTC R483348; Chubb CI], folio (405 x 270mm.), for the Author, 1675
Footnotes
The first survey of the roads of England and Wales, "based on contemporary and collaborative research... [which] marked the first major advance in cartography in England since the Tudor period" (ODNB). Loosely inserted is a printed broadside advertisement "To Be Let by Ticket at the Castle Public House in Caergwrley... 23rd of October, 1819... the Remaining Part of a New Road to be Made from Caergwrley to... Abermor-ddu & Cefny-Y-Bedd...", printed by T. Lewis at Mold.
Provenance: W. Wynne, eighteenth century bookplate; by descent to present owner.





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