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Titlepage

Titlepage
 1675
for Britannia, or, An Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales: By a a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads thereof by John Ogilby, published in London, 1675, vol. 1

Medium
etching
Measurements
35.5 × 21.8 cm (image) 36.1 × 22.1 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 2332 ii/ii; Pennington 2681 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Fran: Barlow inv:
printed in ink l.r.: W. Hollar fecit 1675.
printed in ink (in image) (in banner) c.: BRITANNIA / VOL. I / or an / Illuſtration / of ye (e above y) Kingdom of / ENGLAND / and dommon of WALES / By a / Geographical & Hiſtorical / Deſcription / of the Principal / ROADS.
printed in ink (in image) (on three banners) u.l.-u.r.: (maps of Middlesex, London and Yorkshire)
printed in ink (in image) (on globe) l.r.: Africa
Accession Number
1278.1123-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Cartographic Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
atlases castles (fortifications) illustrations (layout features) maps (documents) putti (children) title pages travellers (people by activity) United Kingdom (nation)