Ogilby's Road from London to Hythe railway maps The first authorised separate edition

The first authorised separate edition (a pirated edition also appeared in Dublin) was printed in 1781

and his Genealogies of Scripture

and with marbled edges

short split along platemark at lower left hand corner

many are printed in colours

Ogilby's Road from London to Hythe railway maps The first authorised separate editionOur journey to Hythe begins in London and follows the road through East Peckham and Eltham, reaching Hythe via Maidstone. Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed for the project, smaller towns appeared in detail for the first time, and it was largely thanks to John Ogilbys influence that the Statute Mile was set at 1760 yards. Ogilby devised the project late in life. Ogilbys modern biographer, Alan Ereira, explores Ogilby's earlier incarnations as a