Plot’s Oxfordshire – First Edition Date of Publication_1749 Pictorial map of London laid

Pictorial map of London laid on linen

sheet size 51 x 75 cm

A handsome set

old ink stamp to upper margin

This map was published in Henry Morton Stanley’s Through the Dark Continent

Plot’s Oxfordshire – First Edition Date of Publication_1749 Pictorial map of London laidPlot, Robert: The natural history of Oxford shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England. By R. P. LL. D. Oxford: Printed at the Theater 1677 Plot had antiquarian interests, but as Madan notes he was a member of the new scientific school which is most closely associated with Robert Boyle, and Plots work is a singular medley of natural philosophy, palaeology, and the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms. His Natural History is noted