Bowen & Owen’s Berkshire Printed Area Measurement_14.5 x 20 cm rebacked in blue calf

rebacked in blue calf

and can be used in conjunction with the key map and text at the foot to calculate cab fares and postage rates

presumably where the print was pasted into an album

Gros Britanni[en] oder Engelland Schottland und Irrland

[i] + finely engraved additional title within an elegant rococco border

Bowen & Owen’s Berkshire Printed Area Measurement_14.5 x 20 cm rebacked in blue calfThis map of Berskhire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owens Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilbys innovative atlas of strip maps first published in 1675. Bowen & Owenss work first appeared in 1720 and proved extremely popular; there were numerous editions over the next forty years. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 18 x 12 cm, recent hand colour, black and white strip maps on verso.