Phoenix fire office (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Receipt on Phoenix Fire-Office Insurance letterhead. Folded page (laid rag) filled out and signed in black ink. 20 x 25.5 cm. Good with loss and tear.Provenance: Purkiss and Imray families, London 19th century. Both families operated in the intense, competitive, and expanding print market of 19th century London, catering to different, yet essential, markets. In the 19th century, the Purkiss and Imray families were prominent in London, particularly within the fields of nautical publishing and intellectual property. Collection of deeds, documents business correspondence, photographs, relating to the Purkiss (of Glass House Yard, Aldersgate), Imray (Mulgrave Villa, Sutton & elsewhere) & associated families, mostly relating to property transactions in London (Fountain Place, City Road), wills etc., manuscripts, many deeds on vellum, letters on paper, folds, v.s., v.d., 1793-1914.…

Advert, 215 x 130 mm. This version of the advert, engraved by Bisset, differs from the original 1770 issue, the edges trimmed, a church with a steeple removed from the image and a phoenix replaces the globe on the top of the column.

Large trade card, 190 x 235 mm. There are at least two different version of this engraving. A later version was published by Bisset's Magnificent Guide, or Grand Copperplate Directory. - see elsewhere in this list.