Plate 48 - Oakham, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham, Mansfield, Rotherham, Barnsley. John Ogilby's Britannia was originally conceived as part of a larger, multi-volume atlas project, which was never completed. It was sufficient, however, to secure his enduring fame as the inventor of the strip road map. The work comprised 100 folio maps covering all the post roads and major cross roads in England and Wales. Each map had 6 or 7 strips at a scale of one inch to the mile. In their first state of 1675 the maps had no plate numbers, but these were added soon afterwards that same year. There was a second edition of the work in 1698. From 1719 onwards a number of derivative road books were published, all based on Ogilby, but typically at smaller scales, making them more convenient for the pocket. These included works by Senex, Gardner, Owen & Bowen, Jefferys and Kitchin, as well as derivative road maps in some of the 18th century magazines. This example is plate 48, covering the road from Oakham to Barnsley. The plate number inside the bottom-right corner indicates that this is the 3rd state of the map, first issued 1675 and also used in the later edition of 1698.
Plate 35 - Chippenham, Bath, Wells, Marlborough; and Devizes, Philips Norton, Chilcompton, Wells. John Ogilby's Britannia was originally conceived as part of a larger, multi-volume atlas project, which was never completed. It was sufficient, however, to secure his enduring fame as the inventor of the strip road map. The work comprised 100 folio maps covering all the post roads and major cross roads in England and Wales. Each map had 6 or 7 strips at a scale of one inch to the mile. In their first state of 1675 the maps had no plate numbers, but these were added soon afterwards that same year. There was a second edition of the work in 1698. From 1719 onwards a number of derivative road books were published, all based on Ogilby, but typically at smaller scales, making them more convenient for the pocket. These included works by Senex, Gardner, Owen & Bowen, Jefferys and Kitchin, as well as derivative road maps in some of the 18th century magazines. This map bears no plate number, marking it out as a first state issued in 1675. It covers two roads - from Chippenham to Marlborough, and from Devizes to Wells.
Carlisle to Berwick. John Ogilby's Britannia was originally conceived as part of a larger, multi-volume atlas project, which was never completed. It was sufficient, however, to secure his enduring fame as the inventor of the strip road map. The work comprised 100 folio maps covering all the post roads and major cross roads in England and Wales. Each map had 6 or 7 strips at a scale of one inch to the mile. In their first state of 1675 the maps had no plate numbers, but these were added soon afterwards that same year. There was a second edition of the work in 1698. From 1719 onwards a number of derivative road books were published, all based on Ogilby, but typically at smaller scales, making them more convenient for the pocket. These included works by Senex, Gardner, Owen & Bowen, Jefferys, and Kitchin, as well as derivative road maps in some of the 18th century magazines. This example of Ogilby's map has no plate number, and is therefore from the first edition of Britannia in 1675. Some minor restoration to 2 worm holes in the vertical margins, just touching the printed area in the left margin.
Cambridge to Coventry via St. Neotts, Higham Ferrers, Northampton and Rugby. John Ogilby's Britannia was originally conceived as part of a larger, multi-volume atlas project, which was never completed. It was sufficient, however, to secure his enduring fame as the inventor of the strip road map. The work comprised 100 folio maps covering all the post roads and major cross roads in England and Wales. Each map had 6 or 7 strips at a scale of one inch to the mile. In their first state of 1675 the maps had no plate numbers, but these were added soon afterwards that same year. There was a second edition of the work in 1698. From 1719 onwards a number of derivative road books were published, all based on Ogilby, but typically at smaller scales, making them more convenient for the pocket. These included works by Senex, Gardner, Owen & Bowen, Jefferys, and Kitchin, as well as derivative road maps in some of the 18th century magazines. This example of Ogilby's map bears the plate number 61, and is from the first edition of 1675. A little light toning.
London, Puckeridge, Newmarket, Thetford, Wymondham, Norwich. John Ogilby's Britannia was originally conceived as part of a larger, multi-volume atlas project, which was never completed. It was sufficient, however, to secure his enduring fame as the inventor of the strip road map. The work comprised 100 folio maps covering all the post roads and major cross roads in England and Wales. Each map had 6 or 7 strips at a scale of one inch to the mile. In their first state of 1675 the maps had no plate numbers, but these were added soon afterwards that same year. There was a second edition of the work in 1698. From 1719 onwards a number of derivative road books were published, all based on Ogilby, but typically at smaller scales, making them more convenient for the pocket. These included works by Senex, Gardner, Owen & Bowen, Jefferys, and Kitchin, as well as derivative road maps in some of the 18th century magazines. This map covers the road from Lonon to Norwich via Puckeridge, Newmarket, Thetford and Wymondham. Currently framed