Antique Maps & Prints of London & its Environs

[Map of London]

Henri Chatelain.
Nouvelle Carte du Governement Civil d'Angleterre et de celuy de la Ville de Londres.

Amsterdam, c.1700. 355 x 470mm.
Map of London, another of England marking the Cathedral cities, with two allegorical scenes with explanations. With extensive engraved French text.
CHAT0001

£225

[Plan of London]

Nicolas De Fer
Plan des Villes de Londres et de Westminster et de leurs Faubourgs avec le Bourg de Southwark.

Paris, 1705. 230 x 340mm. Coloured.
London, with a 113-point key, engraved by Inseln. Howgego: 44.
DEFE0016

£380

[Map of London & Environs]

Homann Heirs.
Regionis, Quae est circa Londinium...

Nuremberg, 1741. 510 x 580mm. Original body colour.
Map of the commuter belt of London, extending to Maidenhead in the west, Luton, Chelmsford & Leatherhead. Under the map is a panorama of London showing from Westminster to the Tower. HOWGEGO: 88.
HOMA1013

£695

[Rare map of London]

Réné Bougard.
Constantinopolis; Londinium; Roma Moderna; Lima...; Amstelodamum.

Le Havre, c.1760. 295 x 180mm. Original colour. Narrow margin on left, trimmed just within plate on right.
An unusual collection of townplans: Istambul, London, Rome, Lima & Amsterdam. Published in the 'Petit Flambeau de la Mer'.
BOUG0001

£98

[A Plan for Post-Fire London]

John Evelyn.
Sir John Evelyn's Plan for Rebulding the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666.

London, c.1776. 215 x 295mm. Coloured.
After the disastrous fire of 1666 both Christopher Wren and John Evelyn submitted comprehensive plans for the rebuilding of London. This plan shows Evelyn's attempts to promote a linear road system, with regular open junctions suitable for markets, marked with a 38-point key. However both schemes failed, due to the nightmare of private ownership, astronomic cost predictions and the need to get the City operational as soon as possible. Published in 'Harrison's History of London'.
EVEL0001

£150

[Early C20th Map of London]

G.W. Bacon.
Bacon's 'Midget' Map of Central and West London.

London, Bacon, c.1920. Folding map, 495 x 625mm. Original covers with 16pp. Original colour.

BACO0001

£40

[Folding Map of London]

George Philip
Philips' Clear-Print Popular Map of London.

London & Liverpool, c.1930. Folding map, 560 x 870mm, original colvers & 36pp, index.. Original colour.
With ink ownership mark dated 1930.
PHIL0015

£50

[Plan showing the proposed new docks of London]

Anonymous.
Plan des, von der West-Ind. Comp. auf der Isle of Dogs neu angelegten Stapels u. Canals sowie des projectirten Londner Wasser-Stapels.

Weimar: 1802. 175 x 230mm.
A German plan of the prosposed new docks in London: the West India Docks, St Katherine's & Greenland Dock. Also marked is Perry's Dock, at one time the biggest privately-owned shipyard in the world.
ANON0026

£195

[The Early Development of the London Docklands]

Anon.
Plan of the Docks at London, in 1809.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1809. 110 x 250mm.
Showing the new West & East India Docks.
LONG0001

£75

[View of Greenwich Hospital]

William Maitland.
A Perspective View Of The Royal Hospital At Greenwich.

London, 1756. 380 x 525mm.
A view of the Royal Hospital, now the Royal Naval College, from the Thames, looking between Wren's two buildings to the Queen's House and Flamsteed's Royal Observatory on the top of the hill. Engraved by Benjamin Cole for Maitland's 'History Of London'.
MAIT0001

£350

[Map of Lambeth]

John Stow.
Lambeth and Christ Church Parish, Southwark. Taken from ye last Survey With Corrections.

London, c.1720. 360 x 290mm.
The first detailed ward map of Lambeth, with a 41-point key of references.
STOW0003

£125

[Map of South London]

Gentleman's Magazine.
A Map of the New Roads &c. from Westminster Bridge.

London, 1753. 230 x 365mm.
Plan of Southwark, Lambeth and Newington, showing the improvements to the road system after the building of Westminster Bridge.
GENT0002

£150

[The first ward map of St James's]

John Strype
The Parish of St James's Westminster, taken from the last Survey, with corrections.

London, 1720. 365 x 205mm.
The first ward map of St James's, published in Strype's updated edition of 'Stow's Survey of London', first published in 1598 without maps. Many buildings are shown in profile, including St James's Palace and Burlington House. Streets shown include Pall Mall, Wardour Street, Piccadilly, Great Malborough Street and Oxford Street (here called Tiborn Road).
STRY0001

£300

[Map of Westminster]

John Stow.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Margarets Westminster, taken from the latest Survey, with corrections.

London, c.1720. 360 x 300mm. Coloured.
The first detailed ward map of Westminster, with St. Peter's Cathedral shown in profile. In the top left corner is the continuation of St. James's Park to Buckingham House.
STOW0002

£350

[View of the Pool of London]

J.D. Harding.
The Pool of London. 1834.

London, c.1835. Tinted lithograph, 260 x 375mm.
A scene of the traffic on the Thames.
HARD0001

£250

[Volume of Views of London]

John Woods.
Woods's Views in London, Westminster, and Their Vicinities.

London: W.Orr & Co., c.1840. Quarto, original cloth, blind-decorated & gilt stamped, inner hinges strained, all edges gilt; pp. (iv) + 158; engr. title and 29 steel-engraved views of London. Some minor occasional foxing
Originally issued by subscription 1837-38, this is the complete work, published soon after (pre-dating the inclusion of the plate of the New Royal Exchange, opened 1844.). The frontispiece and five of the plates were supplied by Thomas Shepherd.
WOOD0001

£400

[Battersea Bridge]

Thomas Dugdale.
Battersea Bridge. Surrey.

London, c.1846. Steel engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm.

DUGD0001

£39

[View of Chiswick House, London]

John Kip.
The House att Chis Wick in the County of Middlesex.

London, c.1720. 340 x 480mm.
A bird's eye view of Chiswick House, surrounded by fields and with the Thames in the foreground. An attractive view of West London nearly three hundred years ago.
KIPA0001

£290

[View of London's Stock Exchange.]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Bourse de Londres.

Paris, c.1683. 160 x 105mm.
View of the Royal Exchange building, with the title on a banner in the sky.
MALL0062

£95

[View of the West India Docks, Wet Docks, London]

Laurie & Whittle.
View of the Wet Docks from Blackwall.

London, 1803.. 270 x 410mm. Aquatint. Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper.
Apparently a view of the West India Docks, completed in 1802. The use of aquatint is unusual for Laurie and Whittle.
LAUR0002

£250

[Limehouse, London view]

John Boydell.
A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames.

London, c.1795. 265 x 430mm. Coloured.
Originally published in 1751, this example comes from a compilation volume issued when Boydell became Lord Mayor of London.
BOYD0001

£395

[Rennie's New London Bridge.]

George Vertue.
New London Bridge.

London; George Vertue, c.1840. Steel engraving. 100 x 150mm.
John Rennie's bridge, opened 1831, now in Arizona.
VERT0001

£39

[The famous view off Richmond Hill]

London Magazine.
A View from Richmond Hill up the River.

London, 1768. Sheet 125 x 205mm.
A view from Richmond Hill towards Twickenham, with Ham House, Marble Hill House & Orleans House.
LOND0003

£49

[View of St Paul's Cathedral.]

Anonymous.
The North West Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St Paul.

London, c.1760. 175 x 225mm. Mounted on thick paper for inclusion in an album.
With a short history engraved under the view.
ANON0019

£195

[Temple, London]

Maurer, F.
A Perspective View of the Temple next the River side.

London: John Bowles, c.1760. 250 x 430mm. Coloured. Mounted on thick paper for inclusion in an album.
A view of the Temple in London.
MAUR1001

£495

[Bartholomew Fair]

Rudolph Ackermann.
Bartholomew Fair.

London, 1808-1810. Aquatint, 240 x 280mm. Original hand colour.
A print of a summer fair in London, held from the 12th century to 1855.
ACKE0002

£175

[View of the Tower of London.]

Henry Overton.
The Tower of London.

London, Overton, 1739. 170 x 250mm.
The third part of a series 'Views of the publick Buildings in and about the City of London'.
OVER0001

£195

[Tower of London]

Maurer, F.
A North West View of the Tower of London.

London: Thomas Bowles, John Bowles, Robert Sayer & Henry Overton, c.1760. 250 x 430mm. Mounted on thick paper for inclusion in an album.
The River Thames and the Tower of London
MAUR1002

£275

[St Paul's Cathedral]

Maurer, F.
A Perspective View of the Cathedral Church of St. Pauls in London.

London: Robert Sayer, c.1760. 185 x 280mm. Mounted on thick paper for inclusion in an album.
Drawn and engraved by Maurer in 1753.
MAUR1003

£195

[A view of Radnor House, Twickenham]

London Magazine.
A View of the Earl of Radnor's House at Twickenham.

London, 1767. Sheet 125 x 205mm.
A view of two villas on the Thames riverside in Twickenham, with examples of the local boats. On the right is Radnor House, which was destroyed by a Luftwaffe bomb in 1940; on the left is Cross Deep House, demolished 1906. Two local roads are still named Radnor Gardens and Cross Deep.
LOND0005

£49

[A view of Twickenham]

London Magazine.
A Perspective View of Twickenham,

London, 1768. Sheet 125 x 205mm.
A view of the villas on the Thames riverside, with examples of the local boats. To emphasise how rural the area was a hunter stands on the Ham bank, with gun and dog.
LOND0004

£49

[View of Whitehall]

Cluer Dicey.
A View of Whitehall from the River Thames.

London, Dicey & Co., c.1760. 165 x 235mm.
View of the Palace of Whitehall. Cluer Dicey, is best known for being the last publisher of John Speed's county maps, 150 years after their first issue.
DICE0001

£175