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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 ...
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
- Publication
- [London] Printed & sold by T. Bowles, 1736.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | 1736 | Text | Use in library | CBF (Ogilby, J. Britannia depicta. 1736) 1736 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
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- Description
- 1 p. l., 5, [3], 273 p. illus. (maps, coats of arms); 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- The title-page and 273 pages of maps, with explanatory text, etc., are engraved.
- 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 Angliae" 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 the first edition is dated 1720. cf. Sir Herbert George Fordham, John Ogilby (1600-1676) his Britannia, and the British itineraries of the eighteenth century. London, 1925.
- Title within illus. border.
- Call Number
- CBF (Ogilby, J. Britannia depicta. 1736)
- LCCN
- 03001369 //r49
- OCLC
- 17635414
- Author
- Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.
- Title
- 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.
- Imprint
- [London] Printed & sold by T. Bowles, 1736.
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Added Author
- Owen, John, of the Middle Temple.Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767. Engraver
- Research Call Number
- CBF (Ogilby, J. Britannia depicta. 1736)