Map Books

Jan Kip's Prospect of London 1720
London Topographical Society Publication No. 161. 2003
Paper covers (69x51cm) with loose sheets: Title, Kip's prospect verso. 3 pages description by Ralph Hyde. Key index by Peter Jackson. 12 sheets print one side only reproduced at 93% original size, 4 sheets with tracing paper over-lays with key to buildings.
Jan (John) (Johannes) (1653?-1721) born in Amsterdam, moved to London about about 1688.This prospect of London, the largest view ever produced, was published in 1716, with the manuscriptdisplayed in Thomas Taylor's shop in November 1715.
Fine condition, almost as new.