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E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£42
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, this example being from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: BER 022
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£30
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: BRE 002
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£30
11.5 x 18.5cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: CDG 003
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£40
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: CRM 1654
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£40
11.5 x 18.0cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month time frame between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, this example being from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: DUR 180
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720 - c1764
£55
11.5 x 18.0cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, and this example is probably from one of the latter. Supplied mounted and ready for framing.
Ref: GLO 002
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£65
11.5 x 18.0cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month time-frame between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen). It also included a set of English and Welsh county maps as well as the road maps, all of which were engraved by Emanuel Bowen.The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: HAM 003
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-c1764
£30
11.5 x 18.5cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: HUN 014
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£35
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: MER 003
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£40
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, this example being from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: NTN 525
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£40
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, this example being from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: NMB 543
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£40
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, this example being from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: NOT 572
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£35
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions, this example being from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: RAD 852
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64 (1720)
£35
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions the last in 1764. Modern colour.
Ref: RUT 025
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£35
11.5 x 18cm


In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has a road map to the verso showing the road from York to Pickering via Malton..
Ref: WES 009
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£45
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.Supplied mounted.
Ref: WIL 011
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£65
11.5 x 18cm


North & East Ridings. Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month time-frame between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen). It also included a set of English and Welsh county maps as well as the road maps, all of which were engraved by Emanuel Bowen.The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Ref: YOR 004
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-c1764
£65
11.5 x 18cm


First published in 1720 with maps drawn and engraved by Emanuel Bowen, Britannia Depicta was a considerable commercial success and ran to several editions, the last issued around 1764.
Ref: COR 1427
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-c1764
£45
11.5 x 18.0cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions up to c1764. Supplied mounted and ready to frame.
Ref: HRT 004
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£55
12 x 18.5cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month time-frame between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen). It also included a set of English and Welsh county maps as well as the road maps, all of which were engraved by Emanuel Bowen.The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions. This is the second state of the map.
Ref: DEV 028
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£32
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions. Modern colour. Supplied mounted and ready to frame.
Ref: BED 081
 
E. Bowen J. Owen     Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£40
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions the last in 1764. Modern colour.
Ref: SUF 021a
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£65
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions. This map covers the main offshore islands belonging to the English crown. Mounted and ready for framing.
Ref: ISL 002
 

UK and British Atlases

E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1751 (1720)
£1750
c11.5 x 18cm


The 4th edition of this important and popular road book.Original full leather binding, rather rubbed, and chipped at top and bottom of spine, but a good and clean copy internally. 53 maps of the English and Welsh counties, plus one of offshore islands. 200 pages of strip road maps.
Ref: ABR 855
 

Road Maps

E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 3/4 - High Wycombe, Tetsworth, Oxford, Islip, Morton-in-the-Marsh, Broadway. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 037
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 5/6 - Pershore, Worcester, Leominster, Presteigne. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. Modern hand colour.
Ref: ROA 038
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 15/16 - Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Doncaster. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 039
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 17/18 - Ferrybridge, Tadcaster, York, Boroughbridge, Northallerton. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 040
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 19/20 - Darlington, Durham, Chester-le-Street, Newcastle, Morpeth. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 154
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
11.5 x 17.5cm


Pages 29/30 - Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Banbury, Stratford, Caughton. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example is from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: ROA 1469a
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 35/36 - Abingdon, Faringdon, Lechlade, Fairford, Gloucester, Mitcheldean, Monmouth. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 043
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 39/40 - Burton, Swansea, Llanelli, Kidwelli, Haverfordwest, St. Davids. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 044
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 43/4 - Sittingbourne, Preston (Faversham), Boughton St. Canterbury, Barham, Dover. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 046
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18.5cm


Pages 53/54 - Towcester, Daventry, Coventry, Coleshill, Lichfield. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 141
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 17cm


Pages 59/60 - London, Brentford, Hounslow, Staines, Egham, Bagshot. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. On this example the road map is printed on one side of the page only, the verso carrying part of the description of London.
Ref: ROA 048
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 63/64 - Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Yeoveil, Axminster, Exeter, Chudleigh. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 147
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18.5cm


Pages 67/68 - Tregony, Penzanze, St. Buryon, Land's End. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example is from the first edition of 1720. It has a road map on one side only, the verso carrying part of the description of London.
Ref: ROA 052
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 75/76 - Woodgate, Lamberhurst, Hawkhurst Newended, Rye. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has a road map on one side only, the verso carrying part of the description of London.
Ref: ROA 054
 
J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 77/78 - Andover, Amesbury, Warminster. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has a rpad map on one side only, the verso carrying part of the description of London. It is from the first edition of 1720
Ref: ROA 005
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 79/80 - Maiden Bradley, Bruton, Bridgewater, Dulverton. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 055
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 81/82 - South Molton, Barnstaple, Torrington, Launceston, Camelford. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example is from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: ROA 056
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 87/88 - Stilton, Peterborough, Crowland, Spalding, Purfleet. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example is from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: ROA 196
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Brittania Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 93/94 - Garstang, Lancaster, Kendal. Perith, Carlisle. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.This example is from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: ROA 156
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 101/102 - Tempsford, St. Neots, Stilton, Peterborough. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. Modern colour.
Ref: ROA 150
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 17.5cm


Pages 103/104 - Market Deeping, Bourne, Sleaford, Lincoln, Brigg, Barton-upon-Humber. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 060
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
10 x 17.5cm


Pages 111/112 - Tenby, Ludlow, Bishop's Castle, Montgomery. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has a road map on one side only, the verso carrying a description of the Bedford Levels.
Ref: ROA 062
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 17.5cm


Pages 121/122 - Oakham, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham, Mansfield, Clowne, Rotherham, Barnsley. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 063
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 123/124 - Barnsley, Halifax, Keighley, Skipton, Kettlewell, Richmond. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. Modern colour.
Ref: ROA 139
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 129/130 - Bagshot, Farnham, Alton, Alresford, Southampton; and Southampton, Romsey, Salisbury. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example is from the 1720 first edition of the work.
Ref: ROA 203
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages135/136 Basingstoke, Stockbridge, Cranborne, Blandford, Dorchester, Weymouth. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example if from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: ROA 204
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 145/146 - Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Church Stretton, Shrewsbury. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 068
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 149/150 - Bristol, Wells, Glastonbury, Taunton, Wellington, Exeter. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 069
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 17cm


Pages 161/162 - Jedburgh, Berwick / Carlisle, Berwick. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This sheet has the road map on one side only, the verso carrying a text description of Cambridge University. Modern colour.
Ref: ROA 160
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£15
9 x 16.5cm


Pages 165/166 - Llanfillyn, Tregynon, Llanbadarn, Fynydd, Builth Wells, Brecon. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 070
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 169/170 - Dartmouth, Newton Abbot, Exeter, Tiverton, Bampton, Mnehead. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 071
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£15
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 173/174 - Llanarth, Lyanrhystud, Talybont, Machynlleth, Llanymawddwy, Llangower, Llyn Tegid, . In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example is from the first edition of 1720.
Ref: ROA 143
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 175/176 - Bala, Betws, Gwerfil Goch, Ruthin, Holywell . In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has a road map to one side only, the verso carrying a description of Exeter.
Ref: ROA 073
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18.5cm


Pages 189/190 - Hereford, Worcester, Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Solihull, Coventry, Sharnford, Leicester. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 076
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 195/196 - Ipswich, Norwich, Aylsham, Cromer. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 130
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 201/202 - King's Lynn, Billingford, Norwich, Great Yarmouth. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 079
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 17.5cm


Pages 207/208 - Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln, Market Rased, Brigsley, Grimsby. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 138
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 209/210 - Oxford, Fyfield, Faringdon, Purton. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example Has a road map on one side only, the verso carrying a description of Oxford University. It is from the 1720 first edition of the work.
Ref: ROA 213
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 219/220 - Oxford, Banbury, Coventry, Ashby, Derby. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 081
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11 x 17.5cm


Pages 225/226 - Presteigne, New Radnor, Builth Wells, Llandovery, Carmarthen. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 082
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18cm


Pages 231/232 - Tynemouth, Newcastle, Ovington, Hexham, Haltwhistle, Carlisle. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 083
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-1764
£17
11.5 x 17.5cm


Pages 241/242 - Elland, Riponden, Rochdale, Manchester, Warrington, Frodsham, Chester; and Manchester, Stockport, Disley. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 085
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11.5 x 18.5cm


Pages 245/246 - Carmarthen, Cardigan, Lampeter, Trefilan, Aberystwyth. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 086
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
11 x 18cm


Pages 253/254 - Exeter, Colyford, Lyme Regis, Chideock. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has a road map on one side only, the verso carrying descriptions of Dorchester and Lyme Regis.
Ref: ROA 088
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 257/258 - Leaming, Catterick, Richmond, Barnard Castle; and Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Wakefield; and Ferrybridge, Boroughbridge, Ripon. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions.
Ref: ROA 089
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720
£17
12 x 18cm


Pages 267/8 - Mold to Hoywell/Chester to Holywell. In 1720 Thomas Bowles and Emanuel Bowen published a new reduced version of John Ogilby's strip maps. Britannia Depicta came hot on the heels of the two reduced editions issued the previous year by Thomas Gardner and John Senex, but was much more innovative. Where Gardner and Senex had closely followed the strip layout and design of Ogilby, the new work further reduced the size of the volume, by including only 3 or 4 strips per page, and by printing on both sides of the page, but also added a considerable amount of additional detail by way of historical and topographical notes and heraldry. This additional information turned the work into much more than just a road book - it was virtually a guide book. This added detail was researched and provided by John Owen, who passed it to Bowen to incorporate into the layout and engraving of the pages. The work also included a set of English and Welsh county maps. Britannia Depicta became a great commercial success, and was re-issued a number of times up to 1764, with occasional amendments and additions. This example has the road maps on one side only, the verso being a county map of Durham (trimmed to the left hand border and uncoloured).
Ref: ROA 171