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Lot 246
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$3,125
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Lot Description
[LONDON] -- A New Prospect of ye North-Side of ye City of London with New Bedlam & Moore-Fields. London: henry Overton, ca 1710.
Engraved birds-eye view on three sheets, 645 x 1475 mm sight, framed (unexamined out of frame). Three cartouches.
Reissued ca 1710 by Henry Overton, and first published 1689 by James Walker (this edition still with his dedication). The bird's-eye view depicts gardens and buildings of New Bethlem in the foreground and the City of London in the background.
Property from Lawry’s The Prime Rib, located in the historic L. Hamilton McCormick Mansion, Chicago, Illinois, offered without reserve