Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, first edition, large wall map of London in 32 sheets, presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, with title in oval and imprints to lower centre of each sheet, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings with some outline hand-colouring, on cream wove paper each watermarked 'Horwoods Plan/ Of London', each individual sheet approx. 630 x 525 mm (24 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), occasional handling creases and tears into the plates, small nicks and minor losses to marginal extremities mainly lower right corners, some restoration to a few areas of marginal loss, sheet E1 with larger repaired tears visible verso, many sheets with some localised spotting and browning to marginal edges, scattered surface dirt, unframed and loose, presented in modern green cloth drop-back box, red morocco label, gilt, [Howgego 200 (1)], elephant folio, [c.1792-1799].

⁂ The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.