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Senex, John – A Plan of the City’s of London, Westminster and Southwark; with the new Additional Buildings: Anno 1720./ A New Map of London, Most Humbly Inscrib’d to the Rt. Worshipful Sr. Peter Delmé Kt. Aldermn. of London. 1720. Revised by J. Senex.
Senex, John (c1678-1740) London A Plan of the City’s of London, Westminster and Southwark; with the new Additional Buildings: Anno 1720./ A New Map of London, Most Humbly Inscrib’d to the Rt. Worshipful Sr. Peter Delmé Kt. Aldermn. of London. 1720. Revised by J. Senex.
John Senex London 1720
copper engraved map; Map : overall 52 x 60 cm, image 50 x 59 cm; booklet: 18,5 x 11 cm. 2 plates with 18 sections on new linen. repaired tears within map; o/w vg cond. booklet: some wear and tear; o/w vg cond.
An attractive and rare folding map of London parishes during the reign of George I, published by John Senex, engraved by Samuel Parker, covering the area from Clerkenwell to Lambeth, St. James to Wapping. Title above map, with a decorative dedication cartouche, adorned with the emblems of the City of London, cornucopias, coat-of-arms and insignias. Across the lower part of the map is an index, locating parishes in London and churches and buildings in Westminster and Southwark.
The map is dedicated to Sir Peter Delmé (d 1728), a very wealthy and successful London merchant who served first as Deputy Governor and then as Governor of the Bank of England from 1715-1717; in 1717, he became Sheriff of London, and in 1723 was made Mayor of London. He also was an Alderman of the Langbourn Ward.
John Senex was an English surveyor, engraver, bookseller and publisher of maps, atlases and globes, and geographer to Queen Anne.
Samuel Parker (c1695 -1728) was an English draughtsman and engraver who worked for several well known map publishers like Senex who he was apprenticed to in 1710 for seven years.
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