Beeverell antique print of Customs House in London c1727

by Beeverell, James

Small antique engraving, La Douane, ou Costume House (Customs House) in London.

Original fine copperplate-engraved view of a elegantly designed building, for Les Délices de la Grand Bretagne et de l'Irlande, Ouvrage tres utile et tres curieux which translates roughly as Delights of Great Britain and Ireland, Useful and Curious Works.

This exquisite little engraving (with later fine hand-tinting) is printed on watermarked paper with two vertical fold marks, for a pocket edition by James Beeverell published in 1727 by prominent mapmaker of Leyden, Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), with smaller engravings from the grand views of eminent topographical draughtsman Johannes Kip (1653-1722) for Britannia Illustrata, ... Nobility or Gentry of Great Britain, published in London circa 1708.

Approximate engraving size 13 x 16cm (5 x 6.25 inches). Page size 15 x 20cm (6 x 8 inches).