A handsomely coloured, folding example of the first edition O.S. map of a section of the northern Cotswolds surrounding Burford, Northleach, Bourton-on-the-Water, Upper and Lower Slaughter, and Kingham. Virtually every building, farm, wood, estate, road, and track is marked on the map, a testament to the exceptional work of the Ordnance Survey's early surveyors.

Known as the 'Old Series', the first edition of the Ordnance Survey's One-Inch maps of England and Wales were published between 1805 and 1869. This map is the southeast quarter of Sheet 44 of the One-Inch Series (after 1833 the larger O.S. map sheets were broken down into quarters for commercial sale). The map bears the imprint of James Gardner, a London engraver and map seller who was awarded the title of sole commercial agent for the Ordnance Survey from 1823 until his retirement around 1840.

Original hand-colour. [GLOS454]