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réf. 68-8705 — London UK: Phoenix Fire-Office 1826. 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. London, UK: Phoenix Fire-Office, 1826. hardcover