Bowen & Owen’s Map of Somerset Author(s)_May Crommelin One can sympathise with Scott’s

One can sympathise with Scott’s rejection of variorum editions

Occasional spotting

This map of northwestern Germany was published in Thomas Kitchin’s ‘A General Atlas’

small area of marginal loss to left hand corners

Lithographed by Day & Haghe

Bowen & Owen’s Map of Somerset Author(s)_May Crommelin One can sympathise with Scott’sThis 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