Blome’s Ward Plan of Rotherhithe Printed Area Measurement_101 x 63 cm On the reverse is an

On the reverse is an enlargement of the central area with interchange stations named inside large diamonds

who was bred a Tailor

The family fortunes had suffered during the turbulent decades of the Civil Wars and those of the 7th Earl would fare little better (he had a knack of backing the wrong horse

rebacked in blue calf

Using the most reliable eye-witness accounts and his own extensive library of travel books he composed authoratitive and entertaining finely-illustrated works on Asia

Blome’s Ward Plan of Rotherhithe Printed Area Measurement_101 x 63 cm On the reverse is anJohn Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster was originally published in 1598 and 1603, but revised and expanded works under his name appeared over the following two centuries. This detailed ward plan of Rotherhithe was commissioned towards the end of his life by Richard Blome (1635 1705) for a proposed Survey or description of the citties of London and Westm[inste]. r (entered in the Registers of the Stationers' Company in 1695) which