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[Leiden : Pierre vander Aa, 1707]. An early and unusual eighteenth-century print of the old Royal College of Physicians (the building by Robert Hooke of 1672-1678 in Warwick Lane). The view is set within a trompe l’oeil setting of a print tacked to a wall. Originally produced for Pieter van der Aa’s publication “Les Délices de la Grand’Bretagne” (Leiden : 1707).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 131 x 160mm (approx. 5-1/8” x 6-1/4”). Faint old folds, paper a little toned with age, but a fine and sharp impression in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 20/019.

£50

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[London : Effingham Wilson, 1835]. An attractive antique print of the principal front of St. Paul’s Cathedral – Londoners go about their business outside the railing. Engraved by Benjamin Winkles (1805-1856) from an original study by John Wykeham Archer A.R.W.S. Originally produced for the part-work publication “Winkles’s Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales” (London : 1835-1842).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 162 x 113mm (approx. 6-3/8” x 4-1/2”). A few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 184/003.

£40

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[London : for J. Wilkie; T. Lowndes, and others, 1772]. A handsome antique print – a prospect of the courtyard and the College of Arms as it stood in the mid eighteenth century. Engraved by Benjamin Cole and originally produced for the part-work edition of William Maitland’s “History of London” (London : 1753-1756) – with the present impression dated to 1772.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 229 x 328mm (approx. 9” x 12-7/8”). Paper just a little toned with age, but still in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/022.

£100

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[London : for T. Osborne & J. Shipton; and J. Hodges, 1756]. A handsome antique print – the courtyard of the Royal College of Physicians as it stood in the eighteenth century. Originally engraved by Benjamin Cole for the part-work edition of William Maitland’s “History of London” (London : 1753-1756).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 137 x 232mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 9-1/8”). A few minor marks, trimmed tight at foot, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 38/083A.

£40

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[London : H. G. Clarke, ca.1855]. An uncommon antique print of St. Paul’s – and a rather attractive example of early colour printing. A vignette view of the cathedral from the north – with an early London omnibus in the foreground. Originally produced for an edition of the H. G. Clarke publication, “London as it is To-Day”.
Chromolithograph on paper. Image area 99mm x 132mm (approx. 3-7/8” x 5-1/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Drapers Record, 1896?]. A pleasant antique print, dating from the mid 1890s – a vignette view – looking north along Godliman Street – the dome of St. Paul’s looming beyond, horse-drawn traffic in the foreground. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the scarce Drapers’ Record publication "Textile London".
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 146 x 102mm (approx. 5-3/4” x 4”). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An attractive antique print – the churchyard, the north door, the fountain and the pigeons. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker. Engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication “London City” (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 158 x 218mm (approx. 6-1/4” x 8-1/2”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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London : John Harris, 1815. A pleasant antique print – St. Paul’s Cathedral lofty above the Thames – small craft on the river. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by John Preston Neale and originally produced for the part-work “Beauties of England and Wales” (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 114 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 6”). Trimmed a little close, one tiny mark, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/006.

£40

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London : H. Setchel & Son, 1810. A handsome antique print – an exterior view of the Wren church of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe. Engraved by William Johnstone White (fl.1804-1812) from an original drawing (dated 1810 and now in the British Museum) by William Pearson (fl.1798-1813). Originally produced for the part-work series “Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; being a Series of Views” (London : 1810-1823) – “the first artistically competent and exhaustive illustration of the golden age of London church building” (Adams). Below the image are several lines of explanatory text.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 270 x 153mm (approx. 10-5/8” x 6”). A few faint and tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/014.

£75

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. A pleasant antique print – the courtyard and the seventeenth-century College of Arms as it stood in the early nineteenth century. Engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. Originally produced for Shepherd’s part-work series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 119 x 150mm (approx. 4-5/8” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/019.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive small antique print – the ancient court that used to stand just south of Knightrider Street. Engraved by Matthew James Starling (1805-1889) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 110 x 70mm (approx. 4-3/8” x 2-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. A pleasant antique print – an attractive view of the old Wren church where the Rev. R. H. Barham, author of the Ingoldsby Legends, was then rector. A large sign – "Bosher" – to the right marks the premises of Richard Bosher, oilman and ink-manufacturer, at 29 Old Fish Street. Engraved by W. S. Wilkinson (fl.1830-1844) from an original study (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd’s series “London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 115 x 155mm (approx. 4-1/2” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/140.

£25

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[London] : T. Hughes 1806. A neatly worked antique print showing the cathedral from the south-east. Engraved by J. Shirt (fl.1796-1808) and originally produced for B. Lambert, “The History and Survey of London and its Environs from the Earliest Period” (London : 1805-1806).
Etching and line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 104 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/8” x 6”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 96/030.

£40

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London : Alexander Hogg, [1786]. A charming antique print of the cathedral from the south-west. Engraved by Thomas Simpson (fl.1765-1799) after Samuel Wale, the first Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy and originally produced to accompany the “Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales” (London : 1786).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 111 x 162mm (approx. 4-3/8” x 6-1/4”). One very minor mark, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 63/012.

£40

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