Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
(Covers to) Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved. Being a Correct Coppy of Mr. Ogilby's Actual Survey of All ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales ... By Ino. Owen ... Maps of All the Counties of South Britain ... By Eman: Bowen, Engraver.
List No
9736.001
Note
First edition, first issue of this of this highly popular reduced version of John Ogilby's 1675 road atlas; Bowen's address given as "next ye King of Spain", plate 128 misnumbered 121, and plates 74 and 75 transposed. Bowles decided to go one better than Thomas Gardner and John Senex, who were planning reduced size re-issues of Ogilby, by augmenting the work with 54 county maps and "a multitude of historical, topographical and statistical information" (Hodson) by the antiquarian John Owen, the whole engraved onto 273 strip-maps by Emanuel Bowen. Bowles puffed the work extravagantly claiming, that "One leaf of this, contains more Observations than any whole book of this Nature yet publish'd", and seems to have stirred up "a great demand as there were four editions issued from 1720 to 1724" (Chubb). How practical this was as a road-book is questionable, the lay-out is rather cluttered with three or four road strips per page, together with the county maps, armorials, and minisculely engraved cursive text, however, it is certainly lively, and undoubtedly would have possessed considerable novelty on publication. Ogilby's survey itself was the first of the roads of England and Wales, "and [he] is probably best known on this account . Sir H.G. Fordham . says [the survey] 'is of particular and historical importance, as it displaced the old British mile of 2,428 yards, and substituted it for the statute mile of 1,760 yards, thus effecting a revolution in customary measurements'" (Chubb, p. 444).
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
(Title Page) Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved. Being a Correct Coppy of Mr. Ogilby's Actual Survey of All ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales ... By Ino. Owen ... Maps of All the Counties of South Britain ... By Eman Bowen, Engraver.
List No
9736.002
Note
First edition, first issue of this of this highly popular reduced version of John Ogilby's 1675 road atlas; Bowen's address given as "next ye King of Spain", plate 128 misnumbered 121, and plates 74 and 75 transposed. Bowles decided to go one better than Thomas Gardner and John Senex, who were planning reduced size re-issues of Ogilby, by augmenting the work with 54 county maps and "a multitude of historical, topographical and statistical information" (Hodson) by the antiquarian John Owen, the whole engraved onto 273 strip-maps by Emanuel Bowen. Bowles puffed the work extravagantly claiming, that "One leaf of this, contains more Observations than any whole book of this Nature yet publish'd", and seems to have stirred up "a great demand as there were four editions issued from 1720 to 1724" (Chubb). How practical this was as a road-book is questionable, the lay-out is rather cluttered with three or four road strips per page, together with the county maps, armorials, and minisculely engraved cursive text, however, it is certainly lively, and undoubtedly would have possessed considerable novelty on publication. Ogilby's survey itself was the first of the roads of England and Wales, "and [he] is probably best known on this account . Sir H.G. Fordham . says [the survey] 'is of particular and historical importance, as it displaced the old British mile of 2,428 yards, and substituted it for the statute mile of 1,760 yards, thus effecting a revolution in customary measurements'" (Chubb, p. 444).
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
(Index Page) A Table of All of the Roads contain'd in this Book.
List No
9736.003
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
(Index Page) A Table of ye Cities, Towns & describ'd in this Book.
List No
9736.004
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
(Index Page) A Table of All the Maps contain'd in this Book.
List No
9736.005
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Aberistwith (Aberystwyth). A Map of Cardiganshire.
List No
9736.006
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
London to Islip, to Oxford.
List No
9736.007
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
Islip to Bramyard (Bromard).
List No
9736.008
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
Bramyard to Aberistwith (Aberystwyth).
List No
9736.009
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Arundel. A Map of Sussex.
List No
9736.010
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Arundel, to Chichester. (continued.) London to Barwick. Nottinghamshire.
List No
9736.011
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
London to Barwick. (continued.)
List No
9736.012
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
London to Barwick. (continued.)
List No
9736.013
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
London to Barwick. (continued.)
List No
9736.014
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
London to Barwick. (continued.)
List No
9736.015
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
London to Barwick. (continued.)
List No
9736.016
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Bristol. A Map of Middlesex.
List No
9736.017
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Bristol (continued.)
List No
9736.018
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Bristol (continued.) The Road from London to Buckingham. A Map of Northamptonshire.
List No
9736.019
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
Road from London to Buckingham (continued.)
List No
9736.020
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
Road from London to Buckingham (continued.)
List No
9736.021
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to St. David's. A Map of Glamorganshire.
List No
9736.022
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to St. David's (continued.)
List No
9736.023
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to St. David's (continued.)
List No
9736.024
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to St. David's (continued.)
List No
9736.025
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to St. David's (continued.) The Road from London to Dover.
List No
9736.026
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Dover. (continued.)
List No
9736.027
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Harwich.
List No
9736.028
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Harwich. (continued.) The Road from London to Hith.
List No
9736.029
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Hith.
List No
9736.030
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Holy-Head. Mona, now called Anglesey Island.
List No
9736.031
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Holy-Head. (continued.)
List No
9736.032
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Holy-Head. (continued.)
List No
9736.033
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Holy-Head. (continued.)
List No
9736.034
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Holy-Head. (continued.) The Road from London to the Lands-End.
List No
9736.035
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to the Lands-End. (continued.)
List No
9736.036
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to the Lands-End. (continued.)
List No
9736.037
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to the Lands-End. (continued.)
List No
9736.038
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to the Lands-End. (continued.)
List No
9736.039
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Newhaven.
List No
9736.040
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Newhaven (continued.) The Road from London to Portsmouth.
List No
9736.041
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Portsmouth. (continued.)
List No
9736.042
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Portsmouth. (continued.) The Road from London to Rye.
List No
9736.043
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Rye. (continued.) The Roads from London to Barnstable.
List No
9736.044
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Roads from London to Barnstable. (continued.)
List No
9736.045
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Roads from London to Barnstable. (continued.)
List No
9736.046
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Roads from London to Barnstable. (continued.)
List No
9736.047
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Bath & Wells.
List No
9736.048
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Road from London to Bath & Wells. (continued.) The Roads from London to Boston.
List No
9736.049
Author
[Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Owen, John, Bowen, Emanuel]
Full Title
The Roads from London to Boston.
List No
9736.050
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