A view of the London Stock Exchange. From the 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

A finely engraved and inexpensive panoramic view of London, showing "modern" St Paul's and the River Thames as far as "old" London Bridge. There are various craft on the water from ferrymen to barges and people can be seen promenading along the embankment.

An insurance plan of north west London from Paradise Street (now Moxon St.) and Weymouth Street to Oldbury Place just south of the Marylebone High Road. Includes Marylebone High Street, Devonshire Street and Beaumont Street. Inset of Upper Gloucester Place. Produced by Chas. E Goad, Civil Engineer, the scale is one square on the grid equals one square mile. Originally surveyed November 1891 and this one revised in 1902. Goad Fire Insurance Plans provide detailed information used to assess the fire risk of urban buildings. Building materials were also colour-coded for flammability.

Limestreet Ward, showing Leadenhall Street, Fenchurch Street and Grace Church Street. From 'The London Magazine'. Probably engraved by Thomas Bowen.

A detailed plan of London, showing Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James's and Green Park. In the north; Kentish Town across to Hackney Wick. East to the West India docks on the Isle of Dogs, and as far south as the Oval cricket ground.

The title on the folding cover reads; The 'Uniquefold' Map of London. A superbly detailed map of Central London by Kerry Lee (no signature), extending from Paddington Station to Islington in the north and Victoria Station to St Katherine's Docks in the south. In the foreground is a Royal procession showing the coronation of Elizabeth II. On the verso or cover, when folded, is a Harry Beck map of the central London Underground network. Manufactured under licence with permission of British Railways.

An early Victorian map of London and the surrounding area, extends from Hampton Court to Chiselhurst in the south and Chigwell to Southgate and Edgware in the north. Drawn and engraved by H.Waters. From the 1844 edition published by Chapman & Hall for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

An early Victorian map of London and the surrounding area, extends from Hampton Court to Chiselhurst in the south and Chigwell to Southgate and Edgware in the north. Drawn and engraved by H.Waters. From the 1844 edition published by Chapman & Hall for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

A fine steel engraving of the Crystal Palace designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Originally erected in Hyde Park, it was 1851 feet long, it was later dismantled and rebuilt in Sydenham in South London. The structure was destroyed by fire on 30th November 1936. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840's.

The Wards of Coleman Street and Bassishaw, shows London Wall, Lothbury and Old Jewry. From 'The London Magazine'. Probably engraved by Thomas Bowen.

Two views on one sheet, one of Westminster Hall and the other from across the River Thames. From the 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.