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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A pleasant antique print - the bustling nineteenth-century City of London - the junction of Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street - the Mansion House station to the left, St. Paul's looming beyond. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 147 x 205mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 8-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A Victorian print of a steam-driven underground train approaching a busy platform. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication "London City" (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 96 x 146mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A Victorian print of Queen Victoria Street, Mansion House Station, etc., with horse-drawn traffic, top-hatted pedestrians, etc. From an original design by the painter and illustrator William Luker and engraved in Paris by Ch. Guillaume & Cie. for the Leadenhall Press publication "London City" (1891).
Hand touched and finished half-tone process block. Later hand colour. Image area 151 x 222mm (approx. 6-1/8" x 8-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London] : 1754. A fine large antique print of Wren's Bow Church (St Mary-le-Bow) and the surrounding buildings on Cheapside by Sutton Nicholls (fl.1689-1729). Originally engraved for the printseller John Bowles in the 1720s and here in a later impression produced for the part-work edition of John Stow, "A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London 1754-1757).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 455 x 338mm (approx. 18" x 13-1/4"). Two slight horizontal creases, a few very faint marks, but in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 37/048.

£250

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London : J. Booth, 1812. A handsome antique print - a view of the Wren church situated between Queen Victoria Street, Watling Street and Bow Lane. Engraved by William Wise (fl.1790-1818) from an original drawing by George Sidney Shepherd. Originally produced for the part-work series "Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; being a Series of Views" (London : 1810-1823) - "the first artistically competent and exhaustive illustration of the golden age of London church building" (Adams). Below the image are several lines of explanatory text.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 283 x 155mm (approx. 11-1/8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/075.

£75

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. A charming antique print of Distaff Lane and the elegant eighteenth century Hall destroyed in 1941. Engraved by John Greig (fl.1800-1843) from a pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 150mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/077.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. A charming antique print - a lively street scene looking eastwards along Watling Street towards the old Wren church and Budge Row, with a heavily laden wagon, pedestrians, etc. The church was pulled down in 1875, although part of the spire survives in the garden of Forest Hill Social Club. Engraved by Archelaus Cruse (1806-1861) from an original sketch (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 111 x 68mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 2-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/079.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. An antique print - an attractive view of the Wren church situated between Queen Victoria Street, Watling Street and Bow Lane. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1848) from a pencil and sepia sketch (now in the Guildhall collection) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 68mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 2-3/4"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/062.

£25

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[London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1761]. A charming eighteenth century print of the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside, home of the celebrated "Bow Bells". Engraved by John Green (fl.1754-1761) from an original study by the painter and illustrator Samuel Wale, first Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy. Originally produced for Robert Dodsley's part-work compilation, "London and its Environs Described" (London 1761).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 148 x 80mm (approx. 5-7/8" x 3-1/8"). One tiny mark in sky, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 41/053.

£30

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