Maitland’s Plan of Cheap Ward Engraver(s)_Johann Michael Seligmann Maps of the British Isles

Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750

additional engraved title-page with vignette of Nelson's monument at St Paul's and 11 further plates

Benjamin Getzel Lewis' map of the London underground shows the Victoria Line under construction in the originally proposed colour

Early British writers who mention the Pike of Tenerife are referring to the the snow covered peak of the Teide volcano in the centre of the island

Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe after Roberts

Maitland’s Plan of Cheap Ward Engraver(s)_Johann Michael Seligmann Maps of the British IslesCheap Ward with its divisions into Parishes according to a new survey This ward plan of Cheap was published in the greatly expanded second edition of Maitlands History of London. Significant buildings, such as Guildhall, are represented pictorially on the map; views of Guildhall Chapel, Grocers Hall etc, and with the arms of contemporary Alderman Sir Samuel Fludyer, with dedication in lower margin. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 36. 5 x 47