Early Roads London to Poole, Lemington, Winchestershire. Senex c1757.

by Senex, John

Antique Senex road map reverse, to Wales... Meriden to Birmingham (Warwickshire), Dudley (Staffordshire), Bridgnorth, Great Wenlock, Shrewsbury (Shropshire), to Welshpool (Montgomeryshire).

Original copperplate engraving (both sides) by John Senex after John Ogilby for The Roads through England Delineated, or Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved & Reduced to a Size Portable for the Pocket by John Senex, F.R.S. Being an Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England, and Wales, Distinctly laid down on one hundred & one Copper Plates on which are delineated all the Cities, Towns, Villages, Hills, Rivers, Brooks, Churches, capital Seats, and every place worthy of Note, throughout each ROAD; WITH The Addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr Ogilby, and Several necessary Corrections made in others; Together with a great number of explanatory references, by which this Edition of the Roads is render'd of more general Use for TRAVELLERS. - Printed for John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London 1757 (with fine later hand-colour to both sides).

Approximate size of this map is 17 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 inches).