from Britannia Depicta
or
Ogilby Improved
Road Atlas of England & Wales
By Emanuel Bowen
London 1720

The following maps are a collection of the earliest road maps designed for foot and horseback travelers in England in the early 18th century. They are approximately 7X4½ inches in size, small enough to fit into backpacks & saddle bags & depicted roads, bridges, rivers, woods, fields, private lands, & landmarks & obstacles to be encountered along the way from town to town. They are decorated with shields & ornamental title cartouches & each includes a finely drawn map on the front page.

Measurements are given in inches, height first, then width.
This refers to printed image only. Margins are extra.

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ERM104 - “The Road from London to Weymouth Com. Dorset commencing at Basingstoke.” Includes a map of Wiltshire & the roads from Norfolk to Fakenham, New Market & Bury St. Edmonds. Decorative title cartouche shows grotesque faces, flowers, snakes & scroll motifs. 

ERM105 - “The Road from Dartnouth in Devon Shire to Minhead in Somerset.” Includes finely drawn map of Somertshire & roads from Brecknockshire to Glamorganshire in Wales. Shows the Arms of Cardiff on a shield and an ornamental title cartouche is engraved with feathered scrolls in a horizontal box design. 

ERM106 - “The Roads from Oxford to Salisbury.” Includes a finely engraved map of Berkshire & is decorated with the Arms of Salisbury on a shield. Roads start at Oxford & continue through Abingdon to Hungerford in Wiltshire. Title cartouche is in an ornamental design of leaf & scroll motifs with a grotesque face. Map also contains a list of the Hundreds. Attractive.

ERM107 - “The Road from Hereford to Leicester.” Includes a finely drawn map of Leicestershire and a shield with the Arms of Montgomery. Roads are drawn from Pembridge in Herefordshire to Knighton in Radnor, and Montgomery in Shropshire & Montgomery County in Wales. Title cartouche is in an ornamental leaf & scroll design with a lion face.

ERM108 - “The Road from Monmouth to Lanbeder.” Includes finely drawn & detailed map of Monmouthshire (Wales) and shields with the Arms of Abergaveney & Monmouth. Roads are drawn from Monmouth to Abergaveny & Brecknockshire. Title cartouche is designed with flying figures, vases of flowers, & leaf and scroll motifs.

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