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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A fine eighteenth-century map of the central London parish of St. Giles in the Fields, taking in Great Russell Street, Montague House (the site of the British Museum), Bloomsbury, Seven Dials, High Holborn, Drury Lane and Lincolns Inn Fields. A keyed table identifies fifty-eight smaller alleys, yards, courts, inns, etc. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 297 x 364mm (approx. 11-3/4” x 14-3/8”). Original vertical fold; a few tiny marks and faint creases, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/057.

£250

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A handsome antique map of Covent Garden – here bounded by Long Acre to the north, Drury Lane to the east, the Strand to the south and Bedfordbury to the west – with Bedford Street, King Street, Henrietta Street, Maiden Lane, Bow Street, Russell Street, etc., clearly marked. The map is decorated with a baroque title-piece and the names of nineteen smaller side-streets, alleys and new buildings are given in a numbered key. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present updated version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”. The present example offers unusually clear evidence of the reworking of the plate prior to publication.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 308 x 181mm (approx. 12-1/8” x 7-1/8”). A heavily inked impression, displaying evidence of reworking and wear to the plate, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£250

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[London : for T. Osborne & J. Shipton; and J. Hodges, 1756]. A handsome antique map of eighteenth-century Westminster, extending from Marylebone and Lambs Conduit Fields down to Tothill Fields, south of Horseferry Road. The coverage extends from Shepherd Market to beyond Chancery Lane. Decorated with a rococo cartouche and a compass rose. 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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 232 x 360mm (approx. 9” x 14-1/4”). A few tiny flaws to margins, not affecting image; faint offsetting in places, but overall a very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 38/086.

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[London : for W. Innys & J. Richardson, J. & P. Knapton & others], 1755. A most attractive eighteenth-century map of Stepney parish and the East End hamlets of Bethnal Green, Bow, Bromley, Limehouse, Mile End, Poplar, Ratcliffe, Spitalfields, Wapping and the Isle of Dogs. A keyed table gives the names of over 100 streets, courts, walks and alleys. Although seemingly rather earlier, both in style and content, the map was first published with the part-work edition of John Stow’s “A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster” (London : 1754-1757).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 354 x 284mm (approx. 14” x 11-1/4”). Faint old folds, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 37/080.

£400

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A most attractive early eighteenth-century map of the northern fringe of the City of London – “Upper Moor Fields” (now Finsbury Square), “Artillery Ground” (the H.A.C. grounds), the City Road, Bunhill Fields, Old Street and beyond, the Goswell Road, Golden Lane, Whitecross Street, Chiswell Street, etc. A numbered key gives the names of over seventy of the smaller courts, yards and alleys. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 280 x 358mm (approx. 11-1/8” x 14-1/8”). Faint old fold; faint press creasing; unobtrusive 6cm repaired tear at head, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/052.

£150

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A most attractive early eighteenth-century map of the northern fringe of the City of London – “Upper Moor Fields” (now Finsbury Square), “Artillery Ground” (the H.A.C. grounds), the City Road, Bunhill Fields, Old Street and beyond, the Goswell Road, Golden Lane, Whitecross Street, Chiswell Street, etc. A numbered key gives the names of over seventy of the smaller courts, yards and alleys. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 280 x 358mm (approx. 11-1/8” x 14-1/8”). Faint vertical fold; a few tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/052.

£200

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A most attractive early eighteenth-century map of Whitechapel, showing the High Street leading out to the Mile End Road, Wentworth (“Wentford”) and Montague Streets to the north, Mansell Street and Leman (“Lemon”) Street running south, crossed by Alie (“Ailiff”) Street, Wellclose Square, etc. Inset is a smaller map of the tiny parish of St. Katherine’s by the Tower, now largely replaced by St. Katherine’s Dock. Keyed tables give the names of dozens of streets, courts and alleys. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 274 x 356mm (approx. 10-3/4” x 14”). Faint old folds; a few minor marks, spots and faint creases, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/047.

£200

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. An attractive eighteenth-century map of the area lying just to the north of the City of London, extending from the lower end of the Goswell Road along Old Street to Shoreditch High Street and including Chiswell Street, Upper Moorfields (the site of the present Finsbury Square), the Artillery (H.A.C.) Ground, Bunhill Fields and Hoxton Square. Keyed tables identify eighty-three of the smaller courts, alleys, yards, inns, etc. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 285 x 354mm (approx. 11-1/4” x 14”). Faint tanning to the original vertical fold, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/051.

£250

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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A most attractive early eighteenth-century map of the Spitalfields area of London, extending from Norton Folgate and Shoreditch in the west across open fields to Mile End New Town and Bethnal Green and including Spitalfields Market, Fashion Street, Brick Lane, etc. Originally produced for the 1720 edition of John Stow’s “Survey of London”.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 284 x 352mm (approx. 11-1/4” x 13-7/8”). Old folds; some spotting and creasing, but a reasonable copy. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£200

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A Victorian rendition of the well-known sixteenth-century plan of Westminster produced by the Elizabethan surveyor John Norden and originally published in 1593. The plan shows Westminster as a ribbon of development from Millbank across to Temple Bar – with Westminster Abbey, Charing Cross, Covent Garden and the Strand clearly shown – deer in St. James’s Park, and open fields north of Drury Lane. Originally produced for the part-work “Old and New London” (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 137 x 214mm (approx. 5-3/8” x 8-3/8”). Text on verso. Slight nick at head, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£50

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Southampton : Ordnance Survey Office 1878-1889. A composite map of the southern and western environs of London made up of various Ordnance Survey one-inch sheets. Centred more or less on Weybridge and extending north to Slough and Ealing, east to Greenwich and Oxted, southwards to include Godalming and west to take in Farnham, Sandhurst and Waltham St. Lawrence, and including Windsor, Richmond, Chiswick, Putney, Fulham, Clapham, Camberwell, Croydon, Caterham, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, Aldershot, etc.
Electrotype on paper. Full original hand colour. Printed surface 680 x 1000mm (approx. 26-3/4” x 39”). Dissected, mounted on linen and folding into red shagreen guards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Guards very slightly rubbed, just a hint of tanning to some folds, but overall in very good and clean state. With the contemporary ownership inscription of Arthur Edgell Eastwood (1860-1949), solicitor and Justice of the Peace.

£150

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London : George Philip & Son, [ca.1908]. An attractive map of the area around Clapham Junction, extending north into Battersea and parts of Fulham, east and south to take in portions of Wandsworth and Clapham Commons, and west to include Wandsworth High Street. Produced on a scale of some 2-3/4 inches to the mile, the map was originally produced for an early twentieth-cenury edition of "Philip’s Handy Volume Atlas of London".
Coloured lithograph on paper. Printed surface 164 x 194mm (approx. 6-3/8” x 7-5/8”). Just a hint of tanning through age, a couple of slight nicks, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£40

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London : George Philip & Son, [1896]. An attractive map of the central and southern parts of Streatham, extending south towards Norbury, and east to Beulah Hill. Produced on a scale of some three inches to the mile and originally produced for “Philips’ Handy-Volume Atlas of the County of London”.
Coloured lithograph on paper. Printed surface 160 x 198mm (approx. 6-1/4” x 7-3/4”). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£40

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London : George Philip & Son, [1904]. An attractive map of the central and southern parts of Streatham, extending south towards Norbury, and east to Beulah Hill. Produced on a scale of some three inches to the mile and originally produced for "Philips’ Handy-Volume Atlas of the County of London".
Coloured lithograph on paper. Printed surface 160 x 196mm (approx. 6-1/8” x 7-5/8”). Just a hint of tanning through age, a couple of slight nicks, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£40

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[London : George Newnes, 1947]. An attractive pictorial map, with historical notes and vignettes, depicting the area around Ludgate Circus and New Bridge Street, extending northwards to take in part of Farringdon Street, and southwards to Blackfriars Bridge. The verso of the map bears additional notes on the Fleet River, etc., and a decorative title. Originally produced for the “Strand Magazine” – Jack Sayer produced a number of similar maps used as railway posters in the interwar years.
Coloured lithograph on paper. Printed surface 258 x 187mm (approx. 10-1/8” x 7-3/8”. Original horizontal fold; a couple of small staple holes to fold, but otherwise in very good and clean state.

£40

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[London : George Newnes], 1947. An attractive pictorial map, with historical notes, depicting the area between Northumberland Street and the Savoy Theatre, extending southwards to the Thames and northwards to take in Maiden Lane. The verso of the map bears an additional map showing the next portion of the Strand, with Exeter Street, Wellington Street and Savoy Hill, as well as a pictorial title. Originally produced for the “Strand Magazine” – Jack Sayer produced a number of similar maps used as railway posters in the interwar years.
Coloured lithograph on paper. Printed surface 186 x 257mm (approx. 7-3/8” x 10-1/8”. Original vertical fold; a couple of small staple holes to fold, but otherwise in very good and clean state.

£40

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[London : George Newnes], (1947). An attractive pictorial double-map, with historical notes, depicting the Charing Cross area both before and after the construction of Trafalgar Square, Northumberland Avenue, etc. The verso of the map bears a pictorial title and further footnotes on the area. Originally produced for the “Strand Magazine” – Jack Sayer produced a number of similar maps used as railway posters in the interwar years.
Coloured lithograph on paper. Printed surface 187 x 257mm (approx. 7-3/8” x 10-1/8”. Original vertical fold; a couple of small staple holes to fold, but otherwise in very good and clean state.

£40

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London : Jones & Co., 1827. An attractive antique plan of the then newly laid-out Regent’s Park, with a keyed index to the principal terraces and buildings. Engraved by John Cleghorn (1784-1873) from a design by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and originally produced for Shepherd’s series “Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century” (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 203 x 230mm (approx. 8” x 9-1/8”). Cropped just within neatline at head and trimmed tight at foot (as usual); a few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 154/043.

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London : J. Coxhead, 1813. A neatly worked map, copied from the John Norden plan of 1593 and showing Westminster as it stood at the close of the sixteenth century. Engraved by Vincent Woodthorpe (1764?-1822) and originally produced for B. Lambert : “The History and Survey of London and its Environs from the Earliest Period” (London : 1805-1806) – and here in a slightly later impression.
Etching and line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 121 x 194mm (approx. 4-3/4” x 7-5/8”). Trimmed a little tight at head, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 111/005.

£75

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