Attractive plan and prospect of London

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Accurater Prospect und Grundris der Königl: Gros-Britannisch Haupt und Residentz Stadt London.

edirt von Johann Bapt. Homanns, Kayserl. Geographi seel erben in Nürnberg.

HOMANN, Johannes Baptist
Nuremberg,
[c1705].
Double-page engraved map, fine original full-wash colour, inset views of the Palace of Whitehall, and the Royal Exchange, prospect of London from Southwark below.
560 by 635mm (22 by 25 inches).
1505

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Attractive plan and prospect of London.

To the upper left of the plan is a of the Palace of Whitehall - the royal residence in the seventeenth century; to the upper right is a view of the Royal Exchange, which had been rebuilt by Edward Jarman, after the previous one had been destroyed in the Great Fire. Below left is a list of streets, churches and public buildings. The City of London is highlighted in red. Underneath the plan is a fine prospect of the city lis...

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Howgego 51b.

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