Description: Title / Subject: Plate 38: Part of the road from London to Carlisle (covering the route from Darlaston Bridge to Garstang) Date: 1775 Size: the sheet measures approximately 190mm x 240mm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches); blank verso. Description: An original antique, copper-plate engraved strip road map incorporating significant detail of place names and topography. The map is an updated and reduced version of John Ogilby's strip-road maps, first published around a century earlier. These smaller versions proved extremely popular in the 18th century, not least due to their portability. Other noted cartographers such as Thomas Kitchen and John Senex produced similar versions, although Jefferys's maps are perhaps a little less common. The route passes through numerous places including Darlaston Bridge, Newcastle under Lyme, Warrington, Wigan, Preston, Garstang Cartographer / Engraver: Thomas Jefferys Provenance: 'Jefferys's Itinerary; or travellers Companion, through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, containing All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads; with the Addition of every New Road, carefully collected from all the actual surveys hitherto published. Improved with many thousand names of places more than are in any similar publication...', London, R. Sayer & J. Bennet, 1775 Condition: Very good condition. Light age toning. Well suited for framing and display, if desired. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition. Ref: #05126
Price: 33 GBP
Location: Ilkley
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Shipping Cost: 11.62 GBP
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County: Cheshire, Lancashire
Cartographer/Publisher: Thomas Jefferys
Printing Technique: Copper Plate
Date Range: 1700-1799
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Country/Region: England
Era: 1700s
Format: Atlas Map
Type: Road Atlas Map
Year: 1775
