Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales : by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof : actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns; and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity, together with a novel discourse of the present state

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Author

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.

Title

Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales : by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof : actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns; and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity, together with a novel discourse of the present state / by John Ogilby Esq. ...

Publication

London : Printed by the author at his house in White-Fryers, MDCLXXV [1675]

Physical Description

1 atlas ([34], 200, [4] pages, [203] leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm (folio)

Cartographic Detail

Scale 1:63,360

Local Notes

BAC Folio A 2023 18: Ruled in red throughout. Bound in contemporary calf.

Notes

The plates comprise: a frontispiece (engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Francis Barlow); a map of England and Wales; and 100 strip maps. All of the maps are double plates.

The first issue, with: a dedication leaf to Archbishop Gilbert; the catchword 'of' on D1r; seven leaves of text for the "Of the City of London. The introduction."; unnumbered strip maps.

Signatures: pi² [superscript pi]A-F² G1 H², A-3D² chi².

Title page printed in red and black.

Includes index.

Format

Maps & GIS

Language

English

Added to Catalog

May 15, 2023

References

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.) O168

English short title catalogue, R2945

Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, C

Subjects

Roads > England > Early works to 1800.

Roads > Wales > Early works to 1800.

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

England > Maps.

Wales > Maps.

Genre/Form

Atlases.

Strip maps.

Road maps.