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[London : J. Cooke, 1779]. A handsome eighteenth century engraved prospect of Birmingham - a view across the city from the fields and windmill below - originally produced for the Cooke part-work publication "The Modern Universal British Traveller" (London 1779).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 184 x 277mm (approx. 7-1/4" x 10-7/8"). Slight nick to upper margin, faint creasing, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£150

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London : Fisher, Son & Co., 1826. A handsome antique print of early nineteenth century Birmingham - the sails of a windmill in the foreground, church spires and houses on verdant hills. Engraved by Thomas Dixon (fl.1826-1838) from an original study by William Marshall Craig, water-colour painter to Queen Charlotte.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 168 x 211mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 8-1/4"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£75

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London : L. Tallis, [1849]. An antique print - the then recently-built Queen's Hospital in Bath Row. Originally produced for Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 99 x 136mm (approx. 4" x 5-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : L. Tallis, [1849]. An antique print - horse-drawn traffic on the streets - originally produced for Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in various formats between 1838 and 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 102 x 140mm (approx. 4" x 5-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : J. S. Virtue, 1894]. A pleasant late nineteenth century print - a prospect of Birmingham from a terrace in the gardens. Originally produced for the English edition of Elisee Reclus, "The Earth and its Inhabitants", published serially in both Paris and London 1876-1894.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 201mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteeed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1848]. A fine antique print - a general prospect of the smoking chimneys and church steeples of early Victorian Birmingham. Engraved by the gifted Thomas Abiel Prior (1809-1866) from an original design by the Birmingham engraver Stephen Thomas Davis, worked up for publication by the well-known William Harvey. Originally produced for the part-work publication "The Land We Live In" (London : 1847-1851).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 152 x 193mm (approx. 6" x 7-5/8"). One very faint corner crease, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

SOLD

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London : Weekly Dispatch Atlas, [1860]. A pleasant and well-detailed plan of Birmingham at a scale of three-and-one-quarter inches to the mile. Drawn and engraved by Joseph Wilson Lowry, lithographed by Edward Weller, and originally produced for the Weekly Dispatch Atlas series.
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 317 x 433mm (approx. 12-1/2" x 17"). Trimmed a little close; manuscript number in one corner; a few spots; minor creasing and old fold; part of the publishers' date stamp at upper left-hand corner, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£100

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London : Jones & Co., 1829. A pleasant antique print - the great Jacobean house at Aston. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England" (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 99 x 128mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print - the fine old house at Sutton Coldfield designed by Sir William Wilson - a view from the deer park. Engraved by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from an original study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England" (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 126mm (approx. 4" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1839]. A interesting antique print - a view along the early railway track - a train stopped at the halt beyond the bridge - a vista of further bridges beyond. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by Charles Walter Radclyffe. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe's "The London and Birmingham Railway" (London 1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 107 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-7/8").In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : J. Walker, 1798. A handsome antique print - the Soho Manufactory at Handsworth, built by Matthew Boulton and almost certainly the largest industrial building of its type then known. Engraved by John Walker (fl.1784-1802) - and originally produced for his "The Copper-Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints" (London : 1792-1802).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 122 x 164mm (approx. 4-7/8" x 6-1/2"). A few faint marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Charles Tilt, 1830]. An attractive antique print - a view of the turreted Jacobean house from the grounds. Originally produced for the part-work series "Great Britain Illustrated" (London 1828-1830). Engraved by William Taylor (fl.1825-1852) from an original drawing by William Westall A.R.A. (1781-1850).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 100 x 146mm (approx. 4" x 5-3/4"). Two small and faint marks in lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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