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£250
A History of Fish in the Home.
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BENTS, Nigel.


No. 9 of 50. Titled and signed by Bents below the image.

Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 76 / 11½ x 30

£850
Rue de Wakening.
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CLARKE, Graham.


No. 385 of 400. Signed in pencil lower right by Graham Clarke, titled and numbered lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): 88 x 63 / 34½ x 25

£260
[ Border Designs]
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of the mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows in detail the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 89 x 57 / 35 x 22½

£250
[3 coastal Views of Ascunsion].
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van


Decorative print showing three coastal views of Ascunsion island in the Atlantic, numerous birds, flying fish and ships at sea, compass rose at sea, strapwork cartouche at top right, two secondary cartouches at left centre and lower right. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

£195
[Beckenham, Lower Sydenham]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 24 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£175
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


A handsome chart of Carlingford Lough on Ireland’s east coast. Embellished with decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Two views, above and below map show views of the land from the sea. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ‘Hydrographer to the King’ before ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 42.5 / 12½ x 16½

£295
[Central section of the floor].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is an unusual example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. The print shows a central ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 33.5 / 18½ x 13

£275
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Chart of the coast of Wales with north to the left, soundings and rhumb lines. Five silhouetees of ladnforms from the sea along top edge. Ornate dedicatory cartouche at lower left to ‘Sr Cloudesley Shovell ... . Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ‘Hydrographer to ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½

£195
[Crystal Palace]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 23 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, adminstrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£195
[Crystal Palace]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 23 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£245
[Dulwich] Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 19 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£500
[East Coast of England].
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Sea chart of east coast of England. The map is very busy with rhumblines and soundings, compass point with north to right, decorated dedicatory cartoushe at lower right to ‘SR Ralph de la Valk, Vice Admiral of the Red... .Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½

£550
[ENGLISH CHANNEL].
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Detailed sea chart of the northern part of the English channel, from Kent to Norfolk, from Calais to Frisland, showing sandbanks, soundings, rhumb lines. Dedicatory cartouche at lower right on sea shell held aloft by sea nymphs. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 44.5 / 22½ x 17½

£500
[FIRTH OF FORTH].
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Sea chart of the Firth of Forth, showing the coast from Dunbar to St, Andrews. Soundings, rhumblines. Inset map of coast from St. Abb’s Head to Berwick. Dedicatory cartouche at top left, decorated with spears, bannersmermaids and seamonsters, with scale in English miles below. The Great Britain ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56.5 x 45 / 22 x 17½

£180
[Fragments of frieze].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville.This print shows fragments of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 44 / 14½ x 17½

£245
[Hampstead, Golders Green, Cricklewood]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 1 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£495
[Holland Park, Kensington, Notting Hill and Bayswater]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 9 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£265
[Hoxton, Canonbury and Hackney]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 7 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£400
[LAND’S END AND THE SCILLY ISLES].
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


This sea chart shows the south western tip of Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, and the sea to the south. Dedicatory cartouche to ‘the Hon. the Governor, deputy Govornor and Committees of the East India Company ...’ Rhumb lines and soundings. .The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56.5 x 44.5 / 22 x 17½

£375
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Clear chart of Leith Harbour, Edinburgh, with an inset ‘prospect of Leith from the East’ at top right. Soundings and ships at sea. North to lower edge of map. Arms of Leith at top left, decorated dedicatory cartouche left of centre.Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 44.5 / 22½ x 17½

£400
[Lerwick Harbour, Shetland].
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Attractive chart of the Shetland coast around the capital, Lerwick, with soundings, rhumb lines, ship at sea, and at lower right a dedicatory cartouche to ‘Daniel Earl of Nottingham’. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ‘Hydrographer to the King’ before the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½

£195
[Lewisham]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 20 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£295
[Limehouse, Poplar, West India Docks]. Stanford’s Library map of  LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 12 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£195
[Maida Vale, Kilburn and St. John’s Wood]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 5 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£200
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MERIAN, Matthew


Beautiful town plan of Mainz in the seventeenth century, showing all the main buildings (listed at lower right). This town plan was one of many engravings originally published in Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum that were incorporated into later editions of Gottfried’s chronicles.

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 26.5 / 14 x 10½

£250
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Sea chart of the channel between Anglesey and the mainland, with an inset close up the treachorous northern end, soundings, reefs and rhumb lines, north to bottom of map, decorated dedicatory cartouche at top centre. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 44.5 / 22½ x 17½

£400
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Chart of the Moray Firth in NE Scotland, with soundings and rhumblines. North to right of map.Dedicatory cartouche to Lord Viscount Torbat at top right. Captain Greenvile Collins was an outstanding naval officer who became ‘Hydrographer to the King’ before the Coasting Pilot was published. The ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½

£550
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Chart of mouth of the River Tyne with soundings up river to Newcastle. North to the left of map.There are two inset maps- along left edge there is an inset of the coast south to the Wear Estuary and at top right the coast north to Blyth Harbour is shown. Right of centre there is a decorated ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½

£350
[Part of centre of  floor]
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows various figures ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

£350
[Part of centre of  floor].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows part of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 35 / 18½ x 14

£350
[Part of end section of  floor]
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows the part of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

£405
[Part of the floor]
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of the mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows in immaculate ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

£405
[Part of the floor].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville.This print shows four of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

£405
[Part of the floor].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows two of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 50 / 14 x 19½

£350
[Part of the floor].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows two roundels, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

£495
[Regent’s Park, Camden, Kentish Town]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 6 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£350
[Section of the mosaic].
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LABORDE, Alexandre


This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santponce near Seville.This print shows two of the roundels ...

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 36 / 19 x 14

£195
[Stoke Newington]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 3 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£345
[The City, Southwark and Wapping]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 11of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£345
[The City, Southwark and Wapping]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 11 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£500
[The Irish Sea].
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Sea chart showing the coast line of England and Wales from Land’s End to the Solway Firth, and the eastern coast of Ireland. Numerous soundings arounc coast, rhumblines, compass point at sea shows north to the right. Dedicatory cartouche to ‘SR Richard Rooth’ at right. Captain Greenvile Collins ...

Dimensions (W x H): 58.3 x 46 / 23 x 18

£450
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Chart of the coast of northwest England from the Mersey to the Solway Firth with adjacent coasts of Scotland and Wales, Isle of Man at upper centre. Compass point at centre shows north to the right of map. Soundings rhumb lines, ships at sea.Two inset coastal silhouettes at lower left. The Great ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 44 / 22 x 17½

£95
[Tooting, Streatham, Mitcham]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 22 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£195
[Victoria Park, Bow, Hackney Marsh]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 8 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, adminstrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£195
[Victoria Park, Bow, Hackney Marsh]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward


Sheet 8 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£295
[Walworth, Peckham, Camberwell]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 15 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 32 / 16½ x 12½

£295
[Wimbledon and Merton]. Stanford’s Library map of LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS.
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STANFORD, Edward.


Sheet 21 of Edward Stanford’s magnificent and meticulous 24 sheet map of London. According to Hyde, this was the first ‘thorough-going survey of the Metropolis since Greenwood’s in 1824-26.’ It includes a vast amount of detail; every house is marked, heights, omnibus routes, administrative ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 33 / 16½ x 13

£175
[Wind Rose].
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SANSON, Nicolas


Large compass rose showing the 32 wind directions. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise on globes. Nicolas Bion was a famous French ...

Dimensions (W x H): 12.5 x 17.5 / 5 x 7

£165
‘A Country Concert or an Evening Entertainment in Sussex’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 26 / 14 x 10

£120
‘CITIZENS Visiting the BASTILLE’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 35 / 10½ x 14

£145
‘Don’t be afraid of my bear, ladies and gentlemen’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 25 / 13½ x 10

£120
‘ELEMENTS OF SKATING. Making the most of a passing Friend, in a case of Emergency’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 26 / 14 x 10

£95
‘ELEMENTS OF SKATING. The Consequence of going before the Wind’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 25.5 / 14 x 10

£215
‘Here justice triumphs in his Elbow Chair.’
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HOGARTH, William


This print shows a pregnant woman pleading with a seated judge for the ‘rich old lecher’ at the centre of the print to provide security for her child. Twelve lines of text below the print explain the scene. The print was not published in Hogarth’s lifetime.

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 30.5 / 14½ x 12

£145
‘HINT DROPPING, OR SAPPING & MINING’
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 26.5 / 14½ x 10½

£50
‘PASSING a MUD CART. A LONDON NUISANCE 1’
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 27.5 / 8½ x 11

£95
‘President d’Administration Municiple’. French Habits. No.5
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 19.5 x 26 / 7½ x 10

£120
‘STATE - JUGGLERS’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 25.5 x 35 / 10 x 14

£145
‘TENDER ANNUALS’
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 29.5 / 15 x 11½

£145
‘THE APPARITION. A Cabinet Picture from the Downing St. Collection’
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 25 / 14 x 10

£120
‘The finishing Touch. La derniere ressource; or Van Buchells Garters’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 27.5 / 15 x 11

£120
‘The LOYAL TOAST’.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 37 / 10 x 14½

£120
‘Well what about that awful sniff you made yesterday.’
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HYNES, Edward


Original cartoon by the English wartime cartoonist, Edward S. Hynes. His cartoons were published in journals such as the London Opinion.


£900
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DOLLMAN, J.C.


Published as a supplement to the Graphic, April 5, 1878. Presented in handmade oak frame.

Dimensions (W x H): 103 x 37 / 40½ x 14½

£145
“L’Insurrection de l’Institut Amphibie.”
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 25.5 / 14 x 10

£165
3e. Ve.
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CASSAS, Louis Francois


Magnificent engraving showing four figures looking into an unexcavated ruin. The ruin is almost submerged in the ground and covered with vegetation. Louis-François Cassas’ Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½

£190
3e. Ve. No25.
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CASSAS, Louis Francois


This beautiful engraving shows an exploration at the entrance to an unexcavated building. Three men with a flaming torch descend into the dark interior while five guards, with guns and a flute idly stand guard outside. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 27 / 15 x 10½

£165
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 35 / 10 x 14

£600
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SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph


Magnificent map of New York State, just before Independence, showing the divisions and ownership of land in detail. The map is lithographed from the copperplate original, that was engraved and published by William Faden in 1779. ‘Sauthier's map of New York summarizes much of the British military ...

Dimensions (W x H): 70 x 95 / 27½ x 37½

£400
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Chart of Portland Bill, with sand banks -the Shambles and the Races- marked, and bearings showing how to avoid them, depth soundings, 16 point compass with rhumb lines shows north to the right of the map. Title at top centre with text underneath containing navigational information. Captain ...

Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 41 / 23 x 16

£300
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COLLINS, Capt. Greenvile


Attractive sea chart of the western coast of Kent from Dover Castle to North Foreland. Rhumb lines, sandbanks, soundings, and two coastal silhouettes around South Foreland on top edge of map. Title cartouche at top right and scale at lower left. The Great Britain Coasting Pilot was the result of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 42 / 21½ x 16½

£150
A Map of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND
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MOLL, Herman


Attractive map of the British Isles with an inset at top left of the Orkney, Shetland and Faroe Islands. Compass rose at sea. The map was published in the 1720 edition of The Magna Britannia, added to the county maps of Robert Morden.

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 17 / 10 x 6½

£195
A MAP OF ST. GILESS CRIPPLE GATE. WITHOUT. with Large Additions and Corrections.
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.2 x 28.2 / 14½ x 11

£120
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HARRIS, John


A delightful map showing the beacons of Kent, above which there is a view of a church called the ‘Reculvers in Kent’. Shield with dedication to Mr Richard Mount, ‘Citizen and Stationer of London Native of Kent’. Before accurate maps were available, people used to navigate by prominent landmarks ...

Dimensions (W x H): 27 x 34 / 10½ x 13½

£175
A MAP OF THE PARISH OF ST MARY ROTHERHITH the survey revised & corrected
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 30.4 / 14½ x 12

£195
A MAP OF THE PARISH OF ST MARY WHITE CHAPPEL
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27.5 / 14 x 11

£95
A MAPP of LIMESTREET WARD Taken from ye last Survey & Corrected
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 17.7 x 31.3 / 7 x 12½

£275
A MAPP of the PARISH OF St GILES’S IN THE FIELDS TAKEN FROM THE LAST SURVEY, WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 30.4 / 14½ x 12

£175
A MAPP of the Parish of St. MARTINS in the FIELDS, taken from ye last Survey, with Additions
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 30 x 36.5 / 12 x 14½

£120
A MAPP of the Parsish of ST. ANNS. Taken from the last Survey, with Corrections, and Additions.
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 18.6 x 32 / 7½ x 12½

£145
A New and Correct PLAN of LIMESTREET WARD with its DIVISION into PARISHES according to a NEW Survey
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

£160
A New Map of the Rivers & Sea Coasts of England.
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MOLL, Herman


Attractive map of England and Wales, showing the counties and rivers. The map was published in the 1720 edition of The Magna Britannia, added to the county maps of Robert Morden.

Dimensions (W x H): 28.5 x 28.5 / 11 x 11

£220
A new way to pay the NATIONAL-DEBT, Dedicated to Mons.r. Necker.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 39 / 20½ x 15½

£400
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Beautiful engraving of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, Cathedral Church of Florence and the procession outside. Laurie and Whittle carried on business from about 1790, taking over the stock of Robert Sayer's publishing house in 1792-93.

Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 29.5 / 17½ x 11½

£475
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Beautiful view of the city and bay of Naples. Boats float in the harbour in the foreground, Mount Vesuvius can be seen in the background. Laurie and Whittle carried on business from about 1790, taking over the stock of Robert Sayer's publishing house in 1792-93.

Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 26 / 15½ x 10

£500
A Perspective View of the City of Venice. Vue Perspective de la Ville de Venise
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Magnificent view of the Venetian Lagoon islands. Laurie and Whittle carried on business from about 1790, taking over the stock of Robert Sayer's publishing house in 1792-93.

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 28 / 16½ x 11

£145
A Plumper for Paul! or The Little Taylor done over!
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 24.5 / 14 x 9½

£6500
A PROSPECT of the CITY of LONDON.
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KIP, Johannes


This wonderful panorama is from the Nouveau théâtre de la Grand Bretagne, by Johannes Kip. The set of five volumes is celebrated for its survey of the country house during the Augustinian age, as recorded in the series of plates engraved by Kip himself. This ‘flourishing period of restoration, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 134 x 62 / 53 x 24½

£75
A Rake’s  Progress. The Arrest.
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HOGARTH, William


Plate IV. A Rake’s Progress tells the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self-destruction after inheriting a fortune from his miserly father. It was Hogarth's second 'modern moral subject', and followed the hugely successful A Harlot's Progress.

Dimensions (W x H): 41.5 x 35 / 16½ x 14

£95
A Rake’s  Progress. The Prison.
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HOGARTH, William


Plate VII. A Rake’s Progress tells the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who follows a path of vice and self-destruction after inheriting a fortune from his miserly father. It was Hogarth's second 'modern moral subject', and followed the hugely successful A Harlot's Progress.

Dimensions (W x H): 41.5 x 35 / 16½ x 14

£475
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Beautiful view of Roterdam. Laurie and Whittle carried on business from about 1790, taking over the stock of Robert Sayer's publishing house in 1792-93.

Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 26 / 15½ x 10

£120
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Alexander, William


William Alexander was an English artist who was attached to Lord MacCartney’s expedition to China. The marvellous work he produced was published in George Staunton’s Account of the expedition.

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 24.5 / 14 x 9½

£395
A VIEW of the THEATRE, PRINTING HOUSE, &c.
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SKELTON, J. after DAYES, E.


A fine engraving showing the Sheldonian Theatre and the Clarendon Printing House in Oxford. Skelton began publishing parts to this work from 1818 but it was not until 1820 that the project was completed.

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 37 / 19½ x 14½

£1000
a. Chrysanthemum Indicum seu flos minimius. b.Chrysanthemum Indicum flos solis minor.
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EHRET, George
/ WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm


Beautiful print of two sunflowers. One of a stunning collection of tulips, poppies, lilies and sunflowers from Weinmann’s Phytanthoza Iconographia. This series was printed in colour and hand finished, and is one of the earliest examples of colour printing. It is also the first published ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½

£245
A. The Emperiall palace where the presents were received.
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29.5 / 14 x 11½

£110
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HONDIUS, Jodocus & JANSSON, Jan


In 1604 Hondius bought the plates of Gerard Mercator’s atlas, added about 40 maps to Mercator’s original number, and from 1606 published enlarged editions in many languages still under Mercator’s name, but with his own name as publisher. These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20 x 14.5 / 8 x 5½

£195
Aethiopum e Mocambyque et conterminis regionibus ico quarum alij Christian alij Gentiles verum major pars Maurituii vocant ...
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van


Attractive print of four Africans. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de Mer’ and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

£240
Afgod SEKIA. The Idoll Sekia.
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This fascinating copperplate engraving comes from a famous work originally published in Dutch by the trade diplomat Jan Nieuhoff, but translated into English by the British mapmaker and publisher John Ogilby. The images provide a document of early western contact with China and come from the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 29 / 14 x 11½

£45
AFRICA
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Maps -> Africa ->
Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 32.7 / 15½ x 13

£145
AFRIQUE ou LIBIE ulterieure ou sont LE SAARA ou DESERT, LE PAYS DES NEGRES LA GUINEE &c.
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SANSON, Nicolas


Attractive map of northwest Africa, from Morocco to the Congo, and east as far as Nubia. Much of the charm of early maps of Africa lies in how they show the interior of the continent, which was not explored until the 19th century. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 29 x 17 / 11½ x 6½

£195
Agricola Indus Canaryn dictus.
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van


Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

£150
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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van


Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

£450
Album de Sem
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SEM (Georges Goursat)


Georges Goursat SEM (1863-1934) attained a high level of success with his wonderful portrayals of Paris at the turn of the century. This outstanding caricaturist was a member of the Salon des Humoristes and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works offer us glimpses into Parisian high society ...

Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 51.5 / 22 x 20½

£175
ALDERSGATE WARD with its DIVISIONS into PRECINCTS AND PARISHES and the Liberty of St Martins le Grand, according to a NEW SURVEY.
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38.5 x 24.5 / 15 x 9½

£145
ALDGATE WARD with its Division into Parishes. Taken from the last Survey, with Corrections & Additions
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 18.5 x 31.2 / 7½ x 12½

£145
ALDGATE WARD with its divisions into Precincts and Prishes according to a NEW SURVEY
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John Stow’s, A Survey of London, was first published in 1598, with a second edition following in 1603. Stow’s most famous work, it is an evocative ‘perambulation’ of the streets of the Tudor capital, which forms the main framework of the book. The huge growth of the metropolis, the devastation ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 24.5 / 15 x 9½

£220
ALECTO and her Train, at the Gate of Pandemonuim; or The Recruiting Sarjeant enlisting JOHN-BULL, into the Revolution Service.
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GILLRAY, James.


James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 44 x 37.5 / 17½ x 15

£1200
ALEXANDRE LE GRAND
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These beautiful copper engravings come from the Collection coloriee des plus belles varieetes de Tulipes in Pierre Buchoz's supplement to the work Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, & de tout l'Ouvrage. Published 1781 Buchoz was born in Metz and initially recieved instruction as a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 33 / 8 x 13

£120
ALGERIA (L’ALGÉRIE)
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JOHNSON, J Hugh


A detailed map of Algeria with two round inset maps of ORAN AND ENVIRONS and CONSTANTINE AND ENVIRONS in the bottom corners as well as an inset map of ALGIERS AND ENVIRONS in-between them. Fullarton's Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 41.5 / 20½ x 16½

£235
ALHAMA.
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HOEFNAGEL, George.


Alhama is a pretty, ancient spa town near Granada. This dramatic engraving, as seen from a nearby hilltop, shows the town perched above the Rio Alham in rolling countryside, while in the foreground, travellers wend their way on the hilly road from Granada. At the bottom of the hill is a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 45 x 34 / 17½ x 13½

£275
Alhambra from the Alameda del Darro.
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VIVIAN, George


George Vivian (1798-1873), draughtsman and painter from London, travelled through Spain and Portugal making sketches of many old buildings and towns. On his return Vivian made the drawings famous publishing a collection of lithographs under the title "Scenery of Portugal & Spain". The work consists ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 27.5 / 15 x 11

£220
ALLEMAGNE.
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SANSON, Nicolas


Map of Germany divided into regions, which at the time extended over much of the Low Countries. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 18.5 / 9½ x 7½

£220
ANATOLIE.
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SANSON, Nicolas


Attractive map of Turkey, title cartouche at top right. Maps by Sanson in original colour are rare. Nicolas Sanson was founder of the French school of mapmakers, at a time when the leadership in European cartography passed from the Low Countries to France. This map was published in Bion’s treatise ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 18 / 9 x 7

£85
ANCIENT AFRICA OR LIBYA PART 1.
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Maps -> Africa ->
Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½

£85
ANCIENT AFRICA OR LIBYA PART 11.
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Maps -> Africa ->
Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 31.5 / 15½ x 12½

£60
ANCIENT BRITAIN I
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Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 29 / 14½ x 11½

£65
ANCIENT BRITAIN II
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Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 34 / 11 x 13½

£75
ANCIENT EGYPT
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Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 29 / 14½ x 11½

£95
ANCIENT GREECE. NORTHERN PART
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Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 32.5 / 16 x 13

£145
ANCIENT GREECE. SOUTHERN PART.
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Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in 1827 by John, Earl Russell and Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England. The Society published books that were deemed to be of high educational worth but ...

Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 32 / 15½ x 12½

£195
ANCIENT MACEDONIA, THRACIA, ILLYRIA, MOESIA AND DACIA.
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Benevolent societies with the intention to disseminate knowledge were a distinguishing feature of the Victorian age. SDUK was founded in