Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c. by the most eminent artists from original drawings, taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work
by SHEPHERD, Thomas
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1827 LONDON 1ed Metropolitan Improvements England Architecture Cathedrals BEAUTY
Thomas Shepherd was a 19th-century English historian who focused his career on the history of London. One of his books was 'Metropolitan Improvements' – a work describing various architectural feats around London and its environs. In it, Shepherd describes houses and royal halls, churches and cathedrals, prisons and hospitals, streets, bridges, and much more. This 1827 first edition includes 66 impressive full-page engravings of iconic London sights.
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SHEPHERD, Thomas
Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c. by the most eminent artists from original drawings, taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work
London : Jones, 1827. First edition.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 172, ii
o 66 engraved plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~10.75in X 8.75in (27.5cm x 22cm)
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- Title
- Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c. by the most eminent artists from original drawings, taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work
- Author
- SHEPHERD, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jones
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1827 LONDON 1ed Metropolitan Improvements England Architecture Cathedrals BEAUTYrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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