BOWEN, Emmanuel (engraver). - John OWEN Britannia Depicta, or, Ogilby Improv'd; Being a Correct Copy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all Ye Direct and Principal Crossroads in England and Wales. London: Thomas Bowles 1720. 2 vols., 8vo (196 x 129mm.) 4pp. of 'Table of all the Roads', 273pp. of engraved plates with accompanying text of the roads in England and Wales. (Damp-staining to front and rear blanks of both volumes, moderate browning.) Contemporary panelled calf with double fillet gilt to upper and lower covers, five raised bands to spines with gilt lettering to the second compartment, elaborate gilt to the rest (front board of volume 1 loosening, rubbed to all extremities). Provenance: Captain Hocknell (ink name to the title-page); Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplates to the front pastedowns); the West Horsley Place Collection (2).
BOWEN, Emmanuel (engraver). - John OWEN Britannia Depicta, or, Ogilby Improv'd; Being a Correct Copy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all Ye Direct and Principal Crossroads in England and Wales. London: Thomas Bowles 1720. 2 vols., 8vo (196 x 129mm.) 4pp. of 'Table of all the Roads', 273pp. of engraved plates with accompanying text of the roads in England and Wales. (Damp-staining to front and rear blanks of both volumes, moderate browning.) Contemporary panelled calf with double fillet gilt to upper and lower covers, five raised bands to spines with gilt lettering to the second compartment, elaborate gilt to the rest (front board of volume 1 loosening, rubbed to all extremities). Provenance: Captain Hocknell (ink name to the title-page); Robert Milnes-Crewe (bookplates to the front pastedowns); the West Horsley Place Collection (2).
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