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"Bankes's New System of Geography"
(A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography
Antient (sic) and Modern...")
by the Reverend Thomas Bankes

printed for J. Cooke, No. 17 Pater-noster-Row, London, 1787-1790

Copperplate engravings • Chain-laid paper • Approx. 14½"w x 9"h

(Click thumbnails for enlarged view. Note that images appear more yellow/brown than in reality.)

The Egyptian Pyramids
The Egyptian Pyramids
With a View of part of the Nile, etc.

(note: very soft vertical fold in center of sheet)

$175

 

Egyptian Mummies and Sepulchre
The inside of an Egyptian Sepulchre
Egyptian Mummies

(note: very soft horizontal fold in center of sheet)

$125

 

City of Morocco, Barbary
View of the City of Morocco,
Habit of a Horseman in Barbary

(note: very soft horizontal fold in center of sheet)

$75

 

Chinese Pagoda and Sepulchre
A Chinese Pagoda ,
A Chinese Sepulchre



$125

 

Pillar of Antonine, Trajan's Pillar in Rome
The Pillar of Antonine at Rome,
Trajan's Pillar at Rome

(note: light text offsetting, crease in lower left corner,
not affecting image)

$95

 

St. Mark's to Damatian Wharf, Venice
A View from the Column of St. Mark to
the Damatian Wharf in the City of Venice,
A View from the Column of St. Theodore to
the entrance of the great Canal in the City of Venice

(note: moderate text offsetting)

$85

 

Palaces at Naples
The Palace of Mont Alto at Naples,
The Palace of the Vice-Roy at Naples

(note: light text offsetting)

$95

 

Bastille, Paris
View of the Bastile, St. Anthony's Gate
and part of the Suburbs of Paris

(note: very light text offsetting)

$125

 

Bordeaux and Brest, France
Port of Bourdeaux, Capital of the Province
of Guienne, in the Kingdom of France,
View of Brest Harbour, in the Province
of Brittany, in the Kingdom of France

(note: light text offsetting)

$95

 

Marseilles and Nantz, France
The Port of Marseilles, in the Province
of Brittany, in the Kingdom of France,
The Port of Nantz, in the Province
of Brittany, in the Kingdom of France

(note: very light text offsetting)

$95

 

Zug and Glaris Switzerland
View of the city of Zug,
Capital of the Canton of the same name,
View of the Town of Glaris,
Capital of the Canton of the same name

(note: soft horizontal crease in center of sheet)

$95

 

Bale and Zurich Switzerland
View of Bale, principal City of Bale,
one of the Cantons of Switzerland,
View of Zurich, principal City of Zurich,
one of the Cantons of Switzerland

(note: soft horizontal crease in center of sheet)

$95

 

Herring Packer's Tower, Old Fort, Mount Albans Tower Amsterdam
View of the Herring Packers' Tower,
in the City of Amsterdam,
The Old Fort & Mount Alban's Tower,
in the City of Amsterdam

(note: multiple soft creases throughout print,
giving it a somewhat rumpled look, probably not
noticeable once framed)

$65

 

New Chapel, Exchange, Arsenal in Amsterdam
View of the New Chapel and the Exchange
in the City of Amsterdam,
View of the Arsenal at Amsterdam
and landing of Ordnance Stores

(note: light text offsetting, paper loss to lower right corner)

$85

 

Admiralty Office Amsterdam
A perspective View of the Admiralty Office,
Dock Yard, Storehouses, etc.
at Amsterdam

(note: light text offsetting)

$100

 

Port of Flushing, the Netherlands
View of the entrance into
the Port of Flushing (Netherlands)

(note: foxing, mostly in margin but also to left of building in image)

$65

 


Many other "Views" are available from this publication. Many "Historical Scenes" are also available.
Please email us if you are looking for a particular scene.

For similar scenes, please see "A New System of Geography" (1760) by Fenning


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