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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. An attractive eighteenth-century map of the adjacent wards of Coleman Street and Bassishaw in the centre of the City of London. The map runs northwards from Lothbury and Old Jewry to London Wall and what were then the Lower Walks of Moorfields – now Finsbury Circus. The modern Moorgate Street was not then built, but the route it takes parallel to Coleman Street is covered and the Gate itself is shown. The map (here in its later state, with the compass rose correctly orientated, etc.) is decorated with views of the churches of St. Michael Bassishaw and St. Stephen Coleman Street. Originally produced for the “London Magazine” in 1767, the present (slightly revised) version of the map was utilised in John Noorthouck’s part-work “A New History of London including Westminster and Southwark” (London : 1772-1773). Other maps in this series were engraved by Thomas Bowen and this would also appear to be his work.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 229 x 169mm (approx. 9” x 6-5/8”). A few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/007. Hyde (Ward Maps) 59/2.

£75

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[London : Drapers’ Record, 1895]. An attractive and unusual antique print – the Victorian Wool Exchange on Basinghall Street, built by John Gordon in 1873-1874. Engraved from an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker. Originally produced for John Wells Thatcher’s “Textile London” (1895).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Image area 208 x 144mm (approx. 8-1/4” x 5-5/8”). A couple of tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Drapers’ Record, 1895]. An attractive and unusual antique print – an auction at the Victorian Wool Exchange on Basinghall Street in full spate. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker, originally engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for John Wells Thatcher’s “Textile London” (1895).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Image area 159 x 221mm (approx. 6-1/4” x 8-5/8”). A couple of tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A pleasing antique print of old Basinghall Street and the old hall (demolished in 1865), with urban traffic, etc. Engraved by John James Hinchliff (1805-1875) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 117 x 149mm (approx. 4-5/8” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. An antique print of the pillared portico of the old Girdlers’ Hall, destroyed in 1940. Engraved by John Greig (fl.1800-1843) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 114 x 66mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 2-5/8”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/082.

£20

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