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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.
London,
Printed by the Author at his House in White-Fryers.
1675
First edition. Folio (412 by 265mm). Engraved frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, Letterpress title, 3 page dedication to Charles II, 5 page Preface, 3 page List of Post Roads, 8 page Introduction to the City of London, 4 page catalogue of the roads, folding general map of the British Isles, and 100 double-page engraved maps showing the roads of England and Wales, 200pp text, 4 page Index table at end, nineteenth-century polished calf gilt with the Botfield arms, spines panelled in gilt, morocco lettering-pieces, speckled edges.
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notes:
A fine, tall example of the first edition of Ogilby's famous road book; the first national road-atlas of any country and a landmark in the mapping of England and Wales.
Ogilby's work was composed of maps of seventy-three major roads and cross-roads, presented in a continuous strip form, not unlike a modern satellite navigation system. For the first time in England, and atlas was prepared on a uniform scale, at one inch to a mile, based on the statute mile of 1760...
Ogilby's work was composed of maps of seventy-three major roads and cross-roads, presented in a continuous strip form, not unlike a modern satellite navigation system. For the first time in England, and atlas was prepared on a uniform scale, at one inch to a mile, based on the statute mile of 1760...
bibliography:
Chubb C; Lowndes 1719; Wing 0-168.
provenance:
Provenance: from the library of Beriah Botfield (d.1863)
Beriah Botfield was a British member of Parliament representing Ludlow in Shropshire. An book collector in the mould of the third Duke of Roxburghe, the second Earl Spencer, and especially his contemporary, the sixth Duke of Devonshire, Botfield went as far as to set up a private printing press in his home. The books were collected at Norton Hall, Northamptonshire, and were moved to the family seat of Longleat in the middle of the twentieth century.
Beriah Botfield was a British member of Parliament representing Ludlow in Shropshire. An book collector in the mould of the third Duke of Roxburghe, the second Earl Spencer, and especially his contemporary, the sixth Duke of Devonshire, Botfield went as far as to set up a private printing press in his home. The books were collected at Norton Hall, Northamptonshire, and were moved to the family seat of Longleat in the middle of the twentieth century.
