Early road maps. Chelmsford to St.Edmunds Bury, Saffron-Walden c1757. Chelmsford to Dunmow and Waldon c1757

$125.00

Antique maps:Chelmsford in Essex to St.EdmondBury in Suffolk & Saffron-Waldon in Essex, Containing from Chelmfford to Braintry, Halsted, Sudbury, Lavenham, Bury St. Edmunds; Chelmsford to Dunmow, Thaxted and Saffron Waldon.
On the reverse (previous listing – for same purchase) are the Roads from Chelmsford to Maldon; Chelmsford to Raleigh; Chelmsford to BiIlericay, Horndon, Gravesend; Canterbury to Sandwich and Deal; and Deal to Dover.

These road maps are original copperplate engravings by John Senex c1757 after John Ogilby (with fine later hand-colour), for The Roads through England Delineated, or Ogilby’s Survey, Revised, Improved & Reduced to a Size Portable for the Pocket by John Senex, F.R.S. Being an Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England, and Wales, Distinctly laid down on one hundred & one Copper Plates on which are delineated all the cities, Towns, villages, Hills, Rivers, Brooks, Churches, capital Seats, and every place worthy of Note, throughout each ROAD; WITH The Addition of some roads newly drawn, which were omitted by Mr Ogilby, and Several necessary Corrections made in others; Together with a great number of explanatory references, by whicvh this Edition of the Roads is render'd of more general Use for TRAVELLERS. – Printed for John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill London 1757.

Please note the damage on left-side of this map. (Price adjusted). Approximate size of this map is 17 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 inches).