Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 23.5 / 12½ x 9½

Signed Artist’s India Proof of Edward, Prince of Wales later to become Edward VII, standing, in a bowler hat, smoking a cigar in a country lane.

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 60 / 14½ x 23½

St Paul’s Church, and Covent Garden, whish was then an open piazza, are at the centre of this attractive map, Drury Lane and the Royal Opera House were not yet built, but the street pattern is relatively unchanged. Title at top centre. North to lower right

Dimensions (W x H): 18.5 x 31.5 / 7½ x 12½

An attractive map/bird’s eye view of Algiers showing the city walls, the moat, outlying forts and settlements, by Matthew Merian. Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt where he met and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35 x 22 / 14 x 8½

This map is a reduced version of the one Merian engraved for Johann Ludwig Gottfried in 1631. It is one of many derivative maps of the Jodocus Hondius, 1618. One noticeable difference is the altered perspective of the inset map of Greenland. Matthew Merian was not only a publisher, but an ...

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

An attractive map/bird’s eye view of the city of Santo Domingo, capital of the Domincan republic by Matthew Merian. Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he spent most of his life in Frankfurt where he met and married Theodore ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 19.5 / 13 x 7½

This map is a reduced version of Blaeu’s 1635 map of the same title, with some noteable differences. Merian has place his cartouche at lower left allowing more detail on the Chinese mainland and there are no rhumb lines for example, but the area covered and the level of detail is the same Matthew ...

Dimensions (W x H): 35.5 x 27 / 14 x 10½

Bird’s eye view of the Belgian town of Liege, as it was in the mid seventeenth century, showing all its streets, buildings waterways, and l surrounding fields. The view was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later incorporated into Gottfried’s Archontoligica. Born in Basel, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37.5 x 29 / 15 x 11½

Magnificent map of London. Ornate border and cartouches. Showing London as it was in the Reign of Henry VIII. Extends North to South from Clerkenwell to Southwark and East to West from Brick Lane toCovent Garden. Index on left and right.

Dimensions (W x H): 140.5 x 105 / 55½ x 41½

Fine engraving of two old London schools. Merchant Taylor’s School stood in Suffolk Lane in the City until 1875. St Pauls’ school stood opposite to St Paul’s cathedral until it was moved to Hammersmith in 1884. The building shown in this engraving was built in 1670 and was replaced in 1822

Dimensions (W x H): 23.5 x 37 / 9½ x 14½

Impressive panorama of Rome showing every street and important building within the city walls. North to the left. The River Tiber flows across from left to right, the Vatican at lower left, the Coliseum to right of centre. The plan was originally published by Merian in his Topographia, and later ...

Dimensions (W x H): 69 x 23.5 / 27 x 9½

Map of the Bay de Todos os Sanctos in Bahia, Brazil showing the location of Salvador and other settlements. An inset map at lower left shows the city of Salvador, now a World Heritage Site. Matthew Merian was not only a publisher, but an accomplished engraver in his own right. Born in Basel, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 29.5 / 15 x 11½

Spectacular view of mid-nineteenth century Istanbul, from Galata looking across to the Seraglio Point and the centre of the city, with Scutari beyond, and the Bridge of Boats in the lower right. Sailing ships and paddle steamers are shown in the Golden Horn. A rare and splendid lithograph engraved ...

Dimensions (W x H): 68.5 x 41 / 27 x 16