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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

[London] Isaak Tirion.

Kaart van Londen...

Amsterdam, 1754. 290 x 420mm. Original colour.
A map of London, showing Hammersmith, Highgate, Woolwich and Clapham, although these are all still only villages.
TIRI0008

£395

[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

[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

[Map of the Docks in London] Anonymous.

River Thames with the Docks from Blackwall to the Tower.

n.d., c.1830. 160 x 310mm. Coloured. Binding folds flattened. Surface crack repaired.
The St Katherine's, London, Surrey, Commercial, East and West India Docks.
ANON0018

£75

[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

[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

[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

[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

[Somerset House, Courtauld Institute] Rudolph Ackermann.

Exhibition Room, Somerset House.

London, 1808-1810. Aquatint, 240 x 280mm. Original hand colour.
An exhibition of paintings. Somerset House in London is now the home of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
ACKE0009

£160

[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] John Kip.

The Tower of London.

London, c.1720. 210 x 340mm.
The Tower of London from the Thames.
KIPA0003

£225

[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

[Tower of London] 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

[Old Bond Street art galleries] Francesco Valegio.

Exhibition of Water Coloured Drawings, Old Bond Street.

London, 1808-1810. Aquatint, 240 x 280mm. Original hand colour.
Old Bond Street has been famed for its art galleries for over two centuries.
ACKE0007

£160

[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