Town plan of Georgian London with illustrated borders

LANGLEY & BELCH.

Langley & Belch's New Map of London.
London, 1816. Original colour. Folding map, dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 530 x 800mm.

An uncommon antique map of London, with 24 vignette views of buildings.
Of interest is the attention paid to 'Projected Works', coloured yellow. These include: Regent's Park and the 'Intended Road' (Regent's Street); the 'Intended Regency Canal'; Waterloo Bridge (here with the original name of Strand Bridge, the year before it opened) and the southern approach roads; Vauxhall Bridge, and the Vauxhall Bridge Road; and the Duke of Bedford's development around Tavistock Square in Bloomsbury.

HOWGEGO: 256, second state.
Stock ID : 18491