Oxfordshire. Plot (Robert), The Map of Oxfordshire..., circa 1677

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Oxfordshire. Plot (Robert), The Map of Oxfordshire..., circa 1677, hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, mileage scale, compass rose and table of explanation, old folds, a few folds repaired on verso, 500 x 480 mm

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Created by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford and decorated with 172 coats of arms of the county's gentry, Oxford colleges, the city and the four county towns. One of the most decorative maps of Oxfordshire ever produced.