Shelfmark
Ge.1.12
Author
Title
Itinerarium Angliæ: or, A book of roads, vvherein are contain'd the principal road-ways of His Majesty's Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales: actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps, and illustrated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns. By John Ogilby Esq; His Majesty's cosmographer and master of His Majesty's revels in the Kindgdom of Ireland..
Varying form of title
Itinerarium Angliae
Varying form of title
Book of roads
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by the author at his house in White-Fryers., M.DC.LXXV. [1675]
Physical description
[8] p., 100 double plates, [4] p. : ill. (copper plate), maps ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Note
Title-page printed in red and black.
Note
Only the first [8] and last [4] pages are in letterpress.
Note
Signatures: [A]² B² chi².
Note
Includes index.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R30755
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), O173
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso.
Binding
Contemporary mottled calf with 20th century reback and repairs; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames and gold-tooled central frames with gold-tooled ornaments at outer corners.
Copy-specific note
Leaves chi1-chi2 bound following B2.
Copy-specific note
Ms. numbering added to leaves B1-chi2.
Subject
Roads Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Roads Wales Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Maps Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Ogilby, John, 1600 - 1676 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48148