Engraved Benjamin Cole (9 results)

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 26 x 41 cm.

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 39 x 24 cm.

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 24 x 39 cm.

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 24 x 39 cm.

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 39 x 24 cm.

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 48 x 39 cm.

Single print. London. Large original antique line engraving. 39 x 24 cm.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Antique Engraving. Original Illustration, Preserving Title Below. Benjamin Cole (1695-1766) Was An English Surveyor, Cartographer, Instrument Maker, Engraver And Bookbinder Living In Oxford. His Sons William And Benjamin Were Also Instrument Makers In London, While Another Son, Maximilian, Was An Engraver In Oxford.Benjamin Cole Had A Long-Standing Interest In Freemasonry And Engraved The Frontispiece To The 1756 Book Of Constitutions After Succeeding John Pine In 1743 As Official Engraver To The Grand Lodge. Cole Drew Up The Ward Maps For The First Edition Of The Historian And Topographer William Maitland's (C.1693-1757) Posthumous History Of London From Its Foundation To The Present Time (1769). (Cf. John Entick's New And Accurate History And Survey Of London Of 1766.) His Music Engravings Included A Collection By John Frederick Lampe With A Setting Of The Entered Apprentice's Song. In 1728/9, He Published A Copy Of The Old Charges With Speeches By Two Freemasons, Francis Drake And Architect Edward Oakley. His Illustrations Appeared In Books Ranging From Fables For Children To Manuals Of Military Drill, A Notable Work Being A Venture In Collaboration With Edward Oakley, The Magazine Of Architecture, Perspective, And Sculpture Which Provided An Introduction To Palladian Architecture. Cole Made A Wide Range Of Instruments That Are To Be Seen In Museums Throughout Britain.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Antique Engraving. Original Illustration, Preserving Title Below. Benjamin Cole (1695-1766) Was An English Surveyor, Cartographer, Instrument Maker, Engraver And Bookbinder Living In Oxford. His Sons William And Benjamin Were Also Instrument Makers In London, While Another Son, Maximilian, Was An Engraver In Oxford.Benjamin Cole Had A Long-Standing Interest In Freemasonry And Engraved The Frontispiece To The 1756 Book Of Constitutions After Succeeding John Pine In 1743 As Official Engraver To The Grand Lodge. Cole Drew Up The Ward Maps For The First Edition Of The Historian And Topographer William Maitland's (C.1693-1757) Posthumous History Of London From Its Foundation To The Present Time (1769). (Cf. John Entick's New And Accurate History And Survey Of London Of 1766.) His Music Engravings Included A Collection By John Frederick Lampe With A Setting Of The Entered Apprentice's Song. In 1728/9, He Published A Copy Of The Old Charges With Speeches By Two Freemasons, Francis Drake And Architect Edward Oakley. His Illustrations Appeared In Books Ranging From Fables For Children To Manuals Of Military Drill, A Notable Work Being A Venture In Collaboration With Edward Oakley, The Magazine Of Architecture, Perspective, And Sculpture Which Provided An Introduction To Palladian Architecture. Cole Made A Wide Range Of Instruments That Are To Be Seen In Museums Throughout Britain.…