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Pebbled Red Cloth. Condition: Fine. John Pine Bluemantle (illustrator). Facsimile. The scarce 1971 facsimile of John Rocques 1746 map 'An Exact Survey of the City's of London Westminster ye Borough of Southwark and the Country Near 10 Miles Round London in 16 Sheets to a Scale of 5.5 Inches to 1 Mile' and his 1746 'A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark with the Contiguous Buildings from an Actual Survey in 24 sheets to a scale of 26 inches to 1 mile', introductory notes by James Howgego, pages clean and crisp, as are endpapers and edges, pebbled red cloth with illustrated title label pasted to upper board PLUS An alphabetical index of the streets, squares, lanes, alleys &c contained in the plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings, (ii), xii, 46pp, 1p table of contents, illustrated with a folding plan, pages clean and crisp, likewise edges and endpapers, tan cloth, black spine lettering. Both volumes are in excellent condition and have been kept in the original large cardboard box used for delivery to the original customer, also includes two letters from the editor regarding problems with the package getting to this customer! Rocque, a French-born cartographer, created the survey over a ten-year period in collaboration with surveyor John Pine, and it remains one of the most significant cartographic records of pre-Victorian London. NB THIS IS A VERY LARGE HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL NEED TO BE SENT BY COURIER - UK COST WILL BE BETWEEN ROUGHLY £12, USA ROUGHLY £40 AND EUROPE ROUGHLY £20 - PLEASE EMAIL FOR AN EXACT PRICE Size: 22.25 X 16.75 Inches. Maps.