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LDN5335

Cartographer: Braun & Hogenberg
Title: : Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis
Date: c. 1574 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: A fine example of the first printed map of London available to the collector. Latin text on verso.
Map Ref: LDN5335

LDN6525

Cartographer: Braun & Hogenberg
Title: : Londinum Feracissimi Angliae Regni Metropolis
Date: c. 1574 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: The earliest printed map of London available to the collector. Shows London in the time of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare. Latin text on verso. Original hand-colour. [Howgego 2]
Map Ref: LDN6525

LDN6538

Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Londinvm Feracis: Ang, Met.
Date: c. 1598 Size: 14 x 9 inches
Published: Basel
Description: Sebastian Munster's woodblock map of London is one of the earliest maps of the city available to collectors. It shows London during the lifetimes of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare.
Map Ref: LDN6538

LDN6798

Cartographer: Matthaus Merian
Title: : Abbildung der statt London sambt dem erschrocklichen brandt So 4 tagen lange gewehrt hatt [View of the city of London and the horrifying fire which burned for four days long]
Date: c. 1670 Size: 14 x 9 inches
Published: Frankfurt
Description: Merian's dramatic panoramic view of the Great Fire of London in 1666. A prospect taken from Southwark and extending from Whitehall to the Tower of London.
Map Ref: LDN6798

LDN6183

Cartographer: Richard Blome
Title: : London
Date: 1673 Size: 11 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Important map of London published by Richard Blome and engraved by William Hollar. The borders are illustrated with the heraldic arms of the Guilds of London.
Map Ref: LDN6183

LDN6648

Cartographer: Matthaus Merian
Title: : Grundriß der Statt London wie solche vor und nach dem Brand anzusehen sampt
Date: c. 1677 Size: 17 x 12 inches
Published: Frankfurt
Description: A famous map of London after the Great Fire of 1666 with the burnt area shown in white. Hooke's proposal for the reconstruction of the city on a grid system is shown in an inset below. [Howgego 25]
Map Ref: LDN6648

LDN5196

Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Londra
Date: 1696 Size: 17 x 10 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Finely engraved map of the city of London based on the wall map by Morgan, from Westminster to the Tower of London.
Map Ref: LDN5196

LDN5114

Cartographer: Nicolas De Fer
Title: : Londres et de Westminster
Date: 1700 Size: 14 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Finely engraved plan of London, from St. James's Park and Westminster east to the Tower of London and modern day site of the dockyards, with reference panel to important landmarks. Coloured.
Map Ref: LDN5114

LDN6313

Cartographer: Johann Baptist Homann
Title: : Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Kongl: Gros Britanisch: Haupt und Residentz Stadt London
Date: c. 1700 Size: 23 x 19 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Scarce map of London with a stunning panoramic view below. Inset views of the Royal Exchange and the Palace of Whitehall. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: LDN6313

LDN6337

Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : A New Map Containing the Towns Gentlemens Houses Villages and Other Remarks Round London
Date: c. 1700 Size: 11 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Intricate and detailed map of London and its environs extending from Windsor to Gravesend and from Reigate to Hertford. The map is helpfully overlaid by a grid of 2x2 mile squares. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: LDN6337

LDN6060

Cartographer: Edward Hatton
Title: : A New Map of the Cityes of London, Westminster and the Burrough of Southwark
Date: 1708 Size: 22 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Important map of London published in Edward Hatton's "A New View of London". It is based on William Morgan's survey made after the Great Fire and illustrates the enormous changes that disaster wrought on the city.
Map Ref: LDN6060

LDN6066

Cartographer: Edward Hatton
Title: : A Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark
Date: 1708 Size: 19 x 13 inches
Published: London
Description: The last derivation of Braun and Hogenberg's 16th century plan of London, here amended with an English title and used by Edward Hatton to illustrate London before the Great Fire of London 1666.
Map Ref: LDN6066

LDN6490

Cartographer: Morden & Lea
Title: : This Actuale Survey of London Westminster Soutwark is Humbly Dedicated to Ye Ld Mayor & Court of Aldermen
Date: c. 1710 Size: 38 x 23 inches
Published: London
Description: Large and beautifully engraved map of London, extending from Buckingham Palace in the West to Limehouse in the East. Important buildings are illustrated in profile and indexed below the map. [Howgego 42.3] [SL]
Map Ref: LDN6490

LDN5180

Cartographer: Henri Chatelain
Title: : Nouvelle Carte du Gouvernement Civil d'Angleterre et Celuy de la Ville de Londres
Date: 1719 Size: 18 x 14 inches
Published: Paris
Description: London set within panels of text. The upper border shows two allegorical vignettes and a map of England. Coloured.
Map Ref: LDN5180

LDN5241

Cartographer: Gabriel Bodenehr
Title: : Londen, Westmunster u Soudwark
Date: c. 1720 Size: 28 x 7 inches
Published: Augsburg
Description: Elegant early map showing London, Westminster and Southwark. Extensive references to streets and places of interest. Coloured.
Map Ref: LDN5241

LDN5342

Cartographer: John Strype
Title: : A New Plan of the City of London and Westminster
Date: 1720 Size: 26 x 19 inches
Published: London
Description: Strype's important plan of London from his updated edition of John Stow's Survey of London. It is based on William Morgan's post-Great Fire map of the city.
Map Ref: LDN5342

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