John Stow's "Survey" appeared first in 1598 and remained the major reference source on the city's history for decades. However, it was not until around 1700 that steps were taken to produce an up-dated edition with maps illustrating the areas described. Richard Blome (1641-1705) was charged with preparing a series of ward plans, copied from the detail of the recently published large-scale map of London by John Ogilby and William Morgan, frequently at a larger scale, thus with more clarity, and with major buildings shown pictorially in profile as "uprights". The plans were finally published in John Strype's "Survey Of The Cities Of London And Westminster ... ", being the first ward maps to be published.
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Publication: A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those Cities. Written at first in the Year MDXCVIII. By John Stow, citizen and native of London. Since Reprinted and Augmented by the author now lastly corrected, improved, and very much enlarged: And the survey and history brought down from the Year 1633, (being near Fourscore Years since it was last printed) to the present time; By John Strype, M.A. a native also of the said City.
Condition: Good. Mildly age toned. The sheet has been washed and pressed by a professional conservator. Printer's crease running down the centre. The attached photo is part of the item description, please examine carefully.
Color: Uncoloured.
Size (h x w): approx. 29.4 x 35.3 cm, (neat line)
Technique: Copperplate
Engraver: Blome. R,
Date: 1720
Ref:JJB2829