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[London] : 1754. A fine antique map of Cheap Ward in the City of London. Centred on Cheapside and the Poultry the map extends northwards to the Guildhall and includes the churches of St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Mildred Poultry and St. Mary le Bow (Bow Church), as well as Grocers' Hall, King Street, Queen Street, Bucklersbury, Ironmonger Lane and Bow Lane. A numbered index adds the names of a dozen smaller courts and alleys. The map, decorated with a baroque cartouche, was originally engraved for Richard Blome in the 1690s and first published in 1720. The present example, showing some revision, was prepared to accompany the part-work edition of John Stow's "A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1754-1756).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 302 x 347mm (approx. 11-7/8" x 13-5/8"). Faint old vertical folds, some very faint tanning of offsetting, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 37/049. Hyde (Ward Maps) 52/2 - Plate 11.

£200

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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. An attractive antique map of Cheap Ward in the City of London. Centred on Cheapside and the Poultry, the map extends northwards to Gresham Street and the Guildhall and includes King Street, Bucklersbury and parts of Bow Lane, Queen Street, etc. The map is adorned with a rococo title-piece, inset views of the Guildhall Chapel, Grocers' Hall, Blackwell Hall and the old church of St. Mildred Poultry, the arms of the contemporary alderman, John Kirkman. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" in 1769, the present version of the map was utilised in John Noorthouck's part-work "A New History of London" (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 175 x 231mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 9-1/8"). A few tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/017. Hyde (Ward Maps) 54/2.

£75

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique map of Cheap Ward in the City of London. Centred on Cheapside and the Poultry the map extends northwards to the Guildhall and includes the churches of St. Lawrence Jewry, St. Mildred Poultry and St. Mary le Bow (Bow Church), as well as Grocers' Hall, King Street, Queen Street, Bucklersbury, Ironmonger Lane and Bow Lane. Engraved from an earlier (mid eighteenth-century) source and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 151 x 144mm (approx. 6" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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