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1. The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publike and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cites, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miled compasse / begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stow, in the yeere 1598 ; afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618 ; and now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. ; H.D., and others, this present yeere 1633, whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables, especially two ; the first, an index of things ; the second, a concordance of names.

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Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:
1633
Physical Description:
[16], 534, 527-652, 655-770, 773-939, [29] p. : illustrations 35 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The carriers cosmographie, or, A briefe relation, of the innes ordinaries, hosteries, and other lodgings, in and neere London : where the carriers, waggons, foote-posts and higglers, doe usually come, from any parts, townes, shires, and countries, of the kingdoms of England, principality of Wales, as also from the kingdomes of Scotland and Ireland : with nomination of what daies of the weeke they do come to London and on what daies they returne, whereby all sorts of people may find direction how to receiue or send, goods or letters, into such places as their occasions may require : as also where the ships, hoighs, barkes, t[i]ltboats, barges and wherries, do usually attend to carry passengers ... / by Iohn Taylor.

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Creator:
Taylor, John, 1580–1653
Date:
1637
Physical Description:
24 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Londinopolis : an historicall discourse; or, Perlustration of the city of London, the imperial chamber, and chief emporium of Great Britain: whereunto is added another of the city of Westminster, with the courts of justice, antiquities, and new buildings thereunto belonging / by Jam Howel ...

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Creator:
Howell, James, 1594?-1666
Date:
1657
Physical Description:
[10], 124, 301-407, [8] p., 3 leaves of plates : port., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Proposals of a new model for rebuilding the city of London : with houses, streets and wharfs, to be forthwith set out by His Majesty's and the city surveyors : with the advantages that will accrue by the building the same accordingly, viz. I. The owners satisfied for their ground, the builder for building, and the poor inhabitants their losses by the fire. II. The city built stately with large streets, the houses not in danger of fire, and the ground all put to the best profit. III. The people will walk easy and dry, the houses-of-office and streets kept sweet and clean; and goods delivered much cheaper. IV. Convenient houses, shops, warehouses and wharfs not dear. V. Advanced to His Majesty by fines 372670 l. VI. A revenue for ever settled upon the crown of per ann. 223517 l. 10 s.

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Creator:
Knight, Val. (Valentine)
Date:
[1666]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 29 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. London survey'd, or, An explanation of the large map of London : giving a particular account of the streets and lanes in the city and liberties : with the courts, yards, and alleys, churches, halls, and houses of note in every street and lane and directories to find them in the map : with the names and marks of the wards, parishes, and precincts, therein described / by John Ogilby & William Morgan ...

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Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
1677
Physical Description:
[14], 48 p., [1] leaf of plates : plan ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Angliæ metropolis, or, The present state of London : with memorials comprehanding a full and succinct account of the ancient and modern state thereof ... / first written by ... Tho. Delaune ... and continued to the present year by a careful hand ...

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Creator:
Delaume, Thomas, d. 1685
Date:
1690
Physical Description:
[10], 444 p. : coats of arms ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale Londinense : an ecclesiastical parochial history of the diocese of London : containing an account of the bishops of that sea, from the first foundation thereof : also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the conquest : and lastly, of the several parish-churches ... within the limits of that diocese, and of their patrons and incumbents : and also the endowments of several vicarages, and likewise of the several religious houses that were within the same : continu'd to the year of Our Lord, MDCC : in an alphabetical order / by Ric. Newcourt ...

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Creator:
Newcourt, Richard, d. 1716
Date:
1708-1710
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A new view of London, or, An ample account of that city, in ... eight sections : being a more particular description thereof than has hitherto been known to be published of any city in the world ...

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Creator:
Hatton, Edward, b. 1664?
Date:
1708
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map, plan ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Vûës des villes de Londres, de Canterbury, de Colchester, et autres lieux circonvoisens : avec leur principales eglises, palais, edifices, maison de campagne & autres choses remarquables. Representées en taille-douces tres exactes, avec un courte description sous chaque figure ...

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Creator:
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659–1733
Date:
[ca. 1710]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : all ill. ; 19 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The antiquities of St. Peter's, or, The abbey-church of Westminster : containing all the inscriptions, epitaphs, &c. upon the tombs and grave-stones : with the lives, marriages and issue of the most eminent personages therein reposited and their coats of arms truly emblazon'd : adorn'd with draughts of the tombs, curiously engraven ...

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Creator:
Crull, Jodocus, -1713?
Date:
1713
Physical Description:
[10], 351, [15] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A supplement to the antiquities of St. Peter's, or, The abbey-church of Westminster ...

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Creator:
Crull, Jodocus, -1713?
Date:
1713
Physical Description:
56, [6] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster : containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities / written at first in the year MDXCVIII ... since ... augmented by the author, and afterwards by A.M., H.D., and others ; now lastly corrected ... and ... brought down from ... 1633 ... to the present time by John Strype ... ; to which is prefixed the life of the author, writ by the editor ... added an appendix ... concerning the state of the city of London ...

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Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:
MDCCXX [1720]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., maps, plans ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the citty of London, neatly engraved = Veues des toutes les endroites que est plus remarquable aussi bien celles dans le Ville de Londre que d'alentour, gravé fort curieusement.

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Date:
[172-?]
Physical Description:
[74] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The antiquities of London and Westminster. Being an account of whatsoever is ancient, curious or remarkable, as to palaces, towers, castles, walls, gates, bridges ... and many other curious matters in antiquity, whereby will plainly appear the difference between the ancient and present state of these two famous cities. By N.B.

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Creator:
Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742
Date:
1722
Physical Description:
3 p.., 244 p. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Veuës de diverses belles maisons, eglises & cathedrales de la ville de Londres & d'Angleterre.

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Physical Description:
[28] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 19 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. [Notice. Lost gold girdle and other items].

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Creator:
Pyne, Benjamin, -1732
Date:
June 16, 1731
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 9 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. New remarks of London or, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, of Southwark, and part of Middlesex and Surrey, within the circumference of the bills of mortality. Containing the situation ... of each church; the value of the rectory ... Likewise, an alphabetical table of all the streets, courts, lanes ... Collected by the Company of Parish-Clerks ...

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Creator:
Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks
Date:
1732
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 410 [i.e., 412] p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts adjacent ... / by Robert Seymour ... ; the whole being an improvement of Mr. Stow's and other surveys, by adding whatever alterations have happened in the said cities, i.e. to the present year ...

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Creator:
Mottley, John, 1692–1750
Date:
1734-1735
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., coats of arms, map ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A new critical review of the publick buildings, statues and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. With some reflections on the use of sepulchral monuments; as also a scheme shewing the dimensions of St. Peter's Church at Rome and St. Paul's Cathedral at London; and a preface, being an essay on taste. To all which is added, an Appendix, containing a dispute between the Weekly miscellany and the author; and a compleat Alphabetical index.

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Date:
1736
Physical Description:
3 p. l., vi, 91, [5] p. fold. table. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. London : a poem, in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal.

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
19 p. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A Complete guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the city of London, and parts adjacent ...

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Date:
1744
Physical Description:
2 p.., 140, [24] p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Proposals / by John Rocque ... ; for engraving and printing by subscription a new and accurate map of the country adjacent to the cities and liberties of London, Westminster, and borough of Southwark : from an exact survey thereof, begun in 1741, and now finished : the engraving is now in hand, and the whole will be finished with all possible expedition.

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Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1745]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : map ; 45 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A new and accurate history and survey of London, Westminster, Southwark, and places adjacent : containing whatever is most worthy of notice in their ancient and present state ... with the charters, laws, customs, rights, liberties and privileges of this great metropolis ... / by the Rev. John Entick ...

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Creator:
Entick, John, 1703?-1773
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., plans, ports., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. An alphabetical index of the streets, squares, lanes, alleys, &c : contained in the Plan of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark ... / engraved by John Pine ... ; from an actual survey made by John Roque [sic] ...

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Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 46, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. An exact survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, with the country near ten miles round : begun in 1741, finished in 1745, and published in 1746, according to act of Parliament / by John Rocque ... ; engrav'd by Richard Parr and printed by W. Pratt ... = Urbium maxime insignium Londini et Westmonasterii nec non municipii Sudovercencis, regionumque ad decem quasi milliaria circumjacentium : delineatio ichnographica anno 1741 incohata 1745 absoluta / a Johanne Rocque ... = Carte topographique des villes de Londres, Weatminster, et bourg de Southwark et de leurs environs : levée très exactement sur les lieux, en 1741, achevée en 1745, et publieé selon un acte de Parlement en 1746 / par Jean Rocque.

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Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[1747]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], [32] leaves) : maps ; 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The court and city register for the year 1751 ; containing 1. new and correct lists of both Houses of Parliament. II. The Court register. III. Lists of the Army and Navy.

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Date:
[1751?]
Physical Description:
[8], 207, [1] p., [1] folded leaves of plates : ill. : 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark : containing the original, antiquity, increase, present state and government of those cities : written at first in the year 1698 [i.e. 1598] / by John Stow ... ; corrected, improved, and very much enlarged, in the year 1720, by John Strype ..., the survey and history brought down to the present time ... ; the life of the author, written by Mr. Strype is prefixed ... added, an appendix of certain tracts, discourses, and remarks on the state of the city of London ...

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Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:
1754-1755
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. An alphabetical index of the streets, squares, lanes, alleys. &c. contained in the Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark : with the contiguous buildings / engraved by John Pine ... from an actual survey by John Rocque, and printed on twenty-four sheets of imperial paper, with references for finding the said places ; adapted likewise to a contracted copy of the above mentioned plan, printed on eight sheets of paper ...

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Date:
1755
Physical Description:
vi [i.e. vii], [1], 46, [1] p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. This day is published, number XCIV, with a view of the city gates : (to be continued weekly, price six-pence) : the sixth edition of Stow's survey of London and Westminster : and of the borough of Southward : being the best topography of those cities : together with the distinct history of them : in two large volumes, folio : containing their original, antiquity, increase, present state, and government : written at first by John Stow, citizen and native of London ; several times reprinted and augmented, then corrected, and very much enlarged in the year 1720 by J. Strype, M.A. ; and the history and survey now brought down to this present time by careful hands ; illustrated with exact maps of all the wards and out-parishes both of London and Westminister ; with other draughts of the most eminent and public edifices and monuments.

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Date:
November 29, 1755
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page (incomplete)) ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Proposals for printing in weekly numbers, Eden, or, a compleat body of curious and useful gardening.

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Creator:
T. Osborne and J. Shipton (Firm)
Date:
August 21, 1756
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The history of London : from its foundation to the present time ... including the several parishes in Westminster, Middlesex, and Surry, within the bill of mortality ... / by William Maitland ...

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Creator:
Maitland, William, 1693?-1757
Date:
1756
Physical Description:
2 v. (viii, 1410 p.) : ill., map, plans, coats of arms ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The London tradesman : being an historical account of all the trades, professions, arts, both liberal and mechanic, now practised in the cities of London and Westminster, calculated for the instruction of youth in their choice of business ... ; to which is added, an appendix, containing many useful particulars relative to the foregoing / by R. Campbell ...

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Creator:
Campbell, R
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
xii, 340 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. London and its environs described : containing an account of whatever is most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, curiosity or use, in the city and in the country twenty miles round it. Comprehending also whatever is most material in the history and antiquities of this great metropolis : decorated and illustrated with a great number of views in perspective, engraved from original drawings, taken on purpose for this work : together with a plan of London, a map of the environs, and several other useful cuts ...

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Date:
1761
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., map, plans ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. An historical description of Westminster-Abbey : its monuments and curiosities : containing an account of its foundation and miraculous consecration by St. Peter ... : designed as a guide to strangers in viewing this venerable pile ...

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Date:
1764
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-190, [2] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Baldwin's new complete guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the city of London, and parts adjacent. : ... Being the exactest piece of the kind hitherto published: and designed for the use of persons of all degrees, as well natives as foreigners.

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Date:
1768
Physical Description:
[2], 266, [24] p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A new and compleat history and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent : from the earliest accounts, to the beginning of the year 1770 ... / by a society of gentlemen ; revised, corrected, and improved by Henry Chamberlain ...

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Date:
[1769]
Physical Description:
[2], 682, [10] p., [68] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., ports., map, plans ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A tour to London, or, New observations on England and its inhabitants / by M. Grosley ... ; translated from the French by Thomas Nugent ...

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Creator:
Grosley, Pierre Jean, 1718–1785
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A new history of London, including Westminster and Southwark : to which is added, a general survey of the whole, describing the public buildings, late improvements, &c. ... / by John Noorthouck.

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Creator:
Noorthouck, John, 1746?-1816
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 ([4], viii, [4], 902, [42] p., [42] leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill., map, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A brief description of the cities of London and Westminster : the public buildings, palaces, gardens, squares, &c. : with an alphabetical list of all the streets, squares, courts, lanes, and alleys, &c. within the bills of mortality : to which are added some proper cautions to the merchants, tradesmen and shop-keepers ... / by Sir John Fielding ...

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Creator:
Fielding, John, Sir, 1721–1780
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
xxxiii, [3], 161, 90 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. A companion to every place of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster ... : to which is added a new large and elegant map of London, Westminster, and Southwark ... designed for strangers to choose such objects as suit their convenience, and to enable them to describe what they have seen.

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Date:
1776
Physical Description:
x, 191 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. [Baldwin's new complete guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the city of London.

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Date:
1777]
Physical Description:
293, [3] p. : 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Exhibition of models of the most elegant buildings in Europe : viz. the Church of St. Peter at Rome, that of St. Paul at London, the Stadthouse at Amsterdam : together with a great variety of others ...

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Date:
[ca. 1780]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 27 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. The four Indian kings.

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Date:
[1780?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) ; 22 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Proposals for publishing by subscription, A series of prints exhibiting the most interesting scenes in London and Westminster : drawn from the most striking points of view, and executed in aquatinta, by T. Malton, Jun.

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Date:
March, 1781
Physical Description:
[1] sheet ([1] p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. London's gratitude: or, An account of such pieces of sculpture and painting as have been placed in Guildhall at the expense of the city of London. To which is added, A list of those distinguished persons to whom the freedom of the city has been presented for public services since the year MDCCLVIII. With engravings of the sculptures, & c.

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Date:
1783
Physical Description:
50 p. plates (incl. port., coats of arms) 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A critical review of the public buildings, statues, and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. Originally written by -----Ralph, architect, and now reprinted with very large additions.

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Date:
1783
Physical Description:
xxxi, 209 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The New complete guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the city of London, and parts adjacent ...

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Date:
1783
Physical Description:
2 p.., 332 p. front. (plan) fold. map. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent ... / written and compiled from authentic records and other genuine information by a society of gentlemen ; the whole revised, corrected, and improved by William Thornton ; assisted by George Smith ... the Rev. Alex. Townsend ... and other gentlemen.

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Creator:
Thornton, William
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
532, [4] p. : ports. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The history and antiquities of the archiepiscopal palace of Lambeth : from its foundation to the present time / by Dr. Ducarel, F.R. and A.SS.

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Creator:
Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713–1785
Date:
MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Physical Description:
[4], vi-ix, 132, 72 pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Le guide nouveau et universel dans les villes de Londres et de Westminster, le bourg de Southwark, et leurs environs. Par Jean Mazzinghy, M.L.

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Creator:
Mazzinghi, Giovanni
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
303 p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. De Londres et de ses environs.

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Creator:
Cambry, Jacques, 1749–1807
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
2 p.., v [i.e. iv], 147 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Report from the Committee appointed to inspect the several houses and other buildings immediately adjoining to Westminster Hall, and the two Houses of Parliament, and the offices thereto belonging : (June 3d, 1788).

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
Printed in the year MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Fores's new guide for foreigners, containing the most complete and accurate description of the cities of London and Westminster, and their environs, that has yet been offered to the public ... In French and English, with or without a map of London ...

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Creator:
Fores, Samuel William, 1761–1838
Date:
[179-?]
Physical Description:
[2], vii, vii, vii, vii, 131, 131 p. fold. map. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Pantheon, November 1789.

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Creator:
Pantheon (London)
Date:
1789?]
Physical Description:
2 . incl. diagr. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A treatise on theatres / by George Saunders.

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Creator:
Saunders, George, 1762–1839
Date:
MDCCXC [1790 ]
Physical Description:
x, [4], 94 p., XIII leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. The universal British directory of trade and commerce ; : comprehending lists of the inhabitants of London, Westminster, and borough of Southwark; ... with the mails, and other coaches, stage-waggons, hoys, packets, and trading vessels. ... : To which is added, a genuine account of the drawbacks and duties chargeable at the custom-house on all goods and merchandize ... with a particular of the public houses of every denomination ... with the whole body of liverymen, and places of residence, together with an historical and particular detail of the trade, polity, and manufactures, of each city, town, and village ...

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Creator:
Barfoot, Peter
Date:
MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
5 v. ; 22 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Report from the Committee appointed to inspect the several houses and other buildings immediately adjoining to Westminster Hall, and the two Houses of Parliament, and the offices thereto belonging : (July 22d, 1789.) : Ordered to be printed 16th February 1790.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
Printed in the year MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
9, [1] p. ; 34 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Reflections occasioned by the frequency of fires in the metropolis : with thoughts on measures for adding to public security, and remarks on the law of arson. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of England / by Philanthropos.

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Creator:
Stonestreet, George Griffin
Date:
MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
[3], vi-xii, 44 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. The campagna of London, or, Views in the different parishes within the circumference of twenty-five miles from that metropolis : with some account of the history and topography of each parish, and biographical anecdotes of persons who have resided in them. The whole collected from authentic records, and from local and personal information / by William Ellis ...

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Creator:
Ellis, William, 1747–1810
Date:
[1791-1793]
Physical Description:
152 p., 26 [i.e. 25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Resolutions of the Associated Architects : with the report of a committee by them appointed to consider the causes of the frequent fires and the best means of preventing the like in future.

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Creator:
Association of Architects (London, England)
Date:
[1793]
Physical Description:
[4], iii, [5]-31 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. On wet docks, quays, and warehouses, for the port of London; with hints respecting trade. Pt. I.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
2 p.., 27 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Ambulator, or, A pocket companion in a tour round London : within the circuit of twenty-five miles : describing whatever is most remarkable for antiquity, grandeur, elegance, or rural beauty : including new catalogues of pictures, and illustrated by historical and bibliographical observations : to which are prefixed a concise description of the metropolis, and a map of the country described.

No cover image available
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[4], 312 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general.

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Date:
1793
Physical Description:
4 v. front. (port.), plates. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Observations on a pamphlet entitled "A plan of the London dock," shewing the impracticability of the proposed plan, and demonstrating the advantages which would arise to the commerce of the metropolis, by extending the port, increasing the legal quays, and improving the banks of the Thames ...

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Date:
1794
Physical Description:
1 p.., 33 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Six well known views near London : for the use of those who delight in drawing.

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Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[12] leaves : all ill. (some col.) ; 17 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation. Part II.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
1 p.., 12 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
1 p.., 12 p. front. (fold. plan) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. A collection of select views in London and Westminster / engraved by Watts, Medland, [and Angus] etc.

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Creator:
Miller, William, 1740?-1810?
Date:
[1795-1800]
Physical Description:
[17] leaves of text, [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. A letter to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, on the subject of the intended new docks to be established at Wapping.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-46 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Ambulator, or, A pocket companion in a tour round London : within the circuit of twenty-five miles : describing whatever is most remarkable for antiquity, grandeur, elegance, or rural beauty : including new catalogs of pictures, and illustrated by historical and biographical observations : to which are prefixed concise description of the metropolis, and a map of the country described ...

No cover image available
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
ix, [1], 324 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Examination of William Vaughan, esq. in a committee of the hon. House of Commons, April 22, 1796, on the commerce of the port of London, and the accommodations for shipping, &c.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
23 p., [3] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. A letter to a friend on commerce and free ports, and London-docks.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 p.., 24 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. The curiosities of London and Westminster : described in four volumes : embellished with elegant copper plates.

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Date:
1796
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Answer to objections against the London-docks.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
21 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. A new and complete history and description of the cities of London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent : containing the whole histories of London, Westminster, Southwark, &c, ancient and modern : from the very earliest authentic intelligence to the year 1796 ... / by Richard Skinner ...

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Creator:
Skinner, Richard
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
iv, 5-538 [i.e. 544], [6] p., [52] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Examination of William Vaughan, esq. in a committee of the hon. House of Commons, April 22, 1796, on the commerce of the port of London, and the accommodations for shipping, &c.

No cover image available
Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
23 p. fold. col. plan. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
1 p.., 9 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
1 p.., 9 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. A collection of tracts on wet-docks for the port of London, with hints on trade and commerce and on free-ports.

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Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[111] p. 4 fold. plans (part col.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Instructive rambles in London, : and the adjacent villages. Designed to amuse the mind, and improve the understanding of youth. / By Elizabeth Helme ...

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Creator:
Helme, Elizabeth, -1814?
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
2 v., 2 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex : which are not described in the Environs of London / by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, M.A. F.R.S & F.S.A.

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
MDCCC [1800]
Physical Description:
[2], viii, [2], 316, [2] p., [17] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. The comic history of London : from the earliest period : illustrated with numerous engravings.

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Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
366 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Views within twelve miles round London / drawn and engraved by James Peller Malcolm ; this work tends to preserve the perishable forms of many a building and monument of antiquity, whose fate has been pronounced, and whose remembrance shall only be had from this and similar works.

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
[180-?]
Physical Description:
[30] leaves : all ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Domestic union, or, London as it should be : containing observations on the present state of the municipality of London;--with hints for it's extention and improvement ; together with remarks on the West-India Docks in the Ilse of Dogs;--the Wapping Docks;--the projects for improving London Bridge, and for making a new iron bridge across the Thames; the canal on the south side of the river, and the several new streets under present contemplation. / By the author of the Portentous Globe.

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Creator:
Stonestreet, George Griffin
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[4], 67, [1] p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. A companion to all the principal places of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster ...

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Date:
1801
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 202 p. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. The picture of London for 1802 : being a correct guide to all the curiosities, amusements, exhibitions, public establishments and remarkable objects, in and near London : with a collection of appropriate tables for the use of strangers, foreigners, and all persons who are not intimately acquainted with the British metropolis.

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Date:
[1802]
Physical Description:
xii, 420 p., [4] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., maps ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Londinium redivivum, or, An ancient history and modern description of London / compiled from parochial records, archives of various foundations, the Harleian mss. and other authentic sources ... by James Peller Malcolm.

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
1803-07
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., map, port. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. [Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of ... engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions ...

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1804-5]
Physical Description:
2 v. 12 ill., 60 plates. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. Description of the plates, representing the itinerant traders of London in their ordinary costume : with notices of the remarkable places given in the background.

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Creator:
Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:
April 25, 1804]
Physical Description:
[31] leaves, [31] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Views of noblemen and gentlemen's seats, antiquities and remarkable buildings in the counties adjoining London.

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1804-1805
Physical Description:
7 pt. in 1 v. ([28] plates) : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. London : being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis and its neighbourhood : to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. [Some account of London: By Thomas Pennant, esq.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1805]
Physical Description:
2 p.., 415, [8] p. 16 plates (incl. map, ports.) 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

No cover image available
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The history and survey of London and its environs : from the earliest period to the present time ... / by B. Lambert ...

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Creator:
Lambert, B
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. The picture of London for 1807 : being a correct guide to all the curiosities, amusements, exhibitions, public establishments, and remarkable objects, in and near London : with a collection of appropriate tables, two large maps, and several views.

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Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 420 p. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Letters from London.

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Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[2], 52 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Further report and memorials of the commissioners for executing the Act 46 Geo. III. c. 89 : for improvement of streets and places near to Westminster-Hall and the two Houses of Parliament : to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's treasury.

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Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
48, [2] p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. A visit to London : containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis / by S.W. ; with six copper plates.

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Creator:
S. W., active 1801–1820?
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
2, 196 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Report from the committee appointed to inspect Lords journals, respecting the improvements in Westminster.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. Description de Londres et de ses édifices, avec un précis historique et des observations sur le caractère de leur architecture, et sur les principaux objects d'art et de curiosité qu'ils renferment; par J.-B. Barjaud, et C.P. Landon ...

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Creator:
Barjaud, Jean Baptiste Benoît, 1785–1813
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
1 p.., [v]-viii, 239, 4 p. : front. (fold. map) plates, ports. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts