Bowen & Owen’s Berkshire Printed Area Measurement_14.5 x 20 cm Gros Britanni[en] oder Engelland Schottland

Gros Britanni[en] oder Engelland Schottland und Irrland

rebacked in blue calf

[i] + finely engraved additional title within an elegant rococco border

presumably where the print was pasted into an album

he was not the son of

Bowen & Owen’s Berkshire Printed Area Measurement_14.5 x 20 cm Gros Britanni[en] oder Engelland SchottlandThis map of Berskhire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owens Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilbys innovative atlas of strip maps first published in 1675. Bowen & Owenss work first appeared in 1720 and proved extremely popular; there were numerous editions over the next forty years. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 18 x 12 cm, recent hand colour, black and white strip maps on verso.