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. ...
Published / Created:
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)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 18Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale 1:63,360
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.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.) O168English short title catalogue, R2945Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, CBAC Folio A 2023 18: Ruled in red throughout. Bound in contemporary calf.
Subject Terms:
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.