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[London : 1720]. A fine eighteenth-century map of Broad Street and Cornhill Wards in the City of London. Centred on Lothbury, Throgmorton Street and Threadneedle Street, the map extends from Lombard Street, Cornhill and the upper end of Gracechurch Street in the south, northwards to London Wall via Broad Street and Bishopsgate. The principal buildings shown include "Sr. Iohn Hublands" - the house of Sir John Houblon which became the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange, and the site of the as yet unbuilt Stock Exchange. Keyed tables identify fifty of the smaller rents, alleys, yards, courts, inns, etc. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".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. Engraved surface 291 x 367mm (approx. 11-5/8" x 14-1/2"). Original vertical fold, faint press crease, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/025. Hyde (Ward Maps) 37/1.

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[London : 1768]. An antique map of Broad Street and Cornhill Wards in the City of London. Centred on Lothbury, Throgmorton Street and Threadneedle Street, the map extends from Cornhill and the upper end of Gracechurch Street in the south, northwards to London Wall via Broad Street and Bishopsgate. The principal buildings shown include the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange, etc. The map (here in its earlier state, still showing Gresham College) is decorated with views of the now long-since demolished churches of St. Christopher Threadneedle Street, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, and St. Bennet Fink, etc. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" for February 1768. Other maps in this series were engraved by Thomas Bowen and this would also appear to be his work.
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 179 x 231mm (approx.7" x 9-1/8"). Trimmed close; a few short nicks and a repaired tear extending 40mm (approx. 1-1/2 inches) into one image; old vertical folds, but still an attractive item. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Hyde (Ward Maps) 39/1.

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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. An antique map of Broad Street and Cornhill Wards in the City of London. Centred on Lothbury, Throgmorton Street and Threadneedle Street, the map extends from Cornhill and the upper end of Gracechurch Street in the south, northwards to London Wall via Broad Street and Bishopsgate. The principal buildings shown include the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange, etc. The map (here in its later state, with the Excise Office having replaced Gresham College on Broad Street) is decorated with views of the now long-since demolished churches of St. Christopher Threadneedle Street, St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, and St. Bennet Fink, etc. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" in 1768, 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 183 x 233mm (approx.7-1/4" x 9-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/013. Hyde (Ward Maps) 39/2.

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[London] : 1748. An interesting and highly detailed map of the central portion of Cornhill (from Pope's Head Alley to St. Michael's Alley), Birchin Lane, part of Lombard Street, Castle Court, White-Lyon Yard, and part of George Yard - giving the names and occupations of the tenants of the burnt-out properties - including many of the local bookshops and coffee-houses. Originally produced for a contemporary issue of "The London Magazine : or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 174 x 229mm (approx. 6-7/8" x 9"). Old vertical folds; minor creasing; a few faint marks and spots, but overall in very good state for an ephemeral item of this type. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Jolly : Lond-32.

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