OWEN, John & Emanuel BOWEN. Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd, [London:] Thomas Bowles, 1736. 4° (196 x 135mm.). Title within engraved ornamental border, tables, 273 engraved general county maps or strip maps, baroque cartouches and coats-of-arms. (Some very light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (rubbed and scuffed, joints splitting). Provenance: Thomas Blackburne (early signature on front free endpaper); unidentified armorial bookplate printed in sepia. Fourth edition. Chubb CLIII.

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OWEN, John & Emanuel BOWEN. Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd, [London:] Thomas Bowles, 1736. 4° (196 x 135mm.). Title within engraved ornamental border, tables, 273 engraved general county maps or strip maps, baroque cartouches and coats-of-arms. (Some very light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (rubbed and scuffed, joints splitting). Provenance: Thomas Blackburne (early signature on front free endpaper); unidentified armorial bookplate printed in sepia. Fourth edition. Chubb CLIII.

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