Sir John Evelyn's plan for rebuilding the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666
Description
Printed map. Visual scale; "scale of paces". Includes "References" with index to numbered locations on the map. Watermark with "1808" in the left margin. Probably from: London; being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood... by David Hughson, volume 1 (plate following p. 248), London: Printed by W. Stratford ... for J. Stratford, edition uncertain. Resembles another John Evelyn plan in McMaster's collection entitled, "Londinvm redivivvm" (1748); see RMC_107676. Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.