John Ogilby

46x33 cm

The Road From LONDON to DOVER in cõ: Canty.− Actually Survey'd & Delineated by John Ogilby Esq.^r his Ma^ties Cosmographer...

The complete route London to Dover showing  London, Southwark, Newington, Deptford, Isle of Dogs, Greenwich Park, Blackheath, Carlton, Shooters Hill, Welling, Crayford, Dartford, Northfleet, Gravesend, Chalk, Gads Hill, Strood, Rochester, Rainham, Lower Halstow, Newington, Key Street, Bobbing, Milton Regis, Sitingbourne, Bapchild, Rodmersham, Lynsted, Norton, Preston, Ospringe, Boughton under Blean, Harbledown, Canterbury, Bridge, Bishopsbourne, Barham, Wootton, Shepherdswell, Lydden, Temple Ewell, River, Buckland, Charlton, Dover.

First state of the plate without plate number issued 1675. Susequently numbered 18.
Very fine early example with generous margins. Strong paper with fleur-de-lis watermark. Fine later hand colour. Includes original typeset text description of the road.

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