Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales , MDCLXXV [1675]
- Title(s):
- Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales : by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof : actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns; and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity, together with a novel discourse of the present state / by John Ogilby Esq. ...
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed by the author at his house in White-Fryers, MDCLXXV [1675]
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas ([26], 200, [4] pages, [203] leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations, maps ; 43 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1282546
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale 1:63,360
- Notes:
- BEIN EEdea 675P: Imperfect: engr. t.p. mutilated. Three maps bound in upside down.
The plates comprise: a frontispiece (engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Francis Barlow); a map of England and Wales; and 100 strip maps. All of the maps are double plates.
The second issue: no dedication leaf to Archbishop Gilbert; the catchword '132' on D1r; four leaves of text for the "Of the City of London. The introduction," compressed from seven leaves in the first issue; strip maps numbered from 1 to 100.
Title page in red and black.
Includes index.
Signatures: pi [superscript pi]A-B² C² (-C2,+*1) D-E² H²; A-3D² chi².
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.) O168
English short title catalogue, R483348
Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, CI
BAC Folio A 2023 19 Copy 1: The letterpress description of London is as found in the first issue (on seven leaves); in all other respects, bears the characteristics of the second issue. Bound in later quarter leather and marbled boards. Bookplate: Ernest E. Baker, F.S.A. (bequeathed from J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps)
BAC Folio A 2023 19 Copy 2: Bound in contemporary calf. Bookplate: James Frrothingham Hunnewell. - Subject Terms:
- Baker, Ernest E. -- Bookplate.England -- Maps.Great Britain -- Description and travel.Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 -- Ownership.Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910 -- Bookplate.Roads -- England.Roads -- Wales.Wales -- Maps.
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
Strip maps.
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