An exhibition catalogue of antique plans, panoramas and county maps of Oxford and Oxfordshire.
The collection of maps presented in this exhibition has been collated over a number of years and is the first time in thirty years that a collection such as this has been offered for sale. The seventeenth century in particular offers a fascinating backdrop, not only in terms of Oxford’s development and related historic events, but also in the significant strides made in British map and atlas production. Cartographically, the seventeenth century is unprecedented. It provided us with the first county atlas of the British Isles, by John Speed, in which the county map of Oxfordshire is certainly one of the highlights. It saw the publication of the first English road atlas, by John Ogilby, and as a result the first county maps to include roads. Alongside this was the first full visual survey of Oxford University in David Loggan’s Oxonia Illustrata.
The exhibition provides a near complete survey
