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101. [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

102. 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

103. 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

104. Views in London : consisting of the most remarkable buildings : with an historical description of each.

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Date:
[1820?]
Physical Description:
26, 11 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

105. Illustrations of the public buildings of London : with descriptive accounts of each edifice : supplement : containing the new subjects and descriptions incorporated in the second edition / by W.H. Leeds.

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Creator:
Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786–1866
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xii, 136 p., [18] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

106. 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

107. 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

108. 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

109. Design for the new law courts / submitted by Geo. Gilbert Scott, R.A.

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Creator:
Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811–1878
Date:
[1867]
Physical Description:
1 volume (58 leaves) : chiefly plates, plans ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

110. 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

111. London lions for country cousins and friends about town: being all the new buildings, improvements and amusements in the British metropolis ... By Horace Wellbeloved ...

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Creator:
Wellbeloved, Horace
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
viii, 112 p. fold. col. front., ill. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

112. A description of London; containing a sketch of its history and present state, and of all the most celebrated public buildings, &c. Embellished with engravings.

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Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
36 p. front., plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

113. 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

114. All about the Diamond Jubilee : with large-scale plan of London : fully illustrated.

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Date:
[1897]
Physical Description:
[2], 77, [1] p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

115. Index to the London visitation. 1593. In the possession of Sir Thos. Phillipps, Bart. 1840.

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Date:
1840?]
Physical Description:
3, [1] p. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

116. Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature expressly for this work and lithographed by Thomas Shotter Boys ; exhibiting its principal streets and characteristic accessories, public buildings in connexion with the leading thoroughfares, & c, & c, &c. ; with historical and descriptive notices of the views by Charles Ollier, 1842 & James Laver, C.B.E., 1954-1955.

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Creator:
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803–1874
Date:
[1954-1955]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

117. Golders Green as it was / by Clive Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, Clive R.
Date:
[1973?]
Physical Description:
28 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

118. Menu : 45, Oakley Street : August 27th, 1896.

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Date:
1896
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 13 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

119. The nuisances of London / drawn and etched by Richard Dighton ; six coloured plates.

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Creator:
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
6 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

120. 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

121. 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

122. The environs of London : being an historical account of the towns, villages, and hamlets, within twelve miles of that capital ... / by the Rev. Daniel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations, portrait, maps, plans ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

123. 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

124. 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

125. An antiquarian ramble in the streets of London : with anecdotes of their more celebrated residents / by John Thomas Smith ; edited by Charles Mackay.

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

126. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent / by Thomas Allen.

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Creator:
Allen, Thomas, 1803–1833
Date:
1827-1828
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

127. 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

128. Sunday in London / illustrated in fourteen cuts by George Cruikshank ; and a few words by a friend of his ; with a copy of Sir Andrew Agnew's bill.

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Creator:
Wight, J. (John)
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
iv, 105 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

129. Pierce Egan's Finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in their pursuits through life in and out of London / illustrated by the pencil of Mr. Robert Cruikshank, in 36 scenes from real life, & enriched with several designs on wood by the same artist ; dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xvi, 368 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

130. Site-unseen.

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

131. Barnaby Rudge : a tale of the riots of 'eighty / by Charles Dickens ; with forty-six illustrations by F. Barnard.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
[1874]
Physical Description:
x, 322 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

132. 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

133. The giant book of London from the air / photographs by Jason Hawkes.

The giant book of London from the air / photographs by Jason Hawkes.
Creator:
Hawkes, Jason
Date:
2001
Physical Description:
32 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

134. Progress of intemperance.

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Creator:
Wilson, T. C
Date:
ca. 1830]
Physical Description:
[6] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

135. Holmes's Great metropolis : or, Views and history of London in the nineteenth century. Being a grand national exhibition of the British capital. With historical and topographical notices of each place / Ed. by William Gray Fearnside, esq., and Thomas Harrel [!] ...

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Creator:
Fearnside, W. G. (William Gray)
Date:
[1851?]
Physical Description:
3 p.., 211 p. 34 pl. incl. front. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

136. 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

137. 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

138. 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

139. London. Edited by Charles Knight.

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Creator:
Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
Date:
1841-1844
Physical Description:
6 v. front., illus., (incl. plans) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

140. The legal and literary journal, and mercantile magazine : to be continued monthly, and number three to be published January 1st, 1814 / conducted by John Williams, Esq., author of the Laws of trade and Commerce, &c. &c. ; assisted by several literary and commercial gentlemen.

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Creator:
Williams, John, Esq
Date:
December 15, 1813
Physical Description:
[1] sheet ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

141. 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

142. Select views of London : with historical and descriptive sketches of some of the most interesting of its public buildings / compiled and arranged by John B. Papworth, architect ; author of an Essay on the dry rot, &c &c.

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Creator:
Papworth, John Buonarotti, 1775–1847
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[8], 159, [1] p., [76] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

143. 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

144. An historical description of Westminster Abbey : its monuments and curiosities.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
198 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

145. 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

146. 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

147. Descriptive particulars of the ancient and present state of the palace of the Savoy : now the scite of the bridge of Waterloo : the greatest in the world, with the dimensions of the same / by B. Johnson ...

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Creator:
Johnson, B
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
19 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. in folder 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

148. St. Paul's Cathedral : its history and architecture : with engravings of all the monuments : a hand-book guide for visitors.

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Date:
[1870?]
Physical Description:
58 [i.e. 72], [8] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

149. London and its environs : including excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight, etc. : handbook for travellers / by K. Baedeker.

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Creator:
Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
x, 366 p., [5] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm.+ [1] folded map (73 x 94 cm, folded to 15 x 10 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman

150. Leigh's new picture of London: or, A view of the political, religious, medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis ...

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Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
vi, [iii]-iv, 524, 36 p. fold. front., fold. plates, fold. map, fold. plan. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

151. Pigot and Co.'s London & provincial new commercial directory for 1827-8 : containing a classification of, and alphabetical reference to the merchants, manufacturers and traders of the metropolis ... : in addition to which is compiled ... a directory of the county of Middlesex, with every town and village within twelve miles of the metropolis, and in the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex ... : this volume is embellished with a new series of elegant maps of the above-named counties ... [and] a large map of London ...

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Creator:
J. Pigot & Co
Date:
[1827?]
Physical Description:
cxvi, 384, 104, 742 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

152. The finish to the adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic : in their pursuits through life in and out of London / by Pierce Egan ; with numerous illustrations by Robert Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1889
Physical Description:
xvi, 321 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

153. Can you forgive her? / by Anthony Trollope ; with illustrations by H.K. Browne.

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Creator:
Trollope, Anthony, 1815–1882
Date:
[1876?]
Physical Description:
334, [2] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

154. 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

155. Cruchley's picture of London : comprising the history, rise, and progress of the metropolis to the present time : embellished with numerous engravings of public buildings, ground plans of St. Paul's Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey, with its chapel, aisles, etc. : descriptions of Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Kew Gardens, Greenwich, Woolwich, Gravesend, etc. : to which is annexed a superior coloured map of London : with references to the principal streets, omnibus routes, railway stations, etc.

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Creator:
Cruchley, G. F
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
vii, [xix]-xxiv, 324, [12] p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

156. Designs for public and private buildings / by John Soane, Knt. ...

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Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCCXXXII [1832]
Physical Description:
[9], viii-xiv, [4], 61, [1] pages, LVI [i.e. 78] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

157. Escort card.

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Date:
late 19th century
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 40 x 76 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

158. Cruchley's illustrated London.

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Creator:
Cruchley, G. F
Date:
1854]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 46 col. plates. 14 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

159. Walks through London : including Westminster and the borough of Southwark with the surrounding suburbs : ... forming a complete guide to the British metropolis / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
2 v. (414 p., [97] leaves of plates) : ill., plans, folded map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

160. Letters from London.

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

161. [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

162. The British metropolis in 1851 : a classified guide to London, so arranged as to show, in separate chapters, every object in London interesting to special tastes and occupations.

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Date:
1851
Physical Description:
xx, 299, 16, [14] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

163. Sketches in London / by James Grant, the author of "Random recollections of the Lords and Commons," "The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. ; with twenty-four humorous illustrations, by "Phiz," and others.

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Creator:
Grant, James, 1802–1879
Date:
[1837-1838]
Physical Description:
[12] pt. ([4], viii, 408 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

164. 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

165. 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

166. 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

167. An historical description of Westminster Abbey : its monuments and curiosities designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.

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Date:
1827
Physical Description:
198 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

168. Sketches by Boz : illustrative of every-day life and every-day people / with thirty-four illustrations by F. Barnard.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
[1876]
Physical Description:
viii, 240 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

169. The history and antiquities of the Tower of London : with biographical anecdotes of royal and distinguished persons, deduced from records, state papers, and manuscripts, and from other original and authentic sources / by John Bayley, Esq., F.S.A. of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, and one of His Majesty's Sub-Commissioners on the Public Records ; in two parts ; Part I[-II].

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Creator:
Bayley, John, -1869
Date:
1821-1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

170. 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

171. 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

172. Tallis's illustrated London : in commemoration of the Great exhibition of all nations in 1851 : forming a complete guide to the British metropolis and its environs : illustrated by upwards of two hundred steel engraving from original drawings and daguerreotypes / with historical and descriptive letterpress by William Gaspey, Esq. Vol. I <-II>.

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Creator:
Gaspey, William, 1812–1888
Date:
<1851-52>
Physical Description:
2 v. (vii, <1>, 320 p., <74> leaves of plates (1 folded); vii, <1>, 304 p., <86> leaves of plates (2 folded)) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

173. The public buildings of the city of London described. : With twelve engravings. / By the author of "Public buildings of Westminster described."

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Creator:
Johnstone, C. I. (Christian Isobel), 1781–1857
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
[8], 259 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

174. Literary and historical memorials of London / by J. Henage Jesse.

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Creator:
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

175. Strange's pocket scrap book for young ladies and gentlemen : containing views of all the public places of amusement, watering places, etc. etc. : part IV.

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Date:
[between 1841 and 1849]
Physical Description:
pt. : chiefly ill. ; 11 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

176. 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

177. 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

178. The East London line : an elegaic meta-landscape / Peter Chasseaud.

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Creator:
Chasseaud, Peter
Date:
2010
Physical Description:
31 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

179. Tallis's London street views, exhibiting upwards of one hundred buildings in each number, elegantly engraved on steel; with a commercial directory corrected every month, the whole forming a complete stranger's guide through London ... To which is added an index map of the streets ...

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Creator:
Tallis, John, 1817–1876
Date:
[1838-40]
Physical Description:
88 pts. ill., double plans. 14 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

180. Cha cha cha / Stephen Willats.

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Creator:
Willats, Stephen, 1943–
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
[52] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

181. 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

182. The A B C guide to London : Chas. Baker & Co.'s large pocket map of London, in 15 sections : with alphabetical list of places of interest in and near London &c.

No cover image available
Date:
[1887?]
Physical Description:
58 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

183. 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

184. [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

185. Londina illustrata : Graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools, charitable foundations, palaces, halls, courts, processions, places of early amusement and modern & present theaters, in the city and suburbs of London & Westminster.

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Creator:
Robert Wilkinson (Publisher)
Date:
1819-25
Physical Description:
2 v., pl. : plans. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

186. The history and antiquities of London / by Thomas Pennant.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

187. The history of London: illustrated by views in London & Westminster engraved by John Woods, from original drawings by Shepherd, Garland, Salmon, Topham, Clarke, Browne, Roberts, &c. Edited by William Gray Fearnside, esq., and (in continuation) by Thomas Harral ...

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Creator:
Fearnside, W. G. (William Gray)
Date:
184-?]
Physical Description:
3 p.., 203, [1] p., 1 leaf, vi, [2], ii, 158 p. front., plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

188. An account of what seem'd most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons vizt. Messieurs Tothall, Scott, Hogarth, Thornhill & Forrest : begun on Saturday, May 27th, 1723 and finished on the 31st of the same month / with an introduction by Nick Savage and vinyl engravings by Michaela Kidney.

No cover image available
Creator:
Forrest, Ebenezer, active 1774
Date:
1989
Physical Description:
[36] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

189. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
1736
Physical Description:
3 p. l., vi, 91, [5] p. fold. table. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

190. Temple Bar : the city Golgotha : a narrative of the historical occurrences of a criminal character associated with the present Bar / by a member of the Inner Temple.

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Creator:
Wilson, James Holbert, 1809–1873
Date:
MDCCCLIII [1853]
Physical Description:
[4], 68 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

191. 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

192. London : what to see, and how to see it : with numerous illustrations.

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Date:
1857
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

193. London snow / Robert Bridges.

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Creator:
Bridges, Robert, 1844–1930
Date:
1988
Physical Description:
[8] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

194. Sunday scenes in London and its suburbs / by Percy Cruikshank.

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Creator:
Cruikshank, Percy, active 1840–1860
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
63, [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

195. Oliver Twist.

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Creator:
Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
xxviii, 418, [2] pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

196. Metro-land : British Empire Exhibition number : containing a general description of the British Empire Exhibition, how to get about London, and a comprehensive & descriptive review of the various districts served by Metropolitan Tailway.

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Date:
1924?]
Physical Description:
118 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

197. Characters at the west end of the town / drawn and etched by Richard Dighton.

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Creator:
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[46] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

198. A brief account of the Colosseum : in the Regent's Park, London: comprising a description of the building; the panoramic view from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral; the conservatory, &c.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
8 p. : 8 plates. ; 28 x 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

199. 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

200. A visit to London: containing a description of the principal curiosities in the British metropolis. By the author of "The visit to a farm-house."

No cover image available
Date:
[1838?]
Physical Description:
vi, 192 p. front., ill., plates. 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts