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London : Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1808. A neatly worked and detailed town plan of Oxford as it stood at the beginning of the nineteeth century, with a keyed index to twenty-five colleges and halls. Engraved by John Roper (fl.1792-1810) from a draught by G. Cole - probably the surveyor George Cole of Soho. The map is decorated with the coats of arms of the city and the university - and a vignette view of Oxford from the London Road - the last separately drawn and engraved by James Sargant Storer (1771-1853). Originally produced to accompany the part-work "Beauties of England and Wales" (London : 1801-1818).
Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 181 x 232mm (approx. 7-1/8" x 9-1/8"). Faint original crease, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.

£100

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[London : George Virtue, 1848]. A highly attractive antique map - a town-plan decorated with the coats of arms of the city and the colleges, as well as inset views of the town and the front of Christ Church. Originally engraved by John Cleghorn (1784-1873) in 1830 for Moule's "English Counties Delineated" series (London 1830-1837), with the present edition (omitting Cleghorn's name) dated to 1848.
Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 245 x 185mm (approx. 9-5/8" x 7-1/4"). Short tear to one margin, not reaching engraved surface, but otherwise in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : George Virtue, ca.1850]. A fine antique map of the county, decorated with coats of arms, a foliate border, and vignette views of Oxford, Blenheim and the Radcliffe Library. Originally engraved by James Bingley (fl.1822-1839) in 1830 for the part-work "English Counties Delineated" (London : 1830-1837) prepared by the antiquary Thomas Moule. The present example, showing some development of the railway system, is dated to about 1850.
Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 258 x 190mm (approx. 10-1/8" x 7-1/2"). Trimmed a little tight at head, a few very minor marks, but an attractive example. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

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[London : 1694?]. A charming and rare small map of Oxfordshire by John Seller. Originally produced for a set of maps which first appeared under the title "Anglia Contracta", dated to between 1689 and 1694 by Skelton and generally ascribed to somewhere near the latter date. The maps in their original form were subsequently reissued a number of times between 1696 and 1711, with the present example dating from no later than 1697.
Copper line engraving on paper. Original hand colour. Engraved surface 115 x 152mm (approx. 4-1/2" x 6"). Slight vertical press-crease, but still in very good state. A guaranteed genuine antique map.

£125

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[London : University of London Press, 1929]. An attractive town-plan of Abingdon as it stood in the late 1920s. Originally prepared for "The Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines : A Survey" (London : 1929). With Harding Thompson's distinctive monogram.
Line block on coated paper. Printed surface 197 x 196mm (approx. 7-3/4" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state.

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[London : University of London Press, 1929]. An attractive town-plan of Dorchester as it stood in the late 1920s. Originally prepared for "The Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines : A Survey" (London : 1929). With Harding Thompson's distinctive monogram.
Line block on coated paper. Printed surface 221 x 197mm (approx. 8-3/4" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state.

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[London : University of London Press, 1929]. An attractive town-plan of Henley as it stood in the late 1920s. Originally prepared for "The Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines : A Survey" (London : 1929). With Harding Thompson's distinctive monogram.
Line block on coated paper. Printed surface 220 x 198mm (approx. 8-5/8" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state.

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[London : University of London Press, 1929]. An attractive town-plan of Wallingford as it stood in the late 1920s. Originally prepared for "The Thames Valley from Cricklade to Staines : A Survey" (London : 1929). With Harding Thompson's distinctive monogram.
Line block on coated paper. Printed surface 226 x 197mm (approx. 8-7/8" x 7-3/4"). In very good and clean state.

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