Plot’s Oxfordshire – First Edition Date of Publication_1749

Plot’s Oxfordshire – First Edition Date of Publication_1749Plot, Robert: The natural history of Oxford shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England. By R. P. LL. D. Oxford: Printed at the Theater 1677 Plot had antiquarian interests, but as Madan notes he was a member of the new scientific school which is most closely associated with Robert Boyle, and Plots work is a singular medley of natural philosophy, palaeology, and the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms. His Natural History is noted

This plan of Shaftesbury

This map has detailed geographical and historical notes in the borders

A handsome set

but the topical jokes and puns would have been readily understood by the intended audience in 1914

old ink stamp to upper margin

5 cm tall)

Pictorial map of London laid on linen

additional engraved title-page with vignette of Nelson's monument at St Paul's and 11 further plates

sheet size 51 x 75 cm

total sheet size 74 x 96 cm

This map was published in Henry Morton Stanley’s Through the Dark Continent

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