John Ogilby

48x35 cm

The Road from LONDON to WEYMOUTH com˜. DORSET.
By JOHN, OGILBY Esq.^r His Ma.^ties Cosmographer...

Published in John Ogilby's Britannia.
The complete route Basingstoke to Weymouth commencing from the London to Lands End road showing Basingstoke, North Waltham, Micheldever, Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, Broughton, West Tytherley, East Dean, Downton, Cranborne, Wimborne St Giles, Knowlton, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Tarrant Monkton, Blandford Forum, Milton Abbas, Piddle Hinton, Dorchester, Winterborne Monkton, Weymouth.

Fine early example from the scarce, un-numbered first edition of 1675, subsequently numbered plate 53 to assist the binder.

Clean, dark impression in fine later hand colour. Large paper, fleur de lis watermark. Includes original page of typeset text description of the route.

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