The Traveller's Companion or the Post Roads of England and Wales, with the Distances in Measured Miles, by the Late [John] Rocque, Chorographer to the King, circa 1760s, engraved map pasted onto wood and dissected along county boundaries, hand-coloured in outline, approximately 53 pieces, three counties (Oxfordshire, Radnor, and Rutland), and four other small portions or tabs, all replaced in facsimile (except one blank tab), somewhat faded and dusty, top edge of Northumberland a little rubbed, tiny chip off Warwickshire, 50 x 48cm (20 x 19ins), contained in original wooden box, with printed paper label (darkened and some marks) on sliding lid, label with chip to lower edge and lacking lower left corner John Rocque was one of the most important and prolific map-makers of the 18th century, until he died in 1762. (1)
The Traveller's Companion or the Post Roads of England and Wales, with the Distances in Measured Miles, by the Late [John] Rocque, Chorographer to the King, circa 1760s, engraved map pasted onto wood and dissected along county boundaries, hand-coloured in outline, approximately 53 pieces, three counties (Oxfordshire, Radnor, and Rutland), and four other small portions or tabs, all replaced in facsimile (except one blank tab), somewhat faded and dusty, top edge of Northumberland a little rubbed, tiny chip off Warwickshire, 50 x 48cm (20 x 19ins), contained in original wooden box, with printed paper label (darkened and some marks) on sliding lid, label with chip to lower edge and lacking lower left corner John Rocque was one of the most important and prolific map-makers of the 18th century, until he died in 1762. (1)
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