RARE VERY LARGE IMPORTANT EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MAP OF LONDON BY CLUER DICEY 1786

A NEW & ACCURATE PLAN OF THE CITIES OF LONDON & WESTMINSTER & BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK 1786

£2350

Full Title : A New and Accurate Plan of the Cities of LONDON & WESTMINSTER & Borough of SOUTHWARK with the New ROADS & New BUILDINGS to the present Year 1786 from a late Survey, To which is added many useful Tables, Views

By Cuer Dicey but revised and sold by John Marshall ' printed according to an act of parliament and sold by I Marshall Aldermary Churchyard

Cuer Dicey published this map in 1765 in his premises in Aldermary Churchyard , which was visited by Boswell.. His partner was Richard Marshall; His son John Marshall revised the map and printed it in 1786. This is the 1786 edition

Superb very large map engraved map on two sheets, hand-coloured, inset views of St James's Palace, Monument, St. Paul's Cathedral, a view of the Cities of London and Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace (named Queens Palace), minor paper restoration to margins not affecting image.

There are several vignette views to the plan, most notably the view of the Cities of London and Westminster looking upstream, and a view of Buckingham Palace - named the Queens Palace. The Palace was often called such throughout the eighteenth century due to it being the private residence of Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III; the majority of state business was carried out at St James's Palace. On the plan the City is marked out by stippling, with the parishes and wards marked by roman numerals; many of the most important buildings are shown pictorially, and the Thames is packed with ferrymen, barges, and sailing vessels. To the lower left is a table of watermen and hackney carriage rates, and a list of the 26 wards of the City of London.

Overall very good condition

Refs : Howgego 133 (1).

Cuer Dicey Page 195 British Map Engravers Worms & Baynton Williams

J Marshall Page 435 British Map Engravers Worms & Baynton Williams