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[London : for A. Churchill, J. Knapton & others, 1720]. An eighteenth-century plan of Lime Street Ward in the heart of the City of London. The area covered extends north from Fenchurch Street across Leadenhall Street and via St. Mary Axe to Camomile Street and Houndsditch. It includes the old Leadenhall Market, East India House (on the site of the modern Lloyd's Building) and the churches of St. Andrew Undershaft and Great St. Helen. The map, decorated with a simple wreathed cartouche, was originally engraved for Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, but remained unpublished until the present version appeared with the 1720 edition of John Stow's "Survey of London".
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 311 x 174mm (approx. 12-1/4" x 6-3/4"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 25/023. Hyde (Ward Maps) 88/1.

£125

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[London : 1771]. A fine antique map of Lime Street Ward in the heart of the City of London. The area covered extends north from Fenchurch Street across Leadenhall Street and via St Mary Axe to Camomile Street and Houndsditch. It includes the old Leadenhall Market, East India House (on the site of the modern Lloyd's Building) and the churches of St. Andrew Undershaft and Great St. Helen. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche, the arms of the contemporary alderman Sir Robert Kite, and an elevation of the front of the Leaden Hall. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" for November 1771. 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 167 x 225mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 8-7/8"). Old folds, a few faint marks, but otherwise in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Hyde (Ward Maps) 90/1.

£75

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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. An attractive antique map of Lime Street Ward in the heart of the City of London. The area covered extends north from Fenchurch Street across Leadenhall Street and via St Mary Axe to Camomile Street and Houndsditch. It includes the old Leadenhall Market, East India House (on the site of the modern Lloyd's Building) and the churches of St. Andrew Undershaft and Great St. Helen. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche, the arms of the contemporary alderman Sir Robert Kite, and an elevation of the front of the Leaden Hall. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" in 1771, the present 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 167 x 225mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 8-7/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/024. Hyde (Ward Maps) 90/2.

£75

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[London] : 1755. A fine eighteenth-century map of Lime Street Ward in the heart of the City of London. The area covered extends north from Fenchurch Street across Leadenhall Street and via St Mary Axe to Camomile Street and Houndsditch. It includes the old Leadenhall Market, East India House (on the site of the modern Lloyd's Building) and the churches of St Andrew Undershaft and Great St Helen. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche, a compass rose, the arms of the contemporary alderman (John Porter) and an elevation of the Leadenhall. 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 238 x 356mm (approx. 9-3/8" x 14"). Slight nick to upper margin, but in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 38/036. Hyde (Ward Maps) 89.

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[London : 1878 (or later)]. An antique map - Lime Street Ward in the heart of the City of London. The area covered extends north from Fenchurch Street across Leadenhall Street and via St Mary Axe to Camomile Street and Houndsditch. It includes the old Leadenhall Market, East India House and the churches of St. Andrew Undershaft and Great St. Helen. Engraved from an earlier (mid eighteenth-century) source and originally produced for the part-work "Old and New London" (London : 1873-1878).
Wood engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 82 x 145mm (approx. 3-1/8" x 5-5/8"). Text on verso. In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£40

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