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1. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Relics of old London.

Relics of old London.
Date:
1875-1886]
Physical Description:
2 portfolios (120 carbon photoprints) ; 49 x 38 cm. + 14 leaves of text.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Modern London : being the history and present state of the British metropolis : illustrated with numerous copper plates.

Modern London : being the history and present state of the British metropolis : illustrated with numerous copper plates.
Creator:
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
viii, 571 p., [23] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., plan : 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. 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

5. Report from the Committee on petition of the Ministers, Churchwardens and vestry of St. Margaret's, Westminster.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
[1813]
Physical Description:
10 p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. 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.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. 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

8. Site-unseen.

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Creator:
Smith, Terry
Date:
1997
Physical Description:
[46] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Observations on the design for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as executed in the year 1812 : accompanied by plans, elevation, & sections, of the same : engraved on eighteen plates / by Benjamin Wyatt, F.S.A. architect.

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Creator:
Wyatt, Benjamin Dean, 1775–1855
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
xii, 77 p.,18 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Rural retreats : a collection of views of gentlemen's seats in the neighbourhood of London.

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
[36] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Further reports and memorials of the Commissioners for executing the several Acts 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 : together with their accounts of receipt and expenditure : from 8th May 1811 to 31st December 1813.

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Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
p. [119]-[150] ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Reports and memorials of the commissioners for executing the several Acts for improvement of streets and places near to Westminster Hall and the two Houses of Parliament : to the Lord Commissioners of His Majesty's treasury : and reports by select committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons thereupon.

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Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
123 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Second report from the Committee on the improvement of Westminster.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
[2], 2 p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. A collection of papers relating to the Thames Quay : with hints for some further improvements in the metropolis / by Colonel Trench, M.P. ; with seventeen explanatory plates.

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Creator:
Trench, F. W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1775–1859
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[4], iv, iv, 176 p., 17 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Four squares : The Fine Art Society, 8-30 November 2006 / Eileen Hogan.

Four squares : The Fine Art Society, 8-30 November 2006 / Eileen Hogan.
Creator:
Hogan, Eileen, 1946–
Date:
2006
Physical Description:
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Eileen Hogan

17. A hand-book to Hampton Court : with illustrations and a complete catalogue of the pictures / by Felix Summerly (Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.) ...

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Creator:
Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808–1882
Date:
1887
Physical Description:
108 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

18. Report from Select Committee on the improvements in Westminster.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [2] leaves of plates : plan ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A collection of papers relating to the Thames Quay : with hints for some further improvements in the metropolis / by Colonel Trench, M.P. ; with seventeen explanatory plates.

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Creator:
Trench, F. W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1775–1859
Date:
1827 [i.e. 1852?]
Physical Description:
[4], iv, iv, 176 p., 17 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Designs for public and private buildings / by John Soane ...

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Physical Description:
vi, 36 pages, [1], 54 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Report from Select Committee on Public Buildings at Westminster.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
7, [1] p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The architectural antiquities and present state of Crosby Place, London, as lately restored by John Davies, architect : delineated in a series of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large, with perspective views / from original drawings by Henry J. Hammon ; with historical and descriptive account.

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Creator:
Hammon, Henry J
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
16 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts