Bowen & Owen’s Map of Bedfordshire wale forming a complete guide for

forming a complete guide for the traveller and tourist

London: Fisher

ye Borough of Southwark and the Country Near Ten Miles Round

It bears a circular ministère de l'intèrieur ink stamp

Using the most reliable eye-witness accounts and his own extensive library of travel books he composed authoratitive and entertaining finely-illustrated works on Asia

Bowen & Owen’s Map of Bedfordshire wale forming a complete guide forThis map of Bedforshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owens Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilbys innovative atlas of strip maps first published in 1675. Bowen & Owenss work first appeared in 1720 and proved extremely popular; there were numerous editions over the next forty years. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 18 x 12 cm, recent hand colour, black and white strip maps on verso.