Bowen & Owen’s Map of Somerset Author(s)_May Crommelin Occasional spotting

Occasional spotting

sheet size 35 x 45 cm

a pictorial map of Lincolnshire by M Sims

were part of the Dutch East Indies

small area of marginal loss to left hand corners

Bowen & Owen’s Map of Somerset Author(s)_May Crommelin Occasional spottingThis map of Somerset 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, modern hand colour, paper thinning affecting a couple of letters of the descriptive text at