Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth century; displayed in a series of Engravings of the new buildings, improvements
by ELMES, James
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- Hardcover
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1829 LONDON Architecture Metropolitan Improvements Engravings Cathedrals MAPS
Elmes and Shepherd's "Metropolitan Improvements" is an early 19th-century illustrated history of London. Illustrator Thomas Shepherd supplied this book with numerous engravings of iconic London locations – parks, palaces, cathedrals and churches, bridges and streets, rivers, institutions, and other environs. This 1829 printing includes nearly 160 views on 81 steel-engraved plates – a remarkable illustrated history of London!
Item number: #15157
Price: $750
ELMES, James
Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth century; displayed in a series of Engravings of the new buildings, improvements
London: Published by Jones & Co. and sold by Simkin and Marshall, 1829.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 172, ii
o 81 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.5in X 8.75in (27.5cm x 22.5cm)
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- Title
- Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth century; displayed in a series of Engravings of the new buildings, improvements
- Author
- ELMES, James
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jones & Co. and sold by Simkin and Marshall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1829 LONDON Architecture Metropolitan Improvements Engravings Cathedrals MAPSrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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