Britannia depicta; or, Ogilby improv'd; being a correct coppy of Mr. Ogilby's Actual survey of all ye direct & principal cross roads in England and Wales; wherein are exactly delineated & engraven, all ye cities, towns, villages, churches, seats &c. scituate on or near the roads ... And to render this work universally usefull ... are added ... 1. A full & particular description & account of all the cities, borough-towns, towns-corporate &c. their arms ... &c. with suitable remarks on all places of note drawn from the best historians and antiquaries, by Ino. Owen ... Lastly particular & correct maps of all ye counties of South Britain: with a summary description of each county ... By Eman. Bowen engraver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.

Contributor:

Owen, John, of the Middle Temple, editor.

Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, engr.

Chaika, Betty Lou.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Roads.

Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Travel.

Genre:

Early works.

Maps -- Great Britain.

Physical Description:

273 pages illustrations (maps, coats of arms) 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London, Printed for & sold by T. Bowles & E. Bowen, 1720.

Notes:

Engraved throughout.

Two versions of Ogilby's original work, both in folio, were issued in 1675, the "Britannia, volume the first" containing both text and maps, and the "Itinerarium Angliæ" from which the main portion of the text is omitted. Later, beginning in 1719, various works containing reductions of the maps were issued, among them the "Britannia depicta" of which this is the first edition. cf. Sir Herbert George Fordham. John Ogilby (1600-1676) his Britannia, and the British itineraries of the eighteenth century. London, 1925.

Binding, signed, by Betty Lou Chaika.

In box.

OCLC:

7401839