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A New & Accurate Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster & Borough of Southwark

with the New Roads & New Buildings to the present Year 1765, from a Late survey. To which is added many useful Tables, Views, &c.,&c.

DICEY, Cluer
London,
Printed according to Act of Parliament and Sold by C. Dicey and Co. in Aldermary Church Yard,
1765
Engraved map on two sheets, hand-coloured in outline, 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.
600 by 1050mm (23.5 by 41.25 inches).
1483

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notes:

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 ward...

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