Cardiganshire

12x19 cm

A MAP OF CARDIGAN SHIRE
Map set below a decorative cartouche containing the title and details of the  road from London to Aberistwyth.
Road map of the first part of the route showing London to Beaconsfield verso.
Engraved text description of the county below the map.
Engraved by Emanuel Bowen (1603?-1767) and published in the Pocket road book Britannia Depicta by Thomas Bowles form 1720 to 1764. The county maps were based on Robert Morden's small series published in The New Description and State of England...from 1701.
Very good early example in fine hand colour. 
For a full description of the road, go to category; Maps>British Isles>Road Maps> Owen & Bowen. 
For more information on Britannia Depicta see the description under the Heading for Owen & Bbowen under the category Road Maps.