ANTIQUE PRINTS OF ST. MATTHEW FRIDAY STREET AT
ASH RARE BOOKS
43 HURON ROAD
LONDON SW17 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM

[London : R. Baldwin, 1766]. An attractive antique map of the adjacent wards of Bread Street and Cordwainer in the heart of the City of London, taking in the south side of Cheapside (with Bow Church), Watling Street, the sites of the present Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street, as well as Friday Street, Bread Street, Bow Lane, Queen Street and Budge Row. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche, elevations of the churches of St. Matthew Friday Street and St. Mildred Bread Street and the arms of the contemporary aldermen, Brass Crosby and Sir Henry Banks. Originally produced for the "London Magazine" in October 1766. 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 171 x 232mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 9-1/8"). Faint old vertical folds, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Hyde (Ward Maps) 32/1.

£75

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London : J. Booth, 1814. A handsome antique print - a funeral procession departs the old Wren church of St. Matthew Friday Street - demolished in 1881. Engraved by Joseph Skelton (1781?-1850) from an original drawing (dated 1812 and now in the British Museum) by John Coney. 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 200 x 220mm (approx. 7-7/8" x 8-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print. Adams 129/089.

£50

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