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.

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

Kerry Lee's [1902-1988] London – the Bastion of Liberty, printed by Chromoworks Ltd. 'The Bastion of Liberty' was revised for the 1951 Festival of Britain. A smaller version than that of 1946, set within a decorative framework. Kerry Lee can be seen at his easel and with his faithful dog Jim sitting by his side. Lee produced two colourful pictorial maps for the Railway Companies in the 1930's, which were revised right up until the 1950's. Following nationalisation in 1948 the names of the 'big four' railway companies have been dropped from the London termini.

A fine miniature view of London, showing London Bridge and the 'old' St. Pauls Cathedral, from the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers.

An early Victorian map of London and the surrounding area, drawn and engraved by H. Waters, extends from Hampton Court to Chiselhurst in the south and Chigwell to Southgate and Edgware in the north. 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.