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[Before and After]
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A handsome pair of prints, showing before and after scenes of a seduction.‘ ... Said to have been commissioned by "a certain vicious nobleman", the pictures contain an element of moralising in that the man in After looks somewhat dazed and unhappy despite his lustful conquest. Hogarth listened to ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 43 / 13 x 17

£95
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Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 64 / 19½ x 25

£195
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HOGARTH, WILLIAM


Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

£120
August - Coaching
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NICHOLSON, William


From Nicholson’s popular sporting almanac, February’s entry features Coursing in the artist’s striking style. Words on the back are taken from Rudyard Kipling “Verses on Games” written for the almanac read “The Pious Horse to church may trot. A maid may work a man’s salvation. Four horses and a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 25.4 / 8½ x 10

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HOGARTH, William


Thomas Bambridge was a warder at the Fleet prison who was tried for cruelty to prisoners. In this print, a pitiable prisoner kneels in front of a committee of bewigged gentlemen. Bambridge is to the left of the print. Hogarth’s father was imprisoned in the Fleet prison for debt, which made him ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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William Hogarth


Price is for the pair.

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 64 / 19 x 25

£420
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Thomas Cook engraved this after Hogarth, as illustrations in "Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth". Published in 1806. The price is for the pair.

Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 42 / 16 x 16½

£245
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HOGARTH,William


3 plates.

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

£200
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William Hogarth


Classical Hogarth satirical and critical depiction of a group of man drinking, surrounded by bottles and implements.

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

£175
February - Coursing - An Almanac of Twelve Sports
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NICHOLSON, William


From Nicholson’s popular sporting almanac, February’s entry features Coursing in the artist’s striking style. Words on the back are taken from Rudyard Kipling “Verses on Games” written for the almanac read “Most men harry the world for fun - Each man seeks it a different way / But “of all daft ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.3 x 25.3 / 9 x 10

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Hudibras is a mock heroic narrative poem from the 17th century written by Samuel Butler. The work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was written in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678 although an ...

Dimensions (W x H): 48.5 x 64 / 19 x 25

£215
MARCH  to FINCHLEY.
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This magnificent print shows a chaotic street scene with the bleary-eyed King’s Guards being rounded up after nights of debauchery, in September 1745. They are about to defend Londond from Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 41 / 21½ x 16

£175
March - Racing - An Almanac of Twelve Sports
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NICHOLSON, William


From Nicholson’s popular sporting almanac, March’s entry features horse racing in the artist’s striking style. Words on the back are taken from Rudyard Kipling “Verses on Games” written for the almanac read “Racing. The horse is ridden - the jockey rides- The backers back - the owners own ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 25 / 8½ x 10

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HOGARTH,WILLIAM


Martin Folkes, (1690-1754), English antiquary, President of the Royal Society from 1741, replacing Sir Hans Sloane.

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 64 / 18 x 25

£250
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the IIId.
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HOGARTH, William


This magnificent print shows the famous actor, David Garrick acting Richard the Third, the role that made him famous. He is pictured here in the famous tent scene before the Battle of Bosworth, haunted by the ghosts of all those he had murdered. His body is sprawled out along a serpentine curve, a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 40 / 21 x 15½

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William Hogarth


The scene in this mock ticket is set in the Royal Cockpit in Birdcage Walk near St James’s Park. Cockfighting was a popular sport enjoyed by men from all levels of society. In the centre the figure of the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie presides over the fight, taking bets.

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19

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Classical Hogarth of ladies playing cards at a table whilst a priest warms his hands by the fire and a costumed two faced lady speaks to gentlemen on either side. Mask in hand, new arrivals are welcomed..

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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Hogarth, William


Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

£195
Southwark Fair.
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HOGARTH,WILLIAM


Southwark Fair was the second most renowned, or perhaps notorious, in London, after Bartholomew Fair. Held in September it started as a market and became increasingly a place of entertainment. In 1762 it was abolished as the so-called theatres and drinking dens had become centres of vice, and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 39 / 21½ x 15½

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William Hogarth


Taste in High Life is based upon a 1742 painting by William Hogarth. In the early 1800's Boydell acquired Hogarth's original engraved plates and printed a posthumous edition from them. He also commissioned artists to engrave several further plates after Hogarth's most famous paintings. Taste in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 47.3 / 25 x 18½

£300
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HOGARTH, William


'I now offer to the public a short essay, accompanied with two explanatory prints, in which I shall endeavour to shew what the principles are in nature, by which we are directed to call the forms of some bodies beautiful, others ugly'. This is the opening sentence on William Hogarth's essay on ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

£600
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HOGARTH, William


The four plates in this set depict four stages of the election of a country MP. Plate 1, An Election Entertainment’, shows a drunken pre-election party. Plate 2, ‘Canvassing for votes’, shows canvassing in the street. Plate 3,’ The Polling’, shows chaotic scenes at the poll, and plate 4, ‘Chairing ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19

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HOGARTH, W


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Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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William Hogarth


The Politician is based upon one of William Hogarth's sketches. It was first published in 1775 by his widow, Mrs. Jane Hogarth. This impression originates from the Heath edition, published in 1822. It is reported that the subject of this satirical etching is Hogarth's shortsighted friend, Ebenezer ...

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 64 / 19½ x 25

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HOGARTH, W


Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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The eight scenes tell 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 (1730). In an advertisement ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

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HOGARTH, William


Representing a scene in the House of Commons, the print shows portraits of Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow (Speaker), Sir Robert Walpole ('Prime Minister'), Sidney Godolphin esq. (Father of the House), Colonel Onslow, Sir JamesThornhill, Sir Joseph Jekyll, Edward Stables esq. (Clerk to the House), and Mr. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 64 / 19½ x 25

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Hogarth, William


This engraving depicts a fully robed Judge at his desk surrounded by lawyers and maidens one prominently pregnant and a child playing with a dog. Extended rhyming ditty at base : 'Here Justice triumphs in his Elbow Chair . . . His Office Shelves and Parish Laws are graced. . . '

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 49 / 25 x 19½

£195
William Par, Marquis of Northampton.
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HOLBEIN, Hans


Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 25 x 37 / 10 x 14½

£245
William Sharinton.
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HOLBEIN, Hans


Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs.

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33 / 9 x 13

£175
William Sharinton.
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HOLBEIN, Hans


Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½

£300
THE ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY.
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HOGARTH, William


'I now offer to the public a short essay, accompanied with two explanatory prints, in which I shall endeavour to shew what the principles are in nature, by which we are directed to call the forms of some bodies beautiful, others ugly'. This is the opening sentence on William Hogarth's essay on ...

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 38 / 19½ x 15

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NOLIN, Jean Baptiste I


A detailed map of old and new Castille and Estremadura. Nolin was a French geographer, publisher and engraver who, after training under Poilly, began specialising in geographical works becoming ‘geographe du duc d’Orleans’ in 1694, and ‘geographe du roi’ in 1701.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 44.5 / 21½ x 17½

£400
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SWEERT, Emanuel


Beautiful plate of four varieties of Iris, showing the whole plant from root to flower. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£195
[Hitler and Eisenhower].
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Wicked caricatures of Hitler and Eisenhower. Hitler is dressed as a Chicago style gangster, in a trilby, double breasted jacket and tie, Eisenhower in a military cap and jacket. This looks like a working proof: On the rear of this unique World War Two cartoon, sketches can be seen through the linen ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42.5 x 35 / 16½ x 14

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[Palestine]
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FULLER, Thomas


Decorative map of Palestine from the time of Abraham. Text on Latin at right above decorated scale. Compass point at sea. Arms of ‘Eduardo Benlossio’ at top left. Biblical scenes represented on map. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 28 / 12½ x 11

£145
[POLAND].
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BONNE, Rigobert


This clear and detailed map covers much of North West Germany, and Poland. Although much of Bonne’s work was concerned with maritime charts, he issued other works, often including work by other cartographers.

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 29.5 / 19 x 11½

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[The Distressed Poet]  ‘Studious he sate, with all his books around, sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound’.
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HOGARTH, William


This print shows a despairing writer at his desk in his flat writing for ‘Grub Street’. The print is possibly about Hogarth’s father, who became a hackwriter before being imprisoned for debt. Below the print are four lines from Pope’s Dunciad.

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 36 / 16 x 14

£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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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
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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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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

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‘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

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“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

£435
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SWEERT, Emanuel


Beautiful print of six different species of hyacinth, showing the whole plant from bulb to flowering head. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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GOOSSEN, A.


The wonderful print is from a Dutch work on hardy bulbous plants, “Florilegium Harlemense”, first edited in the Netherlands in 1901. The book belongs to the finest botanical works of its time, and it is beautifully decorated by a famous Brussels flower painter A. Goossen.

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

£435
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SWEERT, Emanuel


Beautiful print of three varieties of iris, showing the whole plant, from bulb to flowering head. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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BREWER, Henry William


This impressive panorama is taken from above the Houses of Parliament, looking west. It shows Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and The Albert Hall in the distance. Oxford was the birthplace of Henry William Brewer, although he spent most of his life in North Kensington. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 112 x 44.5 / 44 x 17½

£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

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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

£95
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RAPKIN, J


A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border

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

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RAPKIN, J


A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border.

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

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A Correct Chart of HISPANIOLA with the Windward Passage
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PRICE, C


Detailed Chart of Hispaniola. Compass points, rhumb lines. The map was drawn in 1702, when Price worked with Seller in Wapping. Ref: Tooley, Maps and Mapmaking p61

Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 46.5 / 23 x 18½

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A CORRECT MAP of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE including all the countries possessed by, or Tributary to the TURKS in Europe Asia & Africa
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BOWEN, Emanuel


Like many of Bowen’s maps, this map contains many topographical and historical notes. Bowen was one of the most successful and celebrated mapmakers of his time, yet died poor and nearly blind

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 31 / 16 x 12

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A GENERAL MAP OF THE RIVER SANAGA OR SENEGAL FROM THE FALLS OF GOVINA TO THE OCEAN; TAKEN BY A FRENCH ENGINEER IN 1718, & DRAWN BY THE ST. ANVILLE, FROM YE PARTICULAR DRAUGHTS.
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d’Anville


Main map has 2 insets: Location of Fort St Joseph; Plan of Fort St Joseph (slave booths marked). 2 additional inset maps: Map of ye entrance of the Sanaga or Senegal; Island of Sanaga, Senegal or St Louis.

Dimensions (W x H): 41.5 x 28.5 / 16½ x 11

£400
A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens
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WALE, J.


Vauxhall Gardens was one of the places to see and be seen in eighteenth century London. This splendid bird’s eye view shows the whole gardens, from the entrance looking south, with the fashionable promenading down the main avenues, while more informal groups gather on the lesser avenues

Dimensions (W x H): 39.5 x 28 / 15½ x 11

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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

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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

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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

£500
A New and Accurate Map of ASIA.
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BOWEN, Emmanuel.


Handsome map of the whole of Asia, accurate apart from the unexplored north eastern coast. Attractive title cartouche at lower left. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was cartographer to both the French and English Royal ...

Dimensions (W x H): 42 x 35 / 16½ x 14

£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

£450
A New Chart of the WORLD on Mercator’s Projection: exhibiting the tracks & discoveries of the most eminent navigator’s to the present period.
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CARY, John.


Clear and accurate map of the early nineteenth-century world, coloured by continent. Showing the routes of Cook, La Perouse, Gore and Vancouver. Title at lower centre. Short notes on map. e.g. (north of Siberia): ‘At this place was found a kettle and cleft pieces of wood.’ John Cary was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 45.5 / 20 x 18

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A New Map of  AMERICA from the latest Authorities.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of the Americas in the early nineteenth century. The coastline is accurately depicted apart from the unexplored north-west passage. The map is coloured by country, which shows the United States (green) ending at the Mississipi, and the territory to the west (yellow) merging ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

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A NEW MAP of  NORTH AMERICA from the latest Authorities.
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CARY, John.


Beautiful map of North America showing just above the Arctic Circle in the north, to Nicaragua in the south. The United States are shown up to the border of the Mississipi, west of that has sparse detail apart from the west coast, and the Rockies or ‘Stony Mountains’. John Cary was considered ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£285
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of the British Isles in the early nineteenth century, coloured by county. Inset map of the Shetland Islands at upper left. Three scales at lower left, title at top right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£295
A New Map of AFRICA from the latest Authorities.
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CARY, John


This early nineteenth century map of Africa is notable for its accuracy and restraint; the unknown interior is left blank. Earlier mapmakers often went overboard when making maps of ‘dark amd mysterious Africa’, filling it with all sorts of imaginary lakes and other features. Nevertheless, with its ...

Dimensions (W x H): 53 x 47 / 21 x 18½

£350
A NEW MAP OF AMERICA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of the Americas in the early nineteenth century. The coastline is accurately depicted apart from the unexplored north-west passage. The map is coloured by country, which shows the United States (green) ending at the Mississipi, and the territory to the west (yellow) merging ...

Dimensions (W x H): 59 x 51 / 23 x 20

£600
A New Map of ARABIA including EGYPT, ABYSSINIA AND THE RED SEA  &c.&c. from the latest Authorities.
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CARY, John.


Beautiful map of the southern Middle East covering the area from Israel to Ethiopia, and Egypt to the Iranian coast. The provinces of Ethiopia are shown in considerable detail. Four scales. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 46 / 20 x 18

£245
A NEW MAP OF BRITISH ISLES FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of the British Isles in the early nineteenth century, coloured by county. Inset map of the Shetland Islands at upper left. Three scales at lower left, title at top right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£450
A NEW MAP OF CANADA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John.


Attractive map of Canada. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy of touch'. When the Ordnance Survey began accurately mapping the UK, they ...

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 51.5 / 23½ x 20½

£395
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Maps -> Asia -> China
CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century China, coloured by province, also showing rivers, routes and towns. Four scales at lower left, title at lower right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£450
A NEW MAP OF CHINA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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Maps -> Asia -> China
CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century China, coloured by province, also showing rivers, routes and towns. Four scales at lower left, title at lower right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 51 / 22½ x 20

£320
A NEW MAP OF CHINESE AND INDEPENDENT TARTARY FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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Maps -> Asia -> China
CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of the two states of Tartary. Three scales at lower right, title at top centre. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy ...

Dimensions (W x H): 50 x 46 / 19½ x 18

£220
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of the two states of Tartary, Three scales at lower right, title at top centre. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£195
A NEW MAP OF EGYPT, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century Egypt. Inset map of the Nile Delta. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy of touch'. When ...

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 51 / 23½ x 20

£165
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century England and Wales. Two scales and title at top right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£175
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century England and Wales. Two scales and title at top right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£150
A NEW MAP OF FRANCE AGREEABLE to its DIVISION into PROVINCES, As Previous to the Revolution FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century France, coloured by province. Three scales at lower left, below the title. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear ...

Dimensions (W x H): 59.5 x 51 / 23½ x 20

£145
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century France, coloured by department, Three scales at lower left, below the title. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£175
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century France, coloured by department, Three scales at lower left, below the title. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£150
A NEW MAP OF FRANCE, DIVIDED  into DEPARTMENTS, as decreed by the NATIONAL ASSEMBY MDCCXC. FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century France, coloured by department, Three scales at lower left, below the title. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear ...

Dimensions (W x H): 54 x 50 / 21½ x 19½

£320
A NEW MAP OF NOVA SCOTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND &c. FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John.


A fine map of Nova Scotia showing Prince Edward Island, part of New Brunswick and New Foundland. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£850
A New Map of Part of the UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, containing the Carolinas and Georgia also the Floridas and part of the Bahama Islands.
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CARY, John.


Beautiful map of southern part of early nineteenth-century United States, when the Mississippi formed the western border. It shows the extent of development in the South at the time; an interesting detail is the native-American lands of western Georgia (present day Mississippi and Alabama). John ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£600
A New Map of Part of the UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. exhibiting the Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia &c.
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CARY, John.


Beautiful and detailed map of the north-western part of the United States, from the Great Lakes in the north to Tennessee border, and from the Mississippi to Chesapeake Bay. Indian territories are marked. Numerous little notes, historical and geographical, add to this map’s charm; e.g. ‘Here the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£245
A NEW MAP OF PERSIA FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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Maps -> Asia -> Iran
CARY, John.


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century Persia, coloured by province, showing rivers, mountain ranges, routes and towns. Four scales at lower left, title at top right. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers'. Tooley says, 'As an ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£300
A NEW MAP OF PIEDMONT, THE DUCHIES  OF SAVOY AND MILAN; AND THE REPUBLIC OF GENOA; WITH THEIR SUBDIVISIONS. FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century Piedmont, coloured by region. Piedmont covered the borderlands between France and Italy, an area roughly bounded by Geneva, Nice, Milan and Genoa. Five scales at lower right, title at lower left. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

£275
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CARY, John


Clear and accurate map of early nineteenth century Piedmont, coloured by region. Piedmont covered the borderlands between France and Italy, an area roughly bounded by Geneva, Nice, Milan and Genoa. Five scales at lower right, title at lower left. John Cary was considered 'the most representative, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£420
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CARY, John


Beautiful map of South America, in two parts. The dimension given are for each part. The map shows the state of exploration at the time, with large areas of the Amazon Basin and Patagonia unexplored, and a large non-existent lake- ‘Lake Parima’ in Spanish Guiana. Nevertheless, this map is both ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 45 / 20½ x 17½

£420
A New Map of SOUTH AMERICA. From the Latest Authorities.
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CARY, John


Beautiful map of South America, in two parts. The dimensions given are for each part. The map shows the state of exploration at the time, with large areas of the Amazon Basin and Patagonia unexplored, and a large non-existent lake- ‘Lake Parima’ in Spanish Guiana. Nevertheless, this map is both ...

Dimensions (W x H): 52 x 45 / 20½ x 17½

£300
A NEW MAP OF THE UNITED PROVINCES &c
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CARY, John.


A fine detailed map of The Netherlands with title on top left and scales below. John Cary is considered by some to be the finest of English cartographers. His maps, although not the most decorative, appeal for their clarity, detail and the precision of engraving. When the Ordnance Survey began ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 46 / 20½ x 18

£795
A New Map of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA From the Latest Authorities.
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CARY, John.


John Cary’s map of the United States at the beginning of the nineteenth-century, when the the Mississippi was the western border. The state borders are more or less the same as today, except for ‘The Western Territory’, which stretched from Kentucky to Lake Superior, including Illinois, Ohio, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 50.5 x 45 / 20 x 17½

£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

£250
A PLAN of the CITY and LIBERTIES of LONDON after the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666.  The Blank Part whereof represents the Ruins and Extent of the Fire & the Perspective that left standing.
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MAITLAND, William


A map of the City of London and its surrounds, designed to show the vast extent of the Great Fire of 1666. The excised detail leaves a good clear outline of the streets of the seventeenth century city and the principal sites and buildings are given in keyed indices. The map was based by Bowen on an ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 20 / 13 x 8

£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

£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

£9750
A Village on a Hill.
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LOWRY L.S.


No. 71 of 75. Signed lower left in red felt tip by L. S. Lowry. 'A Village on a Hill' together with 'A Street full of People' are Lowry’s first and largest works in lithography.

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 97.5 / 25 x 38½

£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

£195
Acipenser Huso.
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[BLOCH, Marcus] KRUGER


Marcus Éliéser Bloch was born in 1723 in Anspach. He spent the earlier part of his career as a physician, studying intestinal worms. It was not until the age of 57, that Bloch turned to the study of fish, and set himself the task of providing full descriptions and illustrations of the species known ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 19 / 14½ x 7½

£195
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FULLER, Thomas


Egypt fairly fancifully represented. Decorative cartouche. Various biblical scenes on map. Arms of Henrico Nevile at lower left. “From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 28 / 13 x 11

£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

£165
Alban Hall.
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F.Mackenzie
/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf


According to Abbey (280), the first state. Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. The exquisite aquatints from this work are much sought after.

Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ 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

£195
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Maps -> Europe ->
DELISLE, Guillaume


Dimensions (W x H): 84 x 47 / 33 x 18½