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(Books & Works on Paper including Aviation & Transport, 31st July 2020) Collins (James) Collins (James) The Royal Hospital of Greenwich, large, elevated, perspective view of an unexecuted design for Greenwich Hospital from the north, with river craft on the Thames in the foreground, for Britannia Illustrata, engraving with hand-colouring, 485 x 675mm., old vertical folds, [c.1715]; with a mixed group of other 18th and 19th century prints of architecture and architectural ornament and design, including 2 interior perspective views of the nave and choir of St Paul's, by Bowles for Stowe's Survey, a group of classical sculpture by Barbault, furniture designs by Chippendale, 3 London landmarks by Cecil Tatton Winter after Edward King, and other classical and continental designs [with] Archer (J) A Group of English County Maps, including Cambridgeshire, Dorsetshire, England and Wales, and others, 20 engraved maps, including 5 duplicates, 13 hand coloured, c.220 x250 mm, occasional browning, 1840; with a collection of similar maps including Yorkshire, Sussex and Berkshire, 56 engraved maps, including 18 duplicates or variations, 4 hand coloured, some foxing and staining, central vertical fold, occasional marginal tear , c.300 x 245 mm, 1840 [and] Edwards (George) Four bird prints, including The Painted Chinese Pheasant, plate 68; Long-tailed Hummingbird, plate 33; Greater American Godwit, plate 137; Scarlett Macaw, plate 158; from Edwards’ “A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…”, engraved, hand coloured, mounted behind card, overall size 460 x400mm, [1742-1746]; with 15 others also by Edwards (large quantity)