Londinum Londinum Urbs Praecipua Regni Angliae.
[Italy,
c1687-1730].
Copper engraving.
Image: 395 by 510mm (15.5 by 20 inches). Sheet: 430 by 555mm (17 by 21.75 inches).
12426
notes:
A Latin version of Pierre Aveline's view of London. Although the title cartouche has been changed, the engraver has not changed the tower of St Paul's Cathedral to its post-Fire state. Although it is intended to represent contemporary, eighteenth century London, it still shows the Elizabethan theatres in Bankside.
Scouloudi records this as a variant of the view published by Antoine Aveline (1691-1743) in the early eighteenth century, but she does not record the c...
Scouloudi records this as a variant of the view published by Antoine Aveline (1691-1743) in the early eighteenth century, but she does not record the c...
bibliography:
Scouloudi pp.59-60.
provenance:
One of the largest civil engineering projects in eighteenth century Scotland
Armstrong’s Atlas of Scotland
Moll’s atlas of Scotland in plano
Four rare lithographed maps depicting the operations of the British Army on the River Sutlej during the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-46
Ballon d’Or
Longitude and Latitude on a map of the Qing Empire
Makhaev’s map of St Petersburg “to the glory and honour of the Russian Empire” 

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