Thomas H. Shepherd; James Elmes: London And its Environs in the Nineteenth Century, Illustrated by a Series of Views From Original Drawings, by Thomas H. Shepherd, with Historical, Topographical and Critical Notices. Series the First, Comprising the Earlier Edifices, Antiquities, &c. / Metropolitan Improvements; or London, in the Nineteenth Century: Being a Series of Views, of the New and Most Interesting Objects, in the British Metropolis & Its Vicinity: from Original Drawings by Mr. Tho, H. Shepherd. With Historical, Topographical, & Critical Illustrations, by James Elmes, M.R.J.A

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Thomas H. Shepherd; James Elmes : London And its Environs in the Nineteenth Century, Illustrated by a Series of Views From Original Drawings, by Thomas H. Shepherd, with Historical, Topographical and Critical Notices. Series the First, Comprising the Earlier Edifices, Antiquities, &c. / Metropolitan Improvements; or London, in the Nineteenth Century: Being a Series of Views, of the New and Most Interesting Objects, in the British Metropolis & Its Vicinity: from Original Drawings by Mr. Tho, H. Shepherd. With Historical, Topographical, & Critical Illustrations, by James Elmes, M.R.J.A

Jones & Co., London, c. 1829.

Original gilt-lined ½ morocco with pebbled cloth boards, spine in six compartments of raised gilt-tooled bands and gilt floral motifs, gilt text on two and three, all edges tinted red, endpapers marbled. , A handsome copy in decorative period binding, text and plates are clean and crisp., Small folio. , P. Volume 1. (4), blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, list of engravings i-iii, blank, 1-169, (6); Volume 2. (4), blank, frontis, engraved title, blank, dedication iii-vi, list of engravings i-ii, 1-172, (6)., Complete with 353 plates on 162 leaves depicting views of important buildings in London and vicinity. Most leaves with two plates per leaf, some with 3 or 4., Volume : Two volumes.

Bookplate to front paste-down endpapers of W.M.F. Round.
Architectural tour of London with images drawn “with great truth and accuracy” (DNB) by Thomas Shepherd. Intended to record London’s industrial-age glory, the first volume is dedicated to “Antiquities” (18th-century architecture), and the second to “Improvements” (recent edifices). , Avery 946 & 306.

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