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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A handsome antique map of Covent Garden - here bounded by Long Acre to the north, Drury Lane to the east, the Strand to the south and Bedfordbury to the west - with Bedford Street, King Street, Henrietta Street, Maiden Lane, Bow Street, Russell Street, etc., clearly marked. The map is decorated with a baroque title-piece and the names of nineteen smaller side-streets, alleys and new buildings 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 Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".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. Engraved surface 308 x 181mm (approx. 12-1/8" x 7-1/8"). Small blind-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries at left-hand edge, short tear at foot, a couple of tiny marks and faint creases, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£125

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A charming antique print - an itinerant strawberry-girl cries her wares in the heart of Covent Garden Market in the June strawberry season. She offers them from her basket by the plaited pottle - the general price was seven-pence price per pottle, with a penny back for the return of the pottle. Engraved from an original study by William Marshall Craig (fl.1788-1828), water-colour painter to Queen Charlotte. Originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Aquatint and line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface (including quadruple-rule outer border) 139 x 107mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"). A few very faint marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/053.

£50

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London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1821 [but 1830]. An attractive antique print - an animated scene as opera-goers are shown to their carriages in Covent Garden. Originally produced to illustrate Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (London : 1820-1821) - and here in a slightly later impression. Drawn and engraved by the Cruikshank brothers.
Etching and aquatint on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 125 x 181mm (approx. 5" x 7-1/8"). A few small marks to outer margins; slight creasing at foot, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1820. An attractive antique print - high jinks and mayhem at a fancy-dress supper in Covent Garden. Originally produced to illustrate Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (London : 1820-1821) - and here in a slightly later impression. Drawn and engraved by the Cruikshank brothers.
Etching and aquatint on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 122 x 189mm (approx. 4-3/4" x 7-1/2"). Some soiling and staining to outer margins, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An interesting nineteenth-century print of firefighters attempting to save the blazing theatre (the Royal Opera House - built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810), with hand operated pumps, hoses, etc. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 104 x 143mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print giving a view across the open piazza towards the church. Based on an earlier source and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 143 x 208mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print showing the piazzas, the market stalls, etc. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 99 x 148mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-3/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1856]. An interesting contemporary print of firefighters attempting to save the blazing theatre (the Royal Opera House - built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810), with hand operated pumps, hoses, etc. Originally produced for an unidentified contemporary magazine.
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 146 x 232mm (approx. 5-3/4" x 9-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - an animated scene with an elaborate backdrop featuring a waterfall takes place on the stage of the old Covent Garden Theatre (the original Royal Opera House - built by Edward Shepherd for John Rich in 1732) - the house is packed. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 105 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive and interesting antique print - the premises at 121 Long Acre of the Hatchett family, John Hatchett (1729-1806) and his son Charles Hatchett FRS (1765-1847) - the leading London coach-builders of their time. Engraved from an earlier source and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 106 x 144mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - fashionably dressed Victorian customers inspect the flowers, etc. Engraved by John Greenaway and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 143 x 106mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 4-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : John Harris, 1816. An antique print of the Inigo Jones church long associated with the theatrical profession - "the handsomest barn in England" - with baskets full of market produce in the foreground. Engraved by James Lewis (fl.1813-1837) from a study by John Preston Neale. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 109 x 154mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6"). A few faint marks to blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 104/075.

£30

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[London : E. T. Brain & Co., 1847]. A most pleasant antique print - Covent Garden a hive of activity, wagons piled high with produce. An engraving from the workshop of A. H. Payne, originally produced for Payne's "Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity" (London : 1846-1847).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 91 x 140mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5-1/2"). A couple of tiny marks to outer blank margins, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/046.

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[London : John Tallis & Co., 1852]. A charming small antique print of the imposing facade of the mid-nineteenth century theatre (the Royal Opera House), built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810. An engraving from the workshop of A.H.Payne, originally produced for Payne's "Illustrated London, or a Series of Views in the British Metropolis and its Vicinity" (London : 1846-1847), and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 66 x 84mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/106B.

£25

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London : H. Setchel & Son, 1810. A handsome antique print - the Inigo Jones church as it stood in the early nineteenth century. Engraved by W. Preston from an original drawing by William Pearson (fl.1798-1813). 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 218 x 214mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 8-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/103.

£75

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A most attractive antique print giving an elevated view across the crowded square - market-workers, wagons and market buildings - towards the church. Engraved from a study (based on earlier sources) by William Henry Prior and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 142 x 209mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A charming antique print - the Victorian dining-room of the Garrick Club on Garrick Street. Engraved from an original study by William Henry Prior. Originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 144 x 145mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : Richard Phillips, 1804. A highly attractive antique print - the interior of Covent Garden on the occasion of a royal performance. King George III, Queen Charlotte and their party occupy a special box beneath a canopy of crimson velvet, the lords and ladies in waiting stand behind, Guards officers take the boxes above, and on the stage Kemble plays Rolla in a production of "Pizarro". Engraved by James Fittler (1758-1835) from an original study by Edward Pugh, and originally produced for Phillips' part-work "Modern London : Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis" (London : 1804).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 138 x 183mm (approx. 5-1/2" x 7-1/4"). A few slight marks to blank margins, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 89/022.

£50

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[London : Jones & Co., 1829]. An attractive antique print of the well-known pillared market building, vendors of fruit and their baskets spread their wares. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1848) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 149mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/156.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1830]. A handsome antique print of the Inigo Jones church long associated with the theatrical profession - "the handsomest barn in England" - with market baskets and sacks in the foreground. Engraved by Josiah Henshall (1801?-1869) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. From Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 108 x 147mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/036.

£30

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London : Jones & Co., 1828. A handsome antique print of the splendid facade of the nineteenth century theatre (the Royal Opera House), built by Robert Smirke in 1809-1810. Engraved by John Rolph (1799-1862) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth-century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London : 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 96 x 151mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8"). One tiny spot in lower margin, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/051.

£30

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