ANTIQUE PRINTS OF BATTERSEA AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
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[London : ca.1740]. An extremely rare and early print of Battersea - the parish church of St. Mary prominent to the left, cottages and houses by the river beyond, a windmill in the distance, men fishing on the opposite bank. Engraved by Elisha Kirkall (1682?-1742) from an original study by the naturalist Eleazar Albin (fl.1708-1741). The second state of the plate, with Albin's name partially erased.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 150 x 219mm (5-7/8" x 8-5/8"). Trimmed tight to neatlines; minor damage and minuscule loss to blank lower left-hand corner; slight evidence of removal from album on verso; a few minor marks, but still an attractive example. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£100

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[London : G. W. Bacon, ca. 1885]. An attractive map of Clapham Junction and the surrounding area. Giving good detail of a scale of four inches to the mile, the area covered extends north to take in a corner of Battersea Park, east across Clapham Common to Clapham Pavement, south to Thurleigh Road, and west to Wandsworth High Street and (north of the river) the Wandsworth Bridge Road. Originally produced for Bacon's "New Atlas of London and Suburbs".
Lithograph on paper, with full original hand colour. Printed surface 201 x 280mm (approx. 8" x 11"). Faint original fold, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : 1879]. A pleasant antique print - a circular view of ducks and punts on the lake. Engraved from an original study by William Henry James Boot and originally produced for the part-work series "Picturesque Europe" (London : 1876-1879).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 135 x 134mm (approx. 5-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : John Cooke, 1777]. An elegant eighteenth-century antique print - a view of the Chelsea riverside, the old parish church of All Saints prominent, and the old wooden Battersea Bridge. Originally produced for Cooke's part-work publication Walter Harrison, "A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1775-1777).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 165 x 276mm (approx. 6-1/2" x 10-7/8"). Neatly repaired tear to upper margin, just touching image; a few tiny specks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 57/077.

£125

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London : S. Woodburn, 1807. A scarce and attractive antique print of the old parish church of St. Mary at Battersea. Originally engraved for Samuel Woodburn's partwork "Ecclesiastical Topography : A Collection of One Hundred Views of Churches in the Environs of London" (London : 1807-[1810]).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 131 x 180m (approx. 5-1/8" x 7"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£60

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[London : I. T. Hinton, 1831]. A pleasant antique print - the exterior of the riverside church of St. Mary at Battersea. Engraved by John Rogers (1800?-1882) from an original study by J. Fletcher. Originally produced for the partwork series "Picturesque Beauties of the Counties of Surrey & Sussex" (London : 1829-1831).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 105 x 149mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 5-7/8"). A few tiny specks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - a view of the eighteenth-century parish church of St. Mary at Battersea, the river beyond. Engraved from a study (based on earlier sources) by William Henry Prior. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 139 x 139mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print - the old village, with the mill, the church, and the adjacent houses. Engraved from a study (based on an earlier source) by William Henry Prior - and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London] : Joseph Robins & Sons, [1809 (but later)]. A pleasant antique print - a view across the Thames to Battersea - the old mill and the elegant riverside church of St. Mary prominent, a huddle of houses by the water, and the old wooden Battersea bridge beyond. Engraved by William Woolnoth (1780-1837) from an original study by Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie (fl.1803-1849). Originally produced for the part-work by "Dr David Hughson" [David Pugh] known as "London; being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis" (London : 1805-1809) - and here in a slightly later impression.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 112 x 168mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Tombleson & Co., [1833]. A handsome antique print of the old windmill (Battersea Corn Mill) and the old inn known as the Red House, with its landing stage, on the Thames at Battersea - the site of Battersea Power Station as viewed from the direction of Chelsea Bridge. The image is surrounded by an ornate engraved border. Engraved by John Cox (fl.1834-1839) from an original study by William Tombleson (fl.1824-1846). Originally published in the part-work series "Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway" (London : 1833-1834).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 171 x 204mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 178/043.

£50

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