Period: 19th century / Associated Places: London (England) / Subject Terms: London (England) -- History.

1. Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

Creator:: Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:: [1824]
Physical Description:: 1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 22 x 168 cm, accordion folded to 22 x 33 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

Creator:: Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: [4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

Creator:: Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840
Date:: 1805
Physical Description:: viii, 571 p., [23] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., plan : 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. London, or, Interesting memorials of its rise, progress and present state / by Sholto & Reuben Percy ...

Creator:: Percy, Sholto, 1788–1852
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill., port., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

6. 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].

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

7. 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 [!] ...

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

8. 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 ...

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

9. London. Edited by Charles Knight.

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

10. London : oder Beschreibung der merkurïrdigsten gebäude, denkmäler und anstaften der hauptstadt grossbritanniens.

Creator:: Bergk, Johann Adam, 1769–1834
Date:: 1812
Physical Description:: iv, 44 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. 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.

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

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

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

13. Some account of the hospital and parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex / by John Parton ...

Creator:: Parton, John, d. 1821
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 427, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map, plan ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

15. 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 ...

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

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

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

17. 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>.

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

18. Views and history of London in the nineteenth century : being a series of illustrations of the most interesting objects in the British metropolis and its vicinity / from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd.

Creator:: Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
Date:: [183-?]
Physical Description:: 316, xlii p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. London.

Creator:: Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839–1911
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: 223 p. front. (fold. map) 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

20. South London / by Walter Besant ; with an etching by Francis S. Walker, and 119 illustrations.

Creator:: Besant, Walter, 1836–1901
Date:: 1899
Physical Description:: xii, 332 p. front., illus. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

21. The history of London.

Creator:: Besant, Walter, 1836–1901
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: 256 p. illus. 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

22. A history of London. By W. J. Loftie, with maps and illustrations.

Creator:: Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839–1911
Date:: 1883
Physical Description:: 2 v. fold. fronts., plates (partly fold.) maps (partly fold.) plans (partly fold.) 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

23. Old London. Papers read at the London congress, July, 1866.

Creator:: Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Date:: 1867
Physical Description:: xi, 376 p. illus. (incl. plans) 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

24. The town: its memorable characters and events; St. Paul's to St. James's.

Creator:: Hunt, Leigh, 1784–1859
Date:: 1893
Physical Description:: xiv, 454 p. illus. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

25. Haunted London / by Walter Thornbury ; illustrated by F.W. Fairholt.

Creator:: Thornbury, Walter, 1828–1876
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: xv, 518 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

26. London, how the great city grew / George Rose Emerson..

Creator:: Emerson, George R. (George Rose)
Date:: 1862
Physical Description:: vi, 313 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

27. Mayfair and Belgravia: being an historical account of the parish of St. George, Hanover square. By George Clinch ... With numerous illustrations.

Creator:: Clinch, George, 1860–1921
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: xii, 183, [1] p. incl. map. front., illus., plates, ports. 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

28. Ludgate Hill : past and present : a narrative concerning the people, places, legends, and changes of the great London highway / [W. P. Treloar].

Creator:: Treloar, William Purdie, Sir, bart., 1843–1923
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: 144 p. (incl. plates) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

29. London.

Creator:: Besant, Walter, 1836–1901
Date:: 1892
Physical Description:: xiv, 403 p. illus. 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

30. The history of Horselydown : a paper read before a meeting of the Surrey Archaeological Society, held at Horselydown in Southwark, October 30, 1855 / by G.R. Corner.

Creator:: Corner, George Richard, 1801–1863
Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: 24 p., [2] fold. leaves of plates : ill. (some fold.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

31. London and its celebrities : a second series of Literary and historical memorials of London / by J. Heneage Jesse.

Creator:: Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

32. Modern history of the city of London; a record of municipal and social progress, from 1760 to the present day. By Charles Welch... With illustrations drawn and selected by Philip Norman, F.S.A.

Creator:: Welch, Charles, 1848–1924
Date:: 1896
Physical Description:: 1 p.l., xi, 492, [3] p. front., illus. 33 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

33. London and the kingdom; a history derived mainly from the archives at Guildhall in the custody of the corporation of the city of London. By Reginald R. Sharpe ... Printed by order of the corporation under the direction of the Library committee.

Creator:: Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson), b. 1848
Date:: 1894-95
Physical Description:: 3 v. illus. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

34. A history of London : supplement to the first edition.

Creator:: Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839–1911
Date:: 1884
Physical Description:: xiv, 405-434 p. illus. (part col.) 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

35. The historical charters and constitutional documents of the city of London.

Creator:: London (England)
Date:: 1887
Physical Description:: xlviii, 338 p. 27 x 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

36. London, past and present : its history, associations, and traditions / by Henry B. Wheatley ; based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham.

Creator:: Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838–1917
Date:: 1891
Physical Description:: 3 v. ;c 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

37. Up and down the London streets. By Mark Lemon.

Creator:: Lemon, Mark, 1809–1870
Date:: 1867
Physical Description:: vii, 348 p. illus. 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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1. Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

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

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

4. London, or, Interesting memorials of its rise, progress and present state / by Sholto & Reuben Percy ...

7. 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 [!] ...

8. 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 ...

9. London. Edited by Charles Knight.

10. London : oder Beschreibung der merkurïrdigsten gebäude, denkmäler und anstaften der hauptstadt grossbritanniens.

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

13. Some account of the hospital and parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex / by John Parton ...

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

15. 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 ...

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

18. Views and history of London in the nineteenth century : being a series of illustrations of the most interesting objects in the British metropolis and its vicinity / from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd.

19. London.

20. South London / by Walter Besant ; with an etching by Francis S. Walker, and 119 illustrations.

21. The history of London.

22. A history of London. By W. J. Loftie, with maps and illustrations.

23. Old London. Papers read at the London congress, July, 1866.

24. The town: its memorable characters and events; St. Paul's to St. James's.

25. Haunted London / by Walter Thornbury ; illustrated by F.W. Fairholt.

26. London, how the great city grew / George Rose Emerson..

27. Mayfair and Belgravia: being an historical account of the parish of St. George, Hanover square. By George Clinch ... With numerous illustrations.

28. Ludgate Hill : past and present : a narrative concerning the people, places, legends, and changes of the great London highway / [W. P. Treloar].

29. London.

30. The history of Horselydown : a paper read before a meeting of the Surrey Archaeological Society, held at Horselydown in Southwark, October 30, 1855 / by G.R. Corner.

31. London and its celebrities : a second series of Literary and historical memorials of London / by J. Heneage Jesse.

32. Modern history of the city of London; a record of municipal and social progress, from 1760 to the present day. By Charles Welch... With illustrations drawn and selected by Philip Norman, F.S.A.

33. London and the kingdom; a history derived mainly from the archives at Guildhall in the custody of the corporation of the city of London. By Reginald R. Sharpe ... Printed by order of the corporation under the direction of the Library committee.

34. A history of London : supplement to the first edition.

35. The historical charters and constitutional documents of the city of London.

36. London, past and present : its history, associations, and traditions / by Henry B. Wheatley ; based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham.

37. Up and down the London streets. By Mark Lemon.