A New and Correct Map of the Roads of England

Edité par 1744, London

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315 x 280 mm., with folds as issued, lower margin missing as bound, in good condition. This very rare item falls into the rare group known as diagrammatic maps of the roads of England and Wales which are after John Ogilby's road book entitled 'Britannia'. The roads are the main feature of the map and are laid down in virtually straight double ruled lines. The computed distance in miles between towns is plotted. There were very few ever published of England and Wales, the majority were separately issued and are extremely rare. The first map derived from the work of Ogilby was published by John Adams in twelve sheets in 1677. That map and his two-sheet derivative published in 1679 were both accurate maps in that the shape of the country portrayed was accurate at the time. The first diagrammatic map published was that of William Berry in 1679, this did not even bear a coastline, only double ruled lines across the map to indicate the roads. John Overton published a similar map next bearing a crude geographical outline and is given the date c.1685 by Shirley.This map is the work of John Cowley (fl.1733-44) who was a political writer, geographer to the King from about 1741, and about whom little is known. It was produced for inclusion in Robert Dodsley's 'Geography of England' and as indicated on the map to be 'Place this at the end of the Book'. Dodsley (1704-64) was a successful writer, poet and publisher born in Mansfield as the son of a schoolmaster. From 1735 to his death, he published mainly the literary material of his day including that of his friend Dr Samuel Johnson. Indeed, it is believed Dodsley was one of those encouraging Johnson in the undertaking of the 'Dictionary'. The title cartouche features surveyors measuring the roads with a waywiser. An Explanation below describes the map.Provenance: J. Coombes 1999; private English collection. Chubb (1927) 181; ESTC T57743; Hodson (1984-97) 194; Shirley (2004) T.Cowl 1a; Marston (1902) Sketches of Some Booksellers of the Time of Doctor Johnson. pp. 45-55; refer Shirley (1988) p. 163 (not listed); refer Woodward, David (1978). 'English Cartography, 1650-1750: A Summary', in 'The Compleat Plattmaker' edited by Norman J. W. Thrower pp. 174-5; Worms & Baynton-Williams (2011).…

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Titre
A New and Correct Map of the Roads of England
Auteur
COWLEY, John
Éditeur
1744, London
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No binding
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Founded by the late Clive A. Burden in 1966, the company is one of the longest established dealers in antique maps, atlases, books and rare decorative prints. All items offered are fine original examples. Areas of particular focus are the British Isles and North America. Our stock dates from incunabula (pre-1500) to the late 1800s. We also carry decorative prints including botanical, bird, other natural history, architecture, in addition to Vanity Fair caricatures. Books include atlases, illustrated, and colour plate works. Philip D. Burden joined his father in the business in 1979. His interests included the British Isles and North America. He wrote and published in 1996 and 2007 the definitive two volume treatise entitled ‘The Mapping of North America’. This was the first work to list all known printed maps relating to North America up to the year 1700. Each fully described and illustrated. Clive A. Burden Ltd. is a member of the following organisations: the ABA (Antiquarian Bookdealers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), and IMCoS (International Map Collector’s Society). …

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