Vué Interieure de la Bourse Royale à Londres
$200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
This is a beautiful perspective view of the courtyard of the Royal Stock Exchange in London published by a Parisian printseller at the close of the eighteenth century. During the eighteenth century vues d'optique or perspective views became extremely popular in England and Europe. Like other optical prints they capitalized on a connoisseur market eager for the latest novelty. English publishers such as John Bowles and Robert Sayer had great success with these optical
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