Map of London in 1588, from William Smith’s MS. of the ‘Description of England’ (Reproduced in Colours by Lithography)

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Norden’s Plan of London, 1593

Aldgate and Priory of the Holy Trinity, from Newton’s Map of London

Chaucer’s Pilgrims issuing from the Tabard, from Pennant’s ‘London’

Old St. Paul’s, from a Drawing by Walter H. Godfrey, reconstructed from information obtained from leading authorities

Visscher’s View of London, 1616

Old London Bridge from St. Olave’s Church, from a Drawing by Herbert Railton

The Tower of London, from a Drawing by Hanslip Fletcher

St. John’s Chapel in the Tower, from a Drawing by Katharine Kimball

Duke of Orleans in the Tower, from a copy of MS. in British Museum