A fine three-sheet map of Georgian London

HOMANN HEIRS.

Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non Suburbii Southwark accurata Ichnographia... 1736.
Nuremberg, 1736. Original colour with additions. Three sheets conjoined, total 520 x 1720mm.

A large and very decorative town plan of London, showing from Grosvenor Square and Buckingham House in the west to Stepney Church in the east, Clerkenwell in the north and Southwark in the south. Many of the most important buildings are shown in profile and, sixty years after the event, the extent of the losses of the Great Fire of London are still marked. A large title cartouche with the Royal arms of George II completes this very striking map.

This map often appears just as a two-sheet map. The right sheet here, half of which is taken up with a view of St James's Square and elevations of St Paul's, the Royal Exchange and the Custom House, was only included in a deluxe edition.

HOWGEGO: 81.
Stock ID : 18492