Crime engravings mail Robbery Forgery Smuggling suicide c. 1760-90 lot 9 prints A 1945 -1951

1945 -1951

Paper gently age worn

5" H x  3 3/8" W

Fascinating and unique pictorial map with hotel facades

An early owner has carefully used thread to stitch the spine on one volume in a manner frequently seen on small chap books of this vintage

Crime engravings mail Robbery Forgery Smuggling suicide c. 1760-90 lot 9 prints A 1945 -1951Untitled Lot British Crime Engravings. (Old Prints, Engravings, British Crime, Smuggling, Forgery, Highway Robbery, Brawling, fighting, suicide, mail robbery). Issued c. 1760 90's, London. Unknown sources, as acquired. A thematic group of old prints, all depicting public executions of some type. Nice lot of eight (8) 18th century engraved prints. Prints were all mounted on sturdy backing paper long ago, on the reverse of each sheet is old unrelated