ANTIQUE MAPS OF FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN AT
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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. A fine antique map of the area to the west of the City of London - Ludgate Hill and Ludgate Street, the area of Carter Lane and Thames Street stretching south to the river, with Newgate and the western end of Cheapside to the north, and a stylish depiction of St. Paul's Cathedral at the centre. The names of seventy-eight smaller side-streets and alleys are given in a numbered key. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 295 x 350mm (approx. 11-5/8" x 13-3/4"). Faint tanning to original vertical fold, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/039. Hyde (Ward Maps) 78/1.

£250

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[London : R. Baldwin, 1767]. A most attractive eighteenth-century plan of the adjacent wards of Castle Baynard and Farringdon Ward Within at the western end of the City of London. Centred on St. Paul's (shown in elevation) the map takes in Newgate Street, the western end of Cheapside, Ludgate Hill, Carter Lane, Upper Thames Street and the roads southwards to Blackfriars and the Thames. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche and elevations of the churches of St. Benet Paul's Wharf, St. Martin Ludgate and St. Andrew by the Wardrobe. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" in August 1767. 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 185 x 243mm (approx. 7-1/4" x 9-1/2"). Faint old vertical folds; a hint of tanning, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Hyde (Ward Maps) 47/2.

£100

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[London] : 1755. A fine eighteenth-century map of the adjacent wards of Castle Baynard and Farringdon Ward Within at the western end of the City of London. Centred on St. Paul's (shown in elevation) the map takes in Newgate Street, Ludgate Hill, Carter Lane, Upper Thames Street and the roads southwards to the Thames. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche, a compass rose, the arms of the contemporary aldermen (Sir Robert Ladbroke and William Bridgen) and elevations of the churches of St. Benet Paul's Wharf, St. Martin Ludgate and St. Andrew by the Wardrobe. Originally engraved by Benjamin Cole for the part-work edition of William Maitland's "History of London" (London : 1753-1756).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 363 x 464mm (approx. 14-1/4" x 18-1/4"). Old folds, with some short tears and slight splits to margins, some minor creases, but otherwise in good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 38/028. Hyde (Ward Maps) 46.

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