Original Antique Map of the Road from Bristol to Weymouth

€ 220

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Sheet size: 36.6 × 44.3 cm (14.4 × 17.4 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-13324-6

Condition

Defects top left and other small defects in margins. General age-related toning. Original folding line. Shows wear and soiling. Also shows some creasing. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'The Road from Bristol to Weymouth (..)'. Original antique map of the road from Bristol to Weymouth. Plate 60 from Ogilby's 'Britannia', the first road atlas of England & Wales, first published in 1675. It was only after his work that roads started being shown on county maps. The route is shown on scroll-like strips, with a decorative strapwork title cartouche.