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1. The Phoenix soup & dining-rooms.

The Phoenix soup & dining-rooms.
Creator:
Phoenix (Restaurant : London, England)
Date:
[early 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst : dedicated, by permission, to Mr. Jackson and the Pugilistic Club / designed and etched by I.R. Cruickshank, under the direction of P. Egan.

Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst : dedicated, by permission, to Mr. Jackson and the Pugilistic Club / designed and etched by I.R. Cruickshank, under the direction of P. Egan.
Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
36 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. [Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors].
Creator:
Howle, J. (Tailor)
Date:
[approximately 1820-1830]
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson and Adolphe Smith.

Street life in London : with permanent photographic illustrations taken from life expressly for this publication / by J. Thomson and Adolphe Smith.
Creator:
Thomson, J. (John), 1837–1921
Date:
[1877-1878]
Physical Description:
100 p., [36] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Prospectus. View of London, and the surrounding country, taken with mathematical accuracy from an observatory purposely erected over the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral; to be published in four engravings. By Thomas Hornor.

Prospectus. View of London, and the surrounding country, taken with mathematical accuracy from an observatory purposely erected over the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral; to be published in four engravings. By Thomas Hornor.
Creator:
Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
31 p. 3 fold. plates (incl. front.) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. 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

7. London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.

London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.
Date:
[1841-1844]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. front., ill., plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. London : a pilgrimage / by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold.

London : a pilgrimage / by Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold.
Creator:
Jerrold, Blanchard, 1826–1884
Date:
1872
Physical Description:
[14], xii, 191, [1] p., [52] leaves of plates ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. London illustrated : in a series of twenty-one views : with a description of each plate.

London illustrated : in a series of twenty-one views : with a description of each plate.
Date:
[1825]
Physical Description:
4 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A companion from London to Brighthelmston, in Sussex : consisting of a set of topographical maps from actual surveys, on a scale of two inches to a mile ... / by J. Edwards, topographer.

A companion from London to Brighthelmston, in Sussex : consisting of a set of topographical maps from actual surveys, on a scale of two inches to a mile ... / by J. Edwards, topographer.
Creator:
Edwards, James, 1756–1816
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[3],viii, [1], 31, 86, [3] p., [15] leaves of plates, ([2] folded) : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. An aeronautical view of London / drawn & engraved by Robert Havell.

An aeronautical view of London / drawn & engraved by Robert Havell.
Creator:
Havell, Robert, 1769–1832
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : plan ; 43 x 112 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Relics of old London.

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

13. Palatial and parliamentary edifices of Westminster.

Palatial and parliamentary edifices of Westminster.
Date:
[1835]
Physical Description:
[126] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Cyder Cellars, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.

Cyder Cellars, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden.
Date:
[early 19th century]
Physical Description:
1 advertisement : illustration ; 18 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps : (established June 15th, 1825,) for the benefit of their apprentices.

Eleventh anniversary of the United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps : (established June 15th, 1825,) for the benefit of their apprentices.
Creator:
United Society of Master Chimney Sweeps (London, England)
Date:
1836
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 27 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The microcosm of London : this work already honoured ...

The microcosm of London : this work already honoured ...
Date:
[1808-10]
Physical Description:
3 v. : col. ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey : French and Italian ices to-day.

John R. Purssell & Comp., 20, Ludgate Hill, opposite the Old Bailey : French and Italian ices to-day.
Creator:
John R. Purssell & Comp.
Date:
[between 1850 and 1875?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one.

Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one.
Creator:
Zoological Society of London
Date:
1879
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket ; 70 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Miss Cooper educates a limited number of young ladies.

Miss Cooper educates a limited number of young ladies.
Creator:
Cooper, Miss, active 19th century
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([2] leaves) ; 19 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

21. 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 Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd ; comprising the palaces, parks, new churches, bridges, streets, river scenery, public offices and institutions, gentlemen's seats and mansions, and every other object worthy of notice throughout the metropolis and its environs, with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations, by James Elmes ...

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 Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd ; comprising the palaces, parks, new churches, bridges, streets, river scenery, public offices and institutions, gentlemen's seats and mansions, and every other object worthy of notice throughout the metropolis and its environs, with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations, by James Elmes ...
Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
Date:
1828 [i.e. 1827-1830]
Physical Description:
vi, ii, 172 p., [80] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Novel and interesting exhibition of fancy shell-work!.

Novel and interesting exhibition of fancy shell-work!.
Creator:
Le Lacheur, Madame, active 1845
Date:
[1845]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 23 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Portraits of children of the mobility / drawn from nature by J. Leech ; with memoirs and characteristic sketches by the author of "The comic English grammar," etc.

Portraits of children of the mobility / drawn from nature by J. Leech ; with memoirs and characteristic sketches by the author of "The comic English grammar," etc.
Creator:
Leech, John, 1817–1864
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
[4], 47, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. [Program for performance by Marion Hood in Dorothy at the Prince of Wales theatre]

[Program for performance by Marion Hood in Dorothy at the Prince of Wales theatre]
Creator:
Prince of Wales Theatre (London, England)
Date:
[approximately 1887]
Physical Description:
[8] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. London and its environs in the nineteenth century : illustrated by a series of views from original drawings / by Thomas H. Shepherd ; with historical, topographical and critical notices ; series the first, comprising the earlier edifices, antiquities, &c.

London and its environs in the nineteenth century : illustrated by a series of views from original drawings / by Thomas H. Shepherd ; with historical, topographical and critical notices ; series the first, comprising the earlier edifices, antiquities, &c.
Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
Date:
[1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Physical Description:
160 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler, Chignell House, near the turnpike, Uxbridge road, Ealing W.

Establishment for the education of young ladies conducted by the Misses Sadler, Chignell House, near the turnpike, Uxbridge road, Ealing W.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ; 19 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Londres / par Louis Énault ; illustré de 174 gravures sur bois par Gustave Doré.

No cover image available
Creator:
Enault, Louis, 1824–1900
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
[4], 434 p. : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. [Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of ... engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1804-5]
Physical Description:
2 v. 12 ill., 60 plates. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Real life in London, or, The rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, through the metropolis : exhibiting a living picture of fashionable characters, manners, and amusements in high and low life / by an amateur ; embellished and illustrated with a series of coloured prints, designed and engraved by Messrs. Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Rowlandson &c.

No cover image available
Date:
1821-1822
Physical Description:
56 pt. in 33 pt.. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. On the construction and decoration of the shop fronts of London : illustrated with eighteen coloured representations exhibiting the varied styles of the present period, for the use of builders, carpenters, shopkeepers, &c. / by N. Whittock ; forming an appendix to The decorative painter and glazier's guide, by the same author.

No cover image available
Creator:
Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
[4], 12, 4 p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Saturday, August 21st, 1897. Admit one.

No cover image available
Creator:
Zoological Society of London
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
1 admission ticket ; 70 x 80 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Costume of the lower orders of London : painted and engraved from nature / by T.L. Busby.

No cover image available
Creator:
Busby, Thomas Lord
Date:
[1820]
Physical Description:
iv, [24] p., [24] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Old Humphrey's walks in London : and its neighbourhood.

No cover image available
Creator:
Old Humphrey, 1787–1854
Date:
[1843?]
Physical Description:
viii, 355 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
vi, [iii]-iv, iv p., 1 leaf, 524, 36 p. plates (part col., part fold.) fold. map, fold. plan. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. London : the City and the East End.

No cover image available
Date:
[1871]
Physical Description:
48 p., [12] cards : ill. ; 11 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

36. The pictorial handbook of London : comprising its antiquities, architecture, arts, manufacture, trade, social, literary, and scientific institutions, exhibitions, and galleries of art : together with some account of the principal suburbs and most attractive localities : illustrated with two hundred and five engravings on wood, by Branston, Jewitt, and others : and a new complete map, engraved by Lowry.

No cover image available
Creator:
Weale, John, 1791–1862
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
910 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
189, [4], [1], [2] p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. A scramble through London & Brighton / by E. Nelson Haxell ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Haxell, Edward Nelson
Date:
[1884]
Physical Description:
[10], 122, [6] p., [2] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Percy, Sholto, 1788–1852
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., port., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Further report and memorials of the commissioners for executing the Act 46 Geo. III. c. 89 : for improvement of streets and places near to Westminster-Hall and the two Houses of Parliament : to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's treasury.

No cover image available
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
48, [2] p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Felix Summerly's hand-book for Westminster Abbey.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cole, Henry, Sir, 1808–1882
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
35 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Johnstone's London commercial guide, and street directory: in four parts ...

No cover image available
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
[v]-xxxii p., 956 columns, 957-1114, 151, [1] p. : 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Escort card.

No cover image available
Date:
late 19th century
Physical Description:
1 card : illustrations ; 40 x 76 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Dighton, Richard, 1795–1880
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[46] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 x 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Date:
1857
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. An historical memento, representing the different scenes of public rejoicing, which took place the first of August, in St. James's and Hyde Parks, London, in celebration of the glorious peace of 1814, and of the centenary of the accession of the illustrious House of Brunswick to the throne of these kingdoms.

No cover image available
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
64 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. 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.

No cover image available
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

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

No cover image available
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

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

No cover image available
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

51. 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].

No cover image available
Creator:
Bayley, John, -1869
Date:
1821-1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The cries of London : drawn from life.

No cover image available
Creator:
Busby, Thomas Lord
Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Londinium redivivum, or, An ancient history and modern description of London / compiled from parochial records, archives of various foundations, the Harleian mss. and other authentic sources ... by James Peller Malcolm.

No cover image available
Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
1803-07
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., map, port. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. 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 [!] ...

No cover image available
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

55. 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 ...

No cover image available
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

56. The comic history of London : from the earliest period : illustrated with numerous engravings.

No cover image available
Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
366 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Progress of sobriety.

No cover image available
Creator:
Wilson, T. C
Date:
ca. 1830]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Further reports and memorials of the Commissioners for executing the several Acts for improvement of streets and places near to Westminster Hall and the two Houses of Parliament : to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury : together with their accounts of receipt and expenditure : from 8th May 1811 to 31st December 1813.

No cover image available
Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
p. [119]-[150] ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. London in 1850-1851 : from the geographical dictionary of J.R. McCulloch.

No cover image available
Creator:
McCulloch, J. R. (John Ramsay), 1789–1864
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
132 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
[180-?]
Physical Description:
[30] leaves : all ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Bird's eye views of London, beautifully embossed on eight sheets, and printed in colours, with explanatory woodcuts, containing 300 references to public buildings.

No cover image available
Date:
ca. 1850]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. London scenes, or, A visit to Uncle William in town : containing a description of the most remarkable buildings and curiosities in the British metropolis : illustrated by seventy-eight copperplate engravings ...

No cover image available
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
xvi, 211 p., [23] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. The picture of London for 1815 : 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, two large maps, and various other engravings.

No cover image available
Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
x, 458 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The history of London, and its environs : containing an account of the origin of the city, its state under the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans, its rise and progress to its present state of commercial greatness : likewise an account of all the towns, villages, and country, within twenty-five miles of London.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hunter, Henry, 1741–1802
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 v. ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Part of the visitation of London, 1634. Copied by Baruch Longmate. (Mss. Phillipps, no. 9774.)

No cover image available
Creator:
St. George, Henry, Sir, 1625–1715
Date:
1840?]
Physical Description:
6 p. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
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

67. Series of views of the public buildings and bridges in London and its environs / from drawings taken on the spot by R. Havell, Jun.

No cover image available
Creator:
Havell, Robert, 1793–1878
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 x 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Wellbeloved, Horace
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
viii, 112 p. fold. col. front., ill. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
36 p. front., plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

No cover image available
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

71. Straker's route and guide book to London & suburbs : showing how to get to and from all streets, theatres, places of amusement, public buildings, parks, gardens, monuments, &c without the aid of maps : by rail, tram, bus, or boat, together with times, &c : the whole arranged in alphabetical and numerical order : list of cab fars from all railway stations and theatres.

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Date:
[187-?]
Physical Description:
xvi, 269, [48] p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London during the eighteenth century; including the charities, depravities, dresses, and amusements, of the citizens of London, during that period; with a review of the state of society in 1807. To which is added, a sketch of the domestic architecture, and of the various improvements in the metropolis. Illustrated by forty-five engravings. By James Peller Malcolm.

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
2 v. 45 plates (part col.) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. The new picture of London : being a complete guide & hand-book to all that can amuse, interest, and instruct in this vast metropolis : and a useful and entertaining companion to the exhibitions and public buildings, sights and amusements, for the stranger, resident, and visitor.

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Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
xii, 276 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Kidd's new guide to the "lions" of London, or, The stranger's directory to the Tower, ST. Paul's, the parks, the theatres, the bazaars, the diorama, the colosseum, Thames tunnel, the Zoological gardens, Regent's park, the Surrey zoological gardens, Westminster abbey, etc. etc. : with numerous illustrations of the different places and objects, designed and engraved by G.W. Bonner.

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Creator:
Kidd, William, 1803–1867
Date:
1832
Physical Description:
70, 8 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

82. Gardiner's exhibition almanack for 1851.

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Creator:
Gardiner, John, 1813 or 1814–1883
Date:
[1850?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 51 x 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. London: a descriptive poem, in four parts. Adorned with eight copper plates.

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Date:
1812 [i.e. 1813]
Physical Description:
28, [4] p. 8 plates. 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. 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

85. Don Juan / by Alfred Thornton, Esq ; with fifteen coloured engravings.

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Creator:
Thornton, Alfred, active 1820
Date:
MDCCXXI-[MDCCXXII] [1821-1822]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. 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

87. Progress of intemperance.

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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

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

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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

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

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

94. Picturesque sketches of London : past and present / by Thomas Miller ; with numerous engravings of churches, public buildings, antiquities, street views, &c.

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Creator:
Miller, Thomas, 1807–1874
Date:
[1852]
Physical Description:
306, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. 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

96. 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

97. Pigot & Co.'s metropolitan guide & book of reference : to every street, court, lane, passage, alley and public building : in the cities of London & Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and their respective suburbs.

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Creator:
J. Pigot & Co
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
154 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Panorama of London.

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Date:
ca. 1860]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. London exhibited in 1851 : elucidating its natural and physical characteristics, its antiquity and architecture : its arts, manufactures, trade, and organization : its social, literary, and scientific institutions : and its numerous galleries of fine art : with 205 illustrations, executed by Mr. Robert Branston, Mr. O. Jewitt, Mr. J.R. Jobbins, and others : including a newly-constructed map, engraved by Mr. Wilson Lowry.

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Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
910, [2] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. 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