A rare map of Elizabethan London with a prospect after the Great Fire of 1666
A Plan of London as in Q. Elizabeths Days.
London, John Bowles, c.1740. 375 x 570mm.
£2,000.00
1 in stock
x
Question About This Item?
A rare map of Elizabethan London with a prospect after the Great Fire of 1666 & BOWLES, Thomas.Stock #: 25942"*" indicates required fields
Add to Wishlist
Export as PDFEnquireSimilar to Sell?Add to Wishlist
Description
An unusual map, engraved by Thomas Bowles, derived from the so-called 'Agas' type map, but with added insets of important buildings, including the Royal Exchange. the West Front of the old St Paul's Cathedral and the buildings of Fleet Street and Cheapside. At the bottom a prospect of London after Hollar titled: The South Prospect of London as it appeared when it lay in Ruins after the Dreadfull Fire in 1666. Originally published in 1724.
Condition:
Binding folds flattened, very fine impression.References:
WORMS: British Map Engravers.Related products
-
A readable study of London maps
BARBER, Peter. Date: 2012Stock #: 18272 £45.00 -
The so-called ‘Agas’ plan of Elizabethan London on eight sheets
AGAS, Ralph. Date: 1737Stock #: 25408 £13,500.00 -
A French edition of Rocque’s map of London
TARDIEU, Pierre François. Date: 1765Stock #: 22729 £800.00 -
Map of London at the beginning of the 19th century
FAIRBURN, John. Date: 1801Stock #: 25784 £1,300.00 -
An Elizabethan map of London
MUNSTER, Sebastian. Date: 1598Stock #: 25962 £1,400.00 -
A large plan of London in 1863
OUTHETT, John. Date: 1863Stock #: 24116 £1,600.00 -
An Edwardian facsimile of a twelve-sheet map of London after the Fire
MORGAN, William. Date: 1904Stock #: 19441 £5,000.00 -
A very scarce handkerchief map of London
Anonymous. Date: 1832Stock #: 20799 £2,800.00 -
An early Georgian map of London
STRYPE, John. Date: 1720Stock #: 25598 £3,500.00
