Lot 793: 18th Century London Engraving

circa 1720, ["Londinum, Urbs Praecipua Regni Angliae",] by Antoine Aveline (French 1691-1743), view of the city from the south, titled at bottom with 10-point key, ["Londinum"] in decorative cartouche at center, hand-colored woodcut engraving on laid paper, 15-1/2 x 19-3/4 in. (plate); modern painted wood frame, laid down on acidic card, toning, fading, minor foxing, pencil inscriptions and some tears in margins, 1/4 in. wax accretion in plate, hand-coloring probably later; frame with abrasions