{"product_id":"britannia-depicta-ogilbys-improved-road-atlas","title":"Britannia Depicta: Ogilby's Improved Road Atlas of England \u0026 Wales (1979 Limited Edition No. 44\/300)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"321\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eA high-quality \u003cstrong data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"189\"\u003e1979 facsimile reprint\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"265\"\u003eBritannia Depicta: Ogilby's Improved Road Atlas of England and Wales\u003c\/strong\u003e, originally published in \u003cstrong data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"299\"\u003e1731\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"320\"\u003eEmanuel Bowen\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"651\"\u003eThis edition faithfully reproduces one of Britain's most important early road atlases, based upon John Ogilby's pioneering road surveys. It includes engraved strip maps, county information, distances, routes and topographical detail that illustrate how travellers navigated England and Wales during the early eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"947\"\u003eThis example is one of \u003cstrong data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"727\"\u003ejust 300 specially bound quarter-leather copies\u003c\/strong\u003e, numbered \u003cstrong data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"744\"\u003e44\u003c\/strong\u003e, produced by Britannia Publications in 1979. 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