John Rocque (1704–1762) Plan de la ville et faubourgs d' Exe...

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£500 - £800

John Rocque (1704–1762) Plan de la ville et faubourgs d' Exeter ..., A fine plan adorned with nine large vignettes of buildings and views in Exeter and its rural environs, engraving by R. White, on two sheets conjoined, backed onto linen, light spotting to edges, slight splitting of paper from linen to left edge centre fold, 75cm x 122.5cm scarce, 1744. Published two years before Rocque's monumental plan of London. Vignette views include: Exe Bridge; The Guild-Hall; The West Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter; The North View of the Castle; The City Hospital; The City and County Hospital; The Prospect of the Custom House; The Work House; and The North Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter. A small vignette just above the French title cartouche appears a portrait of a surveyor at work, presumably Rocque himself.