Antique Owen Bowen Britannia Depicta Road Map Kent Maidstone Leeds Castle

An original antique strip road map from Owen & Bowen's Britannia Depicta, or Ogilby Improv'd (first published 1720), covering Kent - the road out of London through Eltham, Aylesford, Leeds Castle and Maidstone towards Gravesend. Presented in a window mount, ready to frame.

Page 48 of the atlas, with the characteristic armorial cartouches (including the arms of Maidstone), antiquarian notes on Leeds Castle and Aylesford, and original hand-colouring to the roads and devices.

Marks: as issued in Britannia Depicta, numbered 48; engraved both sides. Size: sheet approx. 29 x 23 cm in the mount.

Condition: good for age with light toning; original colour. Mounted, unframed. Photographs form part of the description.

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