John Ogilby Road from London to Bath & Wells 17thC Strip Road Map Hand Coloured

A hand-coloured copper-engraved strip road map, The Road from London to Bath & Wells, by John Ogilby, His Majesty's Cosmographer, from Britannia, the first road atlas of England and Wales (first published 1675).

The road unfolds in parallel strips from Chippenham to Bath and on to Wells, and from Marlborough via Devizes and Trowbridge to Wells, with compass roses, mileages, hills, bridges and the houses of the gentry along the way, beneath an elaborate title cartouche with the royal arms.

Framed behind glass in a wooden frame with a cream mount. Overall size approx 28 x 34 cm.

Condition: good colour; toning and light spotting to the sheet as usual. Please see all photographs, which form part of the description.