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1. Van den Wyngaerde's View of London (circa 1550)

Creator:: Wyngaerde, Anton van den, d. 1571
Date:: 1881-1882
Physical Description:: 1 portfolio (7 plates) : all ill. ; 53 x 295 cm, on 7 sheets 80 x 59 cm, in cover 79 x 58 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis.

Creator:: Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539–1590
Date:: [1574]
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 32 x 48 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

3. A survey of London, by John Stow; reprinted from the text of 1603, with introduction and notes by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

Creator:: Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:: 1908
Physical Description:: 2 v. fronts. (v. 1. port.) illus., fold. map inserted, double facsim. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

4. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

6. 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 ...

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

7. 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.

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

8. Platte grondt der Vebrande Stadt London / by Marcus Williamsz Doornick.

Creator:: Doornick, Marcus Williamsz
Date:: 1666
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 30 x 54 cm., on sheet 50 x 58 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. 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 ...

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

10. 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 ...

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

11. A new map containing the towns, gentlemens houses, villages, and other remarks round London : as from London toe Windsor, Ware, Chelmsford, the Hope, Tunbridge, Guildford, &c.

Creator:: Moll, Herman, -1732
Date:: [ca. 1700]
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 26 x 28 cm., on sheet 30 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. 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 ...

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

13. 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 ...

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

14. The history of the London clubs, or, The citizens' pastime .../ by the author of the London spy.

Creator:: Ward, Edward, 1667–1731
Date:: 1896]
Physical Description:: 31 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

15. 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 ...

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

16. 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 ...

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

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

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

18. 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 ...

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

19. 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.

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

20. 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.

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

21. An exact surveigh of the streets, lanes and churches comprehend[e]d within the ruins of the city of London : first described in six plats 10 Decemr. Ao Dom. 1666 : by the order & directions of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor, aldermen, & common councell of the said city / Iohn Leake, Iohn Iennings, Willm. Marr, Willm. Leybourn, Thomas Streete, Richard Shortgrave, surveyors ; & reduced into one intire plat by Iohn Leake, for the use of the commisioners for the regulation of streets, lanes, &ct.

Creator:: Leake, John
Date:: [1723]
Physical Description:: 1 map on 2 sheets ; 106 x 125 cm, sheets 55 x 72 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Ichnographia urbis Londinii : post magnum et fatale incendium ano. Dni. MDCLXVI, cum idea novæ urbis qualem tunc temporis / ex cineribus renatam esse designibat clarissimus vir Dns. Christophorus Wren = A plan of the city of London : after the great fire, in the year of our Lord 1666, with the modell of the new city / according to the design and proposal of Sr. Christopher Wren ... for rebuilding thereof.

Creator:: Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632–1723
Date:: 1724
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 35 x 70 cm., on sheet 49 x 72 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

25. 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 ...

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

26. 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 ...

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

27. 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.

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

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

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

29. 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.

Date:: [1739-1753]
Physical Description:: [104] prints : engravings ; 24 x 34 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

31. 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.

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

32. 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 ...

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

33. A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings / from an actual survey, taken by John Rocque, land-surveyor, and engraved by John Pine, Bluemantle ...

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1746
Physical Description:: 1 map on 24 sheets ; 203 x 385 cm., sheets 77 x 57 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. 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.

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

35. 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] ...

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

36. A plan for rebuilding the city of London, after the great fire in 1666 : design'd by that great architect Sr. Christopher Wren ; and approv'd by King and Parliament, but unhappily defeated by faction / J. Gwynn delin. ; E. Rooker, sculp.

Creator:: Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
Date:: [1749 October 3]
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 16 x 4 cm, on sheet 30 x 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A new and accurate survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark : with the country about it for nineteen miles in length and thirteen in depth... / by John Rocque ... = Urbium maxime insignium Londini et Westmonasterii nec non municipii Sudovercencis, regionumque ad decem quasi milliaria circumjacentium ... / a Johanne Rocque ... = Carte topographique des villes de Londres, Westminster, et bourg de Southwark et des leurs environs contenant l'espace de dixneuf miles en longeur et de trieze en largeur... / par Jean Rocque...

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1751
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([2], [32] leaves) : maps ; 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. 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.

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

39. 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 ...

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

40. A plan of London on the same scale as that of Paris : in order to ascertain the difference of the extent of these two rivals ... / by John Rocque ... = Plan de Londres, &c. sur la même echelle que celui de Paris : afin de constater la difference en grandeur de ces deux rivals ... / par J. Rocque ...

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1754
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 43 x 62 cm., on sheet 55 x 74 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the contiguous buildings : with all the new roads that have been made on account of Westminster Bridge, and the new buildings and alterations to the present year MDCCLV / engraved from an actual survey made by John Rocque ; this plan extends from east to west near six miles, and from north to south a little more than three, and contains about 11,500 acres of ground.

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1755
Physical Description:: 1 map on 8 sheets ; 132 x 216 cm., sheets 67 x 54 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. 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 ...

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

43. 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.

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

44. 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 ...

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

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

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

46. 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 ...

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

47. 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 ...

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

48. 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 ...

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

49. 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.

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

50. 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 ...

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

51. Twelve views of cities [graphic] = Douze vües de villes.

Date:: [between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:: 12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

53. 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.

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

54. Twelve pleasing views down the River Thames, and prospects at sea [graphic].

Date:: published 2d. March, 1773
Physical Description:: 12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. 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 ...

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

56. 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.

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

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

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

58. 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 ...

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

59. The four Indian kings.

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

60. Glossary of place-names in and around London.

Creator:: Pocklington, Joseph, 1736–1817
Date:: 1781
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([15] p.) ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. 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.

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

62. 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.

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

63. 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.

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

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

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

65. 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.

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

66. A journey from Ecton, through London, to Bath, and from there, back again, through Cirencester, and Banbury, to Daventry, and Northampton : from August the 3d to October the 12th, 1785.

Creator:: Orlebar, Mary, 1730–1821
Date:: 1785
Physical Description:: 1 v. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. 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.

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

68. 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.

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

69. 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).

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

70. De Londres et de ses environs.

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

71. 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 ...

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

72. Pantheon, November 1789.

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

73. 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 ...

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

74. A new pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster : with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations, to the year 1790.

Creator:: Faden, William, 1749–1836
Date:: [1790]
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 47 x 91 cm., folded to 18 x 12 cm., in case 19 x 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. A treatise on theatres / by George Saunders.

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

76. 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.

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

77. 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.

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

78. Bowles's New pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster : with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1790.

Creator:: Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:: [1790]
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 48 x 94 cm., folded to 16 x 12 cm., in case 17 x 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. 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 ...

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

80. 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.

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

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

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

82. 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.

Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: [4], 312 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

85. The London directory, or, A new and improved plan of London, Westminster & Southwark : with the adjacent country, the new buildings, the new roads, and the late alterations by opening of new streets, & widening of others, &c.

Creator:: Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 31 x 5l cm., folded to 14 x 11 cm., in case 14 x 11 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. 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 ...

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

87. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

91. Answer to objections against the London-docks.

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

92. 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 ...

Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: ix, [1], 324 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

96. 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 ...

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

97. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

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

98. 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.

Creator:: Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 23 p. fold. col. plan. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

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

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

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

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1. Van den Wyngaerde's View of London (circa 1550)

2. Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis.

3. A survey of London, by John Stow; reprinted from the text of 1603, with introduction and notes by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

6. 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 ...

8. Platte grondt der Vebrande Stadt London / by Marcus Williamsz Doornick.

10. 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 ...

11. A new map containing the towns, gentlemens houses, villages, and other remarks round London : as from London toe Windsor, Ware, Chelmsford, the Hope, Tunbridge, Guildford, &c.

13. 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 ...

14. The history of the London clubs, or, The citizens' pastime .../ by the author of the London spy.

15. 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 ...

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

19. 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.

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

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

26. 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 ...

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

29. 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.

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

33. A plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings / from an actual survey, taken by John Rocque, land-surveyor, and engraved by John Pine, Bluemantle ...

35. 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] ...

36. A plan for rebuilding the city of London, after the great fire in 1666 : design'd by that great architect Sr. Christopher Wren ; and approv'd by King and Parliament, but unhappily defeated by faction / J. Gwynn delin. ; E. Rooker, sculp.

38. 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.

44. 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 ...

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

48. 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 ...

49. 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.

50. 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 ...

51. Twelve views of cities [graphic] = Douze vües de villes.

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

53. 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.

54. Twelve pleasing views down the River Thames, and prospects at sea [graphic].

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

58. 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 ...

59. The four Indian kings.

60. Glossary of place-names in and around London.

61. 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.

63. 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.

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

66. A journey from Ecton, through London, to Bath, and from there, back again, through Cirencester, and Banbury, to Daventry, and Northampton : from August the 3d to October the 12th, 1785.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. 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).

70. De Londres et de ses environs.

71. 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 ...

72. Pantheon, November 1789.

74. A new pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster : with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations, to the year 1790.

75. A treatise on theatres / by George Saunders.

76. 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.

77. 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.

78. Bowles's New pocket plan of the cities of London & Westminster : with the borough of Southwark : comprehending the new buildings and other alterations to the year 1790.

80. 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.

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

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

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

85. The London directory, or, A new and improved plan of London, Westminster & Southwark : with the adjacent country, the new buildings, the new roads, and the late alterations by opening of new streets, & widening of others, &c.

86. 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 ...

87. 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.

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

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

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

91. Answer to objections against the London-docks.

93. 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.

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

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

97. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

98. 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.

99. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

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