Plot’s Oxfordshire – First Edition Date of Publication_1749 additional engraved title-page with vignette

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

A handsome set

total sheet size 74 x 96 cm

This plan of Shaftesbury

sheet size 51 x 75 cm

Plot’s Oxfordshire – First Edition Date of Publication_1749 additional engraved title-page with vignettePlot, 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