ANTIQUE MAPS OF BREAD STREET WARD AT
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[London : 1720]. A fine antique map of the adjacent wards of Bread Street and Cordwainer in the heart of the City of London, taking in the central portion of Cheapside (with Bow Church), Watling Street, the sites of the present Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street, as well as Friday Street, Bread Street, Bow Lane, Queen Street and Budge Row. The map is decorated with a baroque cartouche and the names of twenty-four smaller side-streets and alleys are given in a numbered key. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".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. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 308 x 177mm (approx. 12-1/8" x 7"). Faint manuscript numeral in one corner, but in fine and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/032. Hyde (Ward Maps) 30/1.

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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. An attractive antique map of the adjacent wards of Bread Street and Cordwainer in the heart of the City of London, taking in the south side of Cheapside (with Bow Church), Watling Street, the sites of the present Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street, as well as Friday Street, Bread Street, Bow Lane, Queen Street and Budge Row. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche and elevations of the churches of St. Matthew Friday Street and St. Mildred Bread Street. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" in 1766, 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 176 x 231mm (approx. 7" x 9-1/8"). One small mark, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/010. Hyde (Ward Maps) 32/2.

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