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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. Vues de la ville de Londres : comme il etoit devant & apres l'incendie de 1666 : avec le plan pour la rabâtir / projetté par ... Christophle [sic] Wren, & aprouvé par le roi & Parlement, mais malheureusement rejetté par faction.

Vues de la ville de Londres : comme il etoit devant & apres l'incendie de 1666 : avec le plan pour la rabâtir / projetté par ... Christophle [sic] Wren, & aprouvé par le roi & Parlement, mais malheureusement rejetté par faction.
Date:
1758
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 39 x 56 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. 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

4. [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

5. The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.

The temple of taste : comprising elegant historical engravings : also, views of the principal buildings in London : also, a select variety of elegant and amusing subjects : with the histories, and other connected information, at large, by the best artists, designers and engravers.
Date:
[1796]
Physical Description:
[144] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.

Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1791-[1800]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill., ports. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit.

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale / P. Tempest excudit.
Creator:
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702
Date:
1711
Physical Description:
[74] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. 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

12. 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

13. [Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and sealing wax, by Roland Pertwee].

[Program for the the Duke of York's Theatre production of Pink string and sealing wax, by Roland Pertwee].
Creator:
Duke of York's Theatre (London, England)
Date:
[1943]
Physical Description:
[8] pages : illustrations ; 10 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Menu : at Lyons' Popular Café, Piccadilly.

Menu : at Lyons' Popular Café, Piccadilly.
Creator:
J. Lyons & Company
Date:
1934
Physical Description:
1 menu ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.

A book of the habits, customes, and manners of diverse nations : as also the prospects of cityes, townes, temples and others structures in severall parts of the world / collected by John Seller, Senr., and are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping.
Date:
[169-?]
Physical Description:
[65] leaves (some folded) : all ill. ; 16 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Some account of London / Thomas Pennant.

Some account of London / Thomas Pennant.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
vi, [4], 479, [9] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. 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

29. 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

30. London : a brief account of its many beautiful and interesting sights.

London : a brief account of its many beautiful and interesting sights.
Date:
[approximately 1951]
Physical Description:
74, [6] pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. 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

32. 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

33. [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

34. 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

35. 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

36. [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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Knight, Val. (Valentine)
Date:
[1666]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 29 x 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Association of Architects (London, England)
Date:
[1793]
Physical Description:
[4], iii, [5]-31 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. 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.

No cover image available
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
[1747]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], [32] leaves) : maps ; 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

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

No cover image available
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
4 v. front. (port.), plates. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. 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

51. 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.

No cover image available
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[4], 312 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. 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

53. 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

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

No cover image available
Creator:
Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
2 p.., 27 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. 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

56. 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 ...

No cover image available
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

57. A treatise on theatres / by George Saunders.

No cover image available
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

58. 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

59. 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

60. Escort card.

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

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

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

No cover image available
Date:
1924?]
Physical Description:
118 p., [1] folded leaf of plate : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

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

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

67. Oliver Twist.

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

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

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

69. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark : containing the original, antiquity, increase, present state and government of those cities : written at first in the year 1698 [i.e. 1598] / by John Stow ... ; corrected, improved, and very much enlarged, in the year 1720, by John Strype ..., the survey and history brought down to the present time ... ; the life of the author, written by Mr. Strype is prefixed ... added, an appendix of certain tracts, discourses, and remarks on the state of the city of London ...

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

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

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

71. The life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the great / by Henry Fielding ; with seven etchings on copper by Denis Tegetmeier.

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Creator:
Fielding, Henry, 1707–1754
Date:
1932
Physical Description:
viii, 278, [2] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. The cries of London : drawn from life.

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Creator:
Busby, Thomas Lord
Date:
[1823]
Physical Description:
[24] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. 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.

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
1803-07
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., map, port. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Reasons in favour of the London-docks.

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

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

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

76. 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 ...

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

77. 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 ...

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

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

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

79. 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.

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

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

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Creator:
Forrest, Ebenezer, active 1774
Date:
1989
Physical Description:
[36] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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Date:
[18--]
Physical Description:
366 p., [1] leaf of plate : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Progress of sobriety.

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

83. 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.

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Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
p. [119]-[150] ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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Creator:
McCulloch, J. R. (John Ramsay), 1789–1864
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
132 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. The London tradesman : being an historical account of all the trades, professions, arts, both liberal and mechanic, now practised in the cities of London and Westminster, calculated for the instruction of youth in their choice of business ... ; to which is added, an appendix, containing many useful particulars relative to the foregoing / by R. Campbell ...

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

86. London snow / Robert Bridges.

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

87. Views within twelve miles round London / drawn and engraved by James Peller Malcolm ; this work tends to preserve the perishable forms of many a building and monument of antiquity, whose fate has been pronounced, and whose remembrance shall only be had from this and similar works.

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
[180-?]
Physical Description:
[30] leaves : all ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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Date:
ca. 1850]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. 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 ...

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Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
xvi, 211 p., [23] p., [27] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. 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.

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Date:
[1814]
Physical Description:
x, 458 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. 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.

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Creator:
Hunter, Henry, 1741–1802
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 v. ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Fores's new guide for foreigners, containing the most complete and accurate description of the cities of London and Westminster, and their environs, that has yet been offered to the public ... In French and English, with or without a map of London ...

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Creator:
Fores, Samuel William, 1761–1838
Date:
[179-?]
Physical Description:
[2], vii, vii, vii, vii, 131, 131 p. fold. map. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Doppelgänger / Stephen Willats.

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Creator:
Willats, Stephen, 1943–
Date:
1985
Physical Description:
[42] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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Creator:
St. George, Henry, Sir, 1625–1715
Date:
1840?]
Physical Description:
6 p. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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

96. Guide to postmodern architecture in London / Pablo Bronstein.

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Creator:
Bronstein, Pablo, 1977–
Date:
2008 [that is, 2011]
Physical Description:
87, [1] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

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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

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

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

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

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

100. An historical description of Westminster-Abbey : its monuments and curiosities : containing an account of its foundation and miraculous consecration by St. Peter ... : designed as a guide to strangers in viewing this venerable pile ...

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