Reeves james delineator (1 risultati)

Unbound Sheet / Antique Map Pr. Condizione: Near Fine. ORIGINAL 1785 COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING WITH FINE HAND-COLOURING. London, 1785. Single engraved sheet, plate mark approx. 24.5 x 18.5 cm, tidy margins giving an overall size of approx. 17 x 21 cm. Blank verso.A bright and clean, well-preserved example of this scarce 18th-century ground plan of Lambeth Palace (representing the estate layout as it stood in 1750). Engraved beautifully by Thomas Cook after the original architectural drawings by John Reeves.This copy features very good, tasteful, and precise hand-colouring that beautifully highlights the individual chambers, courtyards, gardens, and defensive walls of the archiepiscopal palace. The paper stock remains strong and healthy with no tears, creases, or heavy foxing, showing only minimal, trivial age-toning to the extreme outer margins. A premier, display-ready example of London topographical history. Shipped flat, securely packed between thick protective boards.…