Oxfordshire Maps

12x18 cm

A MAP of | OXFORD | SHIRE
Map set below a decorative cartouche containing the title and details of the road from Bristol to Banbury.
Road map of the second part of the route from Colchester to Great Yarmouth  verso.
Engraved text descriptions alongside the county map and alongside and below the road map.
Engraved by Emanuel Bowen (1693?-1767) and published in the pocket road book Britannia Depicta by Thomas Bowles from 1720 to 1764. The county maps were based on Robert Morden's small series published in The New Description and State of England... from 1701. Text descriptions compiled by John Owen.
Fine early example.
For full description of the road, go to category: Maps > British Isles > RoadMaps > Owen & Bowen.