Engraved by Jacob Florensz. Van Langeren this extremely rare small county map is commonly known by the epithet “thumb nail map”. Simmons (d.1654) was best known as the printer and seller of John Milton’s works. In 1635 he published this little atlas entitled “A Direction for the English Traviller”, a further edition appeared in 1636. The maps are derived from those of William Bowes published in 1590 examples of which have never been recorded on the market. Likewise those by Simmons are incredibly rare, the last example to appear on the market was in 1985, indeed an example of the first editions could not be identified on the market going all the way back to 1970. This example is of the first state without the extra line of mileage figures. This is the first English road book with maps. The plates passed in to the hands of Thomas Jenner who re-engraved the maps in a larger size. Hodson 9.1; Skelton 20.