William Thornton; George Smith; Alexander Townshend: The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, And the Parts adjacent. Including Not only all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, but likewise the Towns, Villages, Palaces, Seats, and Country, To the Extent of above Twenty Miles round; With all the late Improvements and Alterations…. / Written and Compiled from Authentic Records and other genuine Information, By a Society of Gentlemen, the Whole Revised, Corrected, and Improved, By William Thornton, Esq. Assisted by George Smith, L.L.D.—the Rev. Alex. Townshend, M.A. And Other Gentlemen

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William Thornton; George Smith; Alexander Townshend : The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, And the Parts adjacent. Including Not only all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality, but likewise the Towns, Villages, Palaces, Seats, and Country, To the Extent of above Twenty Miles round; With all the late Improvements and Alterations…. / Written and Compiled from Authentic Records and other genuine Information, By a Society of Gentlemen, the Whole Revised, Corrected, and Improved, By William Thornton, Esq. Assisted by George Smith, L.L.D.—the Rev. Alex. Townshend, M.A. And Other Gentlemen

Alexander Hogg, London, c. 1784.

Contemporary full calf rebacked skilfully, spine in seven compartments of raised bands, original gilt red morocco title label preserved on two, gilt text on seven. , Occasional light browning, offset present in pages facing plates; overall a very good copy, the plates and maps are clean and crisp. , Folio., P. (4), blank, frontis, title, blank, preface iii-iv, 5-532, subscribers (4), (4)., With 102 plates, including 2 folding maps and 8 single-page maps. According to Adams, this should have 106 plates, but the present copy seems complete with 4 less.

The present copy—according to Adams—does not have the following plates: Plate 69 “St John the Evangelist”, Plate 78 “The Pantheon in Oxford Street”, Plate 93 “View of Kensington Palace”, and Plate 106 “The Devastations occasioned by the Rioters of London”. The two folding maps are present in very good condition but reversed as compared to the listing in Adams, and Plate 3 “Bishops and Citizens of London swearing Fealty to William the Conqueror” has been placed to face p. 117 rather than p. 17., Adams London 61.

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