A very scarce broadsheet plan of Georgian London
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A rare map of London, decorated with inset prospects of London, St James's Palace, the Queen's Palace (Buckingham Palace), the Monument, Westminster Abbey & St Paul's. A table gives a key for the wards.
George Thompson (1758-1826) was a very successful London publisher, despite most of his output being derivitive; he left an estate worth £70,000 although this was much reduced by the legal wrangles over the will that lasted until at least 1834.
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Date | 1817 |
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Publication | London: G. Thompson, 1817. Original colour. Two sheets conjoined, total 580 x 1050mm. |
Condition | A good example. |
References | HOWGEGO: 211, fourth state of five, first published 1796. |