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Title: Lot of 5 strip-style road maps Author: Universal Magazine Place: London Publisher: Date: c.1770 Description: Includes: The Road from London to Aberistwith on the Sea Coast of Cardigan Shire... * The Road from London to Arundel... [on sheet with] The Road from London to Buckingham... * The Road from London to Bristol... * The Road from London to the 145th Mile-stone in the Way to Berwick... * The Continuatino of the Road from London to Berwick... Together, 5 copper-engraved strip maps. Each approx. 30x36.5 cm. (11¾x14½"). Strip-style road maps of the type made famous by John Ogilby in the preceding century. The plates are numbered I to V. Lot Amendments Condition: A little offsetting, Plate IV with darkened streak along one crease, a few short stub tears, very good. Item number: 183934