Senex-Ogilby antique road maps: Berkshire to Gloucestershire. c1757

by Ogilby - Senex

Antique Strip Road Maps through Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire - Abington, Faringdon, Lechlade, Gloucester, Micheldean, Coverd, Monmouth and Trelagh. On the reverse is the previous map, from London through Knightsbridge, Hyde Park, Kensington, Chelsea, to Brentwood, Colebrooke, Maidenhead, Henley, Abington.. so, both of these two finely highlighted antique maps for the price of one.

These road maps are original copperplate engravings by John Senex after John Ogilby (with fine later hand-colour), 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.

Small marginal tear with conservation tape repair, at base of map and very small nick at left extremity. This is a very important map. Approximate size of this map is 17 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 inches).