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A pocket map of the citties of London, Westminster, & Southwark with the addition of the new buildings to this present year 1725

A pocket map of the citties of London, Westminster, & Southwark with the addition of the new buildings to this present year 1725

Engraver: Bowles, Thomas

Medium: Engraving

Date: 1725

Shelfmark: Maps Crace Port. 2.86

Item number: 86

Length: 381

Width: 584

Scale: Millimetres

Genre: Map

Map scale description: Scale not given

The title of this pocket map of London, Westminster and Southwark appears in cartouche at bottom centre alongside the city arms. A compass star is depicted in the river with a publisher's imprint (in scroll) at bottom left. An engraver by trade, Thomas Bowles acquired the stock of cartographers Morden & Lea at the beginning of the 18th Century, starting a successful publishing house, the output of which was almost entirely derivative. Bowles' brother, John, was also a print seller and publisher. Their businesses were separate, but the two often worked together.

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