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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. An attractive antique print - an oval vignette view of a train approaching a bridge on the newly-built railway - the city beyond. Engraved by William Radclyffe (1783-1855) from an original study by Thomas Creswick. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe's "The London and Birmingham Railway" (London : 1839) - and here in a slightly later impression from a lithographic transfer.
Lithograph on paper. Engraved surface 136 x 103mm (approx. 5-3/8" x 4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810]. A pleasant antique print - Coombe Abbey near Coventry - the southern aspect of the older buildings. Engraved by James Sargant Storer (1771-1853) from a drawing by Davis. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 112 x 153mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6"). Trimmed within imprint at foot, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : William S. Orr & Co., 1856]. An attractive antique print - a view across watery meadows to the viaduct and bridge built for the new London & Birmingham Railway - a train discernible in the distance. Engraved by Daniel Wilson (fl.1835-1854) from an original study by Newton Smith Limbird Fielding. Originally produced for Thomas Roscoe's "The London and Birmingham Railway" (London : 1839) - and here in a slightly later impression from a lithographic transfer.
Lithographic transfer from a steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 107 x 146mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : 1718]. Delightfully engraved scroll-style road map from the scarce early road-book "A pocket guide to the English traveller". The road from Gloucester to Coventry via Cheltenham, Winchcombe, Chipping Campden, Stratford on Avon and Warwick. The map is dedicated to Joseph Addison.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 170 x 270mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 10-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£75

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London : John Harris, 1814. A striking antique print - a view of the fourteenth-century moated castle, with its gatehouse and octagonal towers. Engraved by H. Hobson (fl.1814-1831) from a drawing by the landscape artist John Preston Neale, worked up from a sketch by Armstrong. Originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 108 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 6"). Trimmed a little tight at foot, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print - the fine old mansion of Whitley Abbey near Coventry - a view from the gardens. Whitley Abbey Community School now occupies the site. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1881) from an original study by John Preston Neale and originally produced for the part-work "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England" (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 101 x 125mm (approx. 4" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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[London : Jones & Co., 1831]. An attractive antique print - the fine old mansion of Whitley Abbey near Coventry - a view from the gardens. Whitley Abbey Community School now occupies the site. Engraved by William Watkins (fl.1828-1881) from an original study by John Preston Neale and originally produced for the part-work "Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England" (London : 1829-1831).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 100 x 125mm (approx. 4" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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London : W. Clarke, 1817. A charming small antique print - a view of the most imposing of the Coventry fortified gates - a view looking through the gate towards the town. Engraved by John Greig (fl.1800-1843) from an original study by an otherwise unidentified J. Smith. Originally produced for the serially published "The Antiquarian Itinerary" (London : 1815-1818).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 93 x 60mm (approx. 3-3/4" x 2-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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London : Longman & Co., 1829. A charming antique print - the gateway to the mediaeval St. Mary's Guild Hall at Coventry. Engraved by James Redaway (fl.1818-1855) from an earlier study by Joseph Clarendon Smith, with the figures by W. H. Brooke. Originally produced for John Britton's "Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities" (London, 1829-1830). The plate is dedicated to the surgeon Solomon Sawrey.
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 221 x 159mm (approx. 8-3/4" x 6-1/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Longman & Co., 1829. A fine antique print - the Great Hall of the mediaeval St. Mary's Guild Hall at Coventry. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an earlier study by Joseph Clarendon Smith, worked up for publication by T. H. Clarke, with the figures by W. H. Brooke. Originally produced for John Britton's "Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities" (London, 1829-1830). The plate is dedicated to the Rev. William Thomas Bree, Rector of Allesley.
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 211 x 152mm (approx. 8-3/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Longman & Co., 1829. A handsome antique print - the kitchen of the great mediaeval St. Mary's Guild Hall at Coventry. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an earlier study by Joseph Clarendon Smith, with the figures by Thomas Mann Baynes (1794-1854). Originally produced for John Britton's "Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities" (London, 1829-1830). The plate is dedicated to Dr. Merriman.
Line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 203 x 156mm (approx. 8" x 6-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1810. A pleasant antique print - the seventeenth-century Allesley Park in its extensive grounds. Drawn and engraved by James Sargant Storer and originally produced for the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (1801-1816).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 110 x 152mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£25

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