Bowen & Owen’s Map of Northamptonshire Printed Area Measurement_27.5 x 37 c folio edition would be unnecessary

folio edition would be unnecessary

Here Todd assembles critical material by John Hughes

light toning where previously mounted and framed and with an old paper repair in the lower margin

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Armorial bookplate of 3rd Viscount Sidmouth (1811-1876

Bowen & Owen’s Map of Northamptonshire Printed Area Measurement_27.5 x 37 c folio edition would be unnecessaryThis map of Northamptonshire 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.