London from the Thames. Vue Perspective de la Tour du Pont et d'une partie de la Ville Londres prise de la Tamise. Jean Francois Daumont Copperplate engraving contemporary colour. Mirror writing on top. This is from the series of Optical prints printed circa 1780. Size 38 x 25 cm, condition good, but mended on bottom left hand corner as seen. Price £98.00.00/$196.00 Click for info

God made the country,
    and man made the town.

      William Cowper
      (1731-1800)

Going to visit an old friend? An antique plan of their home town makes the perfect gift. And if you get lost on the way, you can always try using it to navigate in the old town centre!

Selected Town Plans currently in stock

Part of Lambeth also shewing land sold to exonerate the Rectory from land Tax. Copper plate engraving by J. Basire published May 1st 1813. 35.5 x 21 cm Condition good. £80.00 / $160.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

London (Central Sheet). E Weller. Lithograph, Very detailed Road map of Central London from Weekly Dispatch 1863. 64 x 48cm Condition fair. £68.00 / $136.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Strand, from Charing Cross to Fleet Street. Hand coloured Birds Eye View from a Guide to London. circa 1885. 12 x 22 cm Condition good. £48.00 / $96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Regent Street. T.Sulman Hand coloured Birds Eye View from a Guide to London, circa 1885. 12 x 21 cm Condition good. £48.00 / $96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

A Plan of London and its Environs. R.Creighton, Steel engraved map, with Decorative Heraldry and border, hand coloured, Engraved by J.and C.Walker for Lewis' Topographical Dictionary, 1834. 47 x 39.5 cm Condition fair £385.00 /$770.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Plan of Jerusalem. The Environs of Jerusalem. Drawn and engraved by W.Hughes. The shaded part shows Modern Jerusalem, the black line represents the Walls of the Ancient City, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company, circa 1850. 48 x 33 cm Condition good. £54.00 / $108.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Hagae Comitis celeberrimi totius EUROPAE municipij typus. The Hague. Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Birds eye plan, copperplate, original colour, showing Coat of Arms,and numbered places of interest on the lower right, published in Civitas Orbis Terrarum Town Atlas circa 1595. 46 x 38.5 cm Condition poor, as seen, but stable £460.00 / $920.00 price as per condition (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Basel 1549. Sebastian Munster, Cosmographie, Vol.III. wood cut of the town of Basle on both sides of the River Rhine, circa 1640. 35 x 25.5 cm Condition good £380.00 / $760.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Vienna.Engraved by J.Henshall, Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Published by Chapman and Hall, 1833. 37 x 32.5 cm Condition good £98.00 / $196.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

New York, Coloured in Wards,with Reference to Public Buildings, on 2 sheets from Letts's Popular Atlas, 1886. 38 x 32 cm each sheet. Condition good £200.00 / $400.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Chicago, showing detail. Coloured in Wards, Letts's Popular Atlas, 1886 23 x 28 cm Condition good £50.00 / $100.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Plan of Paris at the end of Henry III reign, 1589. History of Paris with historical remarks in insets. Lithograph by Felix Jahyer, circa 1860. 48 x 42 cm Condition good, slight spotting £70.00 / $140.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Bordeaux, with inset views of Bordeaux from the Quai des Salinieres and Chartrons. Drawn by W.B.Clarke, Outline colour, published by Baldwin and Cradock 1832. 38 x 30.5 cm Condition good. £90.00 / $180.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Madras,A Plan of Fort St. George and the city of Madras, with lots of Remarks, Copper engraving, circa 1800. 19.5 x 20 cm Condition good £70.00 / $140.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Plan of Schwiednitz, copper plate engraving circa 1800. 24 x 20 cm Condition good £48.00 / $96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Curia Brabantie. La Cour De Brusselles. Copper plate, Bird's eye engraving, very detailed. Toonneel der Steden von de Vereenigh de Nederlanden (Town Books of the Nederlands) Blaeu 1649-51. 52 x 40.5 cm Condition fair, no margins £400.00 / $800.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Brussels, Letts's popular Atlas, Main roads labelled, Scale 8 inches to the Mile, Showing Tramways, light colouring, published 1886. 38.5 x 32 cm Condition good £60.00 / $120.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Birds-Eye View of S.Omer. Copper plate engraving showing town, fortifications and surrounding countryside with windmills, a couple of gallows, and even boats, circa 1600. 24 x 16.5 cm Condition good £98.00 / $196.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Tokay. Well known for the quality of its wine.Gabriel Bodenehr, Copper plate engraving, in the region of Hungary circa 1690. 22 x 14 cm Condition good. £85.00 / $170.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Groswardein. Gabriel Bodenehr, Copper plate engraving, showing the Town and fortified Castle, in the region of Siebenburg circa 1690. 20 x 13 cm Condition good. £85.00 / $170.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Lugano, Bellinzona. Merian, very early copperplate print, circa 1640. 29 x 27 cm Condition fair,as seen, rebacked. £220.00 / $440.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top