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[London] : 1754. A fine eighteenth-century map of the adjacent Thames-side wards of Queenhithe and Vintry in the City of London, taking in College Hill, Queen Street, Garlick Hill and much of (Upper) Thames Street. This is the earliest map of the wards and is decorated with a baroque cartouche. The names of thirty-three smaller streets, alleys and courts are given in a keyed table. Originally produced by Richard Blome in the late seventeenth century, the map remained unpublished until 1720, with the present version originally prepared for the part-work edition of John Stow's "A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster" (London : 1754-1757).
Copper line engraving on laid paper. Engraved surface 309 x 178mm (approx. 12-1/8" x 7"). Just a hint of tanning, but overall in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 37/061. Hyde (Ward Maps) 96/2 - and plate 24.

£100

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[London : R. Baldwin], 1772. A handsome antique map of the adjacent Thames-side wards of Queenhithe and Vintry to the south of the City of London. The area covered takes in College Hill, Queen Street, Garlick Hill and much of (Upper) Thames Street. The map is decorated with a rococo cartouche, the arms of the contemporary aldermen Frederic Bull and Barlow Trecothick, and with an elevation of St. Michael Queenhithe. Engraved by Thomas Bowen and originally produced for the "London Magazine" in 1771, the present (slightly altered) version of the map was utilised in John Noorthouck's part-work "A New History of London including Westminster and Southwark" (London : 1772-1773).
Copper line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 172 x 221mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 8-3/4"). Some very faint marks, but still in very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 51/026. Hyde (Ward Maps) 98/2 - and plate 22.

£75

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[London] : 1755. A handsome eighteenth-century map of the adjacent Thames-side wards of Queenhithe and Vintry in the City of London, taking in College Hill, Queen Street, Garlick Hill and much of (Upper) Thames Street. Decorated with a rococo cartouche, the arms of the contemporary aldermen (Sir Crisp Gascoyne and Marsh Dickinson), and a view of St. Michael Queenhithe. 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. Engraved surface 235 x 364mm (approx. 9-1/4" x 14-3/8"). Trimmed close at foot; a handful of spots; one tiny hole, but otherwise in very good and attractive state. A guaranteed genuine antique map. Adams 38/038. Hyde (Ward Maps) 97.

£125

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