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London : C. Tilt, 1838. An attractive antique print giving a view of the exterior of St. Dunstan in the West on Fleet Street - as rebuilt in 1829-1833 by John Shaw. Engraved by John le Keux (1783-1846) from an original study by the painter and architect Robert William Billings. Originally produced for George Godwin's serially published "The Churches of London" (London 1837-1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 171 x 95mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 3-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/041.

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[London : 1720]. A fine antique map of the area to the west of the City of London, the area lying beyond the old wall - High Holborn across to Newgate and Smithfield, Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, Chancery Lane down to Temple Bar, the Temple and the river, Fetter Lane, Shoe Lane, Old Bailey, etc. The map is decorated with a simple curtain title-piece and the names of 149 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 Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until the present version (with his name erased) appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 295 x 352mm (approx. 11-5/8" x 13-7/8"). Original vertical fold, some faint offsetting, but overall in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/043. Hyde (Ward Maps) 78/1.

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London : T. Hughes, 1805. An attractive antique print - Fleet Street and Temple Bar in the early nineteenth century. Engraved by Thomas Lord Busby (fl.1804-1837) from his own original study and originally produced for B. Lambert, "The History and Survey of London and its Environs from the Earliest Period" (London : 1805-1806).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 192 x 228mm (approx. 3-5/8" x 5"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 96/040.

£30

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[London : J. Tallis, 1847 (or later)]. A pleasant antique print of nineteenth century Fleet Street - a view St. Dunstan's in the West and the adjacent buildings. Originally produced for "Tallis's Street Views and Pictorial Directory" (1847) and here as reissued with Thomas Dugdale's part-work survey published as "The Curiosities of Great Britain" or "England Delineated" in editions to 1860.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 98 x 137mm (approx. 3-7/8" x 5-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£30

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print showing the interior courtyard of the infamous Fleet Prison in London. Prisoners at the rear of the yard play racquets against a high forbidding wall. Based on an earlier (late eighteenth or early nineteenth century) drawing, engraved by Benjamin Fleming (fl.1874-1878) 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 208mm (approx. 5-5/8" x 8-1/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. An attractive Victorian print showing the western boundary of the City and the famous old bank - the street busy - and a policeman on the beat. 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 163 x 223mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 8-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : Leadenhall Press, 1891]. A lively antique print - bowlers, top-hats, a policeman on point-duty, and a London omnibus advertisng Bovril congregate on Fleet Street near the Temple Bar memorial at the western boundary of the City of London. 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 159 x 101mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 4"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1891]. A pleasant antique print - a small vignette view of the upper end of Fleet Street - St. Bride's Avenue and the church beyond. 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 102 x 65mm (approx. 4" x 2-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£20

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London : C. Tilt, 1838. A handsome antique print - the exterior of the "Anglo-Norman" church of Holy Trinity, Gough Square, completed by Robert Shaw in 1838. Engraved by William Francis Starling (1805-1875) from an original study by the artist George Mackenzie (fl.1833-1844) and originally produced for George Godwin's serially published "The Churches of London" (London 1837-1839).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 168 x 98mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 3-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 189/070.

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London : Cassell & Co., [1878]. A handsome antique print - the gothic edifice on Farringdon Street built on the site of the Fleet Prison in 1872 - and where the Labour Party was founded in 1900. Drawn and lithographed by "Maclure & Macdonald" as a supplementary presentation plate for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Printed surface 220 x 135mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 5-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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[London : Cassell & Co., 1878]. An attractive antique print of Fleet Street and Temple Bar - horse-drawn London omnibuses, street advertising, traffic and bustle. Originally produced as a supplementary presentation plate to the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Lithograph on paper. Later hand colour. Printed surface 213 x 136mm (approx. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8"). A few faint and tiny marks, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An attractive antique print - the old Inner Temple Lane with the house that Samuel Johnson occupied - the great man himself stalks the lane - a dog and and a delivery boy stand to attention. Engraved from an earlier source by Robert Paterson (fl.1860-1899) and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 211 x 142mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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[London : 1852]. A small antique print - St. Bride's Avenue - giving some prominence to the premises of the booksellers and publishers Tilt & Bogue - (Charles Tilt and David Bogue). 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. Engraved surface 64 x 85mm (approx. 2-1/2" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 215/071B.

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[London : 1852]. A small but highly attractive antique print - bustling Fleet Street and Temple Bar in the mid nineteenth century. 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) - a publication advertised by a man carrying a placard in the print itself - and here in a slightly later impression.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 66 x 86mm (approx. 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 207/069B.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. A handsome antique print - the famous old bank at No. 1 Fleet Street in the shadow of Temple Bar. Engraved from an original study 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 211 x 143mm (approx. 8-1/4" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

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London : J. Stratford, 1807. An interesting early nineteenth century antique print of Fleet Street - Prince Henry's Room and the old Waxworks. Engraved by Ambrose William Warren (fl.1805-1856) from an original study by Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie (fl.1803-1849). Originally produced for the part-work by "Dr David Hughson" [David Pugh] known as "London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis" (London 1805-1809).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 111 x 164mm (approx. 4-3/8" x 6-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 93/034.

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London : Jones & Co., 1830. An attractive print of Clifford's Inn on the north side of Fleet Street between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane - at one time the home of Samuel Butler and later of Leonard & Virginia Woolf. Engraved by John James Hinchliff (1805-1875) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1829-1832).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 118 x 152mm (approx. 4-5/8" x 6"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/057.

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[London : Jones & Co., 1832]. An attractive antique print - a lively street scene looking northwards up Farringdon Street from Ludgate Circus with the Fleet Prison, graphically described in Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers", on the right. Engraved by Josiah Henshall (fl.1827-1863) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. 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 103 x 149mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-7/84"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/154.

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London : Jones & Co., [1831]. A charming antique print - a bustling street scene with carriages and crowded pavements - the view shows the middle portion of Fleet Street, looking westwards from Hoare's Bank (on the left) past the clock of St. Dunstan in the West towards Temple Bar. Some prominence is given to the shops of Clark & Weatherly, the goldsmiths by the church, the bookseller [Thomas Redshaw] (at No.186) and the ironmonger [Edward] Cane (No.185). Engraved by William Henshall (fl.1830-1843) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. 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 106 x 151mm (approx. 4-1/8" x 5-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/100.

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London : Jones & Co., 1829. An attractive antique print of the elegant turning off Fleet Street built by John B. Papworth in 1823-1830 - with the church of St. Bride beyond. The bookshop of Charles Tilt on the corner (at 83 Fleet Street) attracts the attention of passers-by. Engraved by James Tingle (1801-1858) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793-1864), the master recorder of 19th century London. From Shepherd's part-work series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830).
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 161 x 93mm (approx. 6-1/4" x 3-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 154/129.

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London : Jones & Co., 1829. A pleasant antique print - an animated view of Fleet Street - with the Chelsea and Fulham carrier passing westwards in front of the church, and the premises of George Button the pastry-cook and confectioner, next door to the church at 187 Fleet Street, attracting the attention of passers-by. Engraved by James Baylis Allen (1803-1876) from an original drawing (now in the Museum of London) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. 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 107 x 147mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/033.

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London : Jones & Co., [1829]. A delightful antique print - a bustling street scene with pedestrians, the Bath Coach entering the City from the west and a heavily laden wagon leaving town. The view (in vignette form) depicts the eastern end of the Strand, with the beginnings of Fleet Street and the clock of St. Dunstan in the West beyond the Bar. The offices of the London Parcel Delivery Company at No. 10 Strand are clearly visible to the right. Engraved by the gifted William Wallis (1816-1855) from an original pencil drawing (now in the Guildhall Library) by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of 19th century London. 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 109 x 131mm (approx. 4-1/4" x 5-1/4"). One small and faint crease, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 161/000.

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London : W. Strudwick, [1876]. A handsome Victorian photograph of Temple Bar taken shortly before its removal - a view from the Strand - advertising hoardings to the left - a bookshop to the right - and the ghostly impressions of passing traffic too rapid for the photographer to catch. Strudwick (born in London in 1835) advertises himself with a blind-stamp in the lower margin as "draughtsman and photographer" of [4 Albany Villas] Thurlow Park Road in Dulwich. Dated in manuscript on verso.
Albumen print photograph laid on thin card, ruled in red. Image area 219 x 287mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 11-1/4"). A few minor marks and spots, and some slight wear - all to outer margins of card - but in very good state.

£250

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[London] : W. Clarke, 1817. A charming small antique print of the old inn. Drawn and engraved by William Wallis (fl.1816-1855) and originally produced for the part-work publication "Walks through London, including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark" (London 1816-1817).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 110 x 65mm (4-3/8" x 2-1/2"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 121/039.

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London : Robert Sayer, 1737 [but 1880]. A fine antique engraving of the Fleet Street church, with a handsome eighteenth century carriage standing before the shops below the church. Originally engraved by William Henry Toms (fl.1723-1758) in 1737 from an original drawing by the painter Robert West (fl.1734-1739) for their series of views known collectively as "Perspective Views of all the Ancient Churches" (London 1736-1739). The present edition, characterised by the later addition of the imprint of Robert Sayer and a series number in the top right hand corner, is dated to 1880, when these fine eighteenth century plates were reissued by R.H.Laurie.
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 274 x 308mm (approx. 10-3/4" x 12-1/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 32/017 - 191/026.

£125

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