“A complete bijou of a map, not less useful than elegant”

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James Fraser's Panoramic Plan of London

Dedicated to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Adelaide. Engraved by Jas. Neale & Co. Burleigh St. Strand.

FRASER, James
London, 215 Regent Street,
James Fraser,
1837.
Engraved map, dissected and mounted on linen, hand-coloured in outline, bordered with 18 engraved views of some of the principal attractions of London, housed within original green cloth folder, bookseller's ticket on pastedown "Sold by John Bubb, Bradford", with printed label on upper cover, spine worn and repaired.
410 by 550mm (16.25 by 21.75 inches).
1566

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The eighteen views surrounding the map depict the New Post Office, Italian Opera House, Queen's New Palace, Entrance to Hyde Park, Custom House, National Scottish Church, Drury Lane, Somerset House, Westminster Abbey, The Colosseum, Covent Garden Theatre, Thames Tunnel, St Paul's, Waterloo Bridge, Bank of England, New London Bridge, London University and Hammersmith Suspension Bridge.

According to Fraser's advertisement, the map was available at four different pr...

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Howgego 332 (3).

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