Associated Places: London (England) / Subject Terms: Architecture -- England -- London.

1. 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

2. 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

3. A new critical review of the publick buildings, statues and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. With some reflections on the use of sepulchral monuments; as also a scheme shewing the dimensions of St. Peter's Church at Rome and St. Paul's Cathedral at London; and a preface, being an essay on taste. To all which is added, an Appendix, containing a dispute between the Weekly miscellany and the author; and a compleat Alphabetical index.

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

4. A critical review of the public buildings, statues, and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. Originally written by -----Ralph, architect, and now reprinted with very large additions.

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

5. 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:: 1827 [i.e. 1827-1830]
Physical Description:: vi, ii, 172 p., [80] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A series of views in Islington and Pentonville : from original drawings, made in the year 1818 / by Augustus Pugin ; with a description of each subject, by Edward Wedlake Brayley.

Creator:: Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854
Date:: 1819
Physical Description:: [2], 21, [1] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Illustrations of the public buildings of London : with descriptive accounts of each edifice : supplement : containing the new subjects and descriptions incorporated in the second edition / by W.H. Leeds.

Creator:: Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786–1866
Date:: 1838
Physical Description:: xii, 136 p., [18] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Description de Londres et de ses édifices, avec un précis historique et des observations sur le caractère de leur architecture, et sur les principaux objects d'art et de curiosité qu'ils renferment; par J.-B. Barjaud, et C.P. Landon ...

Creator:: Barjaud, Jean Baptiste Benoît, 1785–1813
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: 1 p.., [v]-viii, 239, 4 p. : front. (fold. map) plates, ports. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Illustrations of the public buildings of London : with historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice ... / By J. Britton ... and A. Pugin ...

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1825-28
Physical Description:: 2 v. ill., plates, map. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. 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:: 1834
Physical Description:: vi, ii, 172 p., [80] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. National history and views of London and its environs; embracing their antiquities, modern improvements, &c., &c., from original drawings by eminent artists. Edited by C.F. Partington ...

Creator:: Partington, Charles Frederick, d. 1857?
Date:: 1834-35
Physical Description:: 2 v. fronts., plates. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Proposals for publishing by subscription, A series of prints exhibiting the most interesting scenes in London and Westminster : drawn from the most striking points of view, and executed in aquatinta, by T. Malton, Jun.

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

13. Woolwich / edited by Peter Guillery.

Date:: 2012
Physical Description:: xx, 516 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

14. London / by Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902–
Date:: 1962-
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

15. London : atlas of architecture / Alejandro Bahamon.

Creator:: Bahamón, Alejandro
Date:: 2007
Physical Description:: 119 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

16. The great public buildings of London : historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice, with illustrations / John Britton and Auguste Charles Pugin ; introduction by Stephen Daniels.

The great public buildings of London : historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice, with illustrations / John Britton and Auguste Charles Pugin ; introduction by Stephen Daniels.

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 2020
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

17. London: the unique city / by Steen Eiler Rasmussen ; with an introd. by James Bone.

Creator:: Rasmussen, Steen Eiler, 1898–1990
Date:: 1974,c1934]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill., maps, plans. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

18. Kensington Palace : the official guidebook / [based on an original text by John Haynes ; revised and edited by Clare Murphy ; Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection text by Joanna Marschner ; additional material supplied by the Curatorial Deparment, Historic Royal Palaces.].

Date:: 2001
Physical Description:: 55 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

19. Wren's London / by Eric de Maré.

Creator:: De Maré, Eric Samuel, 1910–
Date:: 1975
Physical Description:: 128 p. : ill. (part col.) ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules Prown.

20. London : an architectural history / Anthony Sutcliffe.

Creator:: Sutcliffe, Anthony, 1942–
Date:: c 2006
Physical Description:: xi, 249 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

21. Ninety years of the Survey of London / by Hermione Hobhouse.

Creator:: Hobhouse, Hermione
Physical Description:: 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

22. London passed and passing, a pictorial record of destroyed & threatened buildings, by Hanslip Fletcher, with notes by various authors.

Creator:: Fletcher, Hanslip, 1874–1955
Date:: 1908
Physical Description:: xiv, 239 p. 67 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

23. A more beautiful city : Robert Hooke and the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire / Michael Cooper.

Creator:: Cooper, M. A. R. (Michael Alan Ralph)
Date:: 2003
Physical Description:: vii, 271 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

24. London's old buildings and where to find them / written and illustrated by Jessie D. Wright.

Creator:: Wright, Jessie D
Date:: [1936]
Physical Description:: [7]-224 p., plates : ill., folded plan ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

25. London / by Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902–
Date:: 1973-<1983 >
Physical Description:: v. <1-2 > : ill., maps, plans ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

26. Metropolitan improvements or London in the nineteenth century : being a series of views of the new and most interesting objects in the British metropolis & its vicinity / from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd ; with historical, topographical & critical illustrations by James Elmes.

Metropolitan improvements or London in the nineteenth century : being a series of views of the new and most interesting objects in the British metropolis & its vicinity / from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd ; with historical, topographical & critical illustrations by James Elmes.

Creator:: Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
Date:: 1978
Physical Description:: 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

27. London. 1, The City of London / by Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Bradley, Simon (Architectural historian)
Date:: 1997
Physical Description:: 704 p., [80] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

28. The city as a work of art : London, Paris, Vienna / Donald J. Olsen.

Creator:: Olsen, Donald J
Date:: c1986
Physical Description:: xiii, 341 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

29. Kensington Palace : a history and guide / by John Hayes.

Creator:: Hayes, John T
Date:: 1978
Physical Description:: 48 p. : ill., plans ; 19 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

30. Sacred architecture of London / Nigel Pennick.

Creator:: Pennick, Nigel
Date:: 2012
Physical Description:: 312 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

31. London Docklands / by Stephanie Williamson and Nikolaus Pevsner with Malcolm Tucker.

Creator:: Williamson, Elizabeth
Date:: 1998
Physical Description:: 320 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

32. Vanishing London: a series of drawings illustrating some of the old houses, etc., in London and Westminster. By Roland W. Paul.

Creator:: Paul, Roland Wilmot
Date:: 1894
Physical Description:: 24 p. illus., XL pl. 30 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

33. Old London. Thirty-seven illustrations.

Date:: 1900
Physical Description:: 39 l. front., XXXVI chromolith. pl. 32 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

34. London : the city churches / by Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Bradley, Simon (Architectural historian)
Date:: 1998
Physical Description:: 160 p : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

35. The Charterhouse / Philip Temple.

Creator:: Temple, Philip, 1957–
Date:: 2010
Physical Description:: xiii, 317 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

36. Georgian London / John Summerson ; edited by Howard Colvin.

Creator:: Summerson, John, 1904–1992
Date:: c2003
Physical Description:: xii, 435 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

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2. 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.

4. A critical review of the public buildings, statues, and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. Originally written by -----Ralph, architect, and now reprinted with very large additions.

6. A series of views in Islington and Pentonville : from original drawings, made in the year 1818 / by Augustus Pugin ; with a description of each subject, by Edward Wedlake Brayley.

7. Illustrations of the public buildings of London : with descriptive accounts of each edifice : supplement : containing the new subjects and descriptions incorporated in the second edition / by W.H. Leeds.

8. Description de Londres et de ses édifices, avec un précis historique et des observations sur le caractère de leur architecture, et sur les principaux objects d'art et de curiosité qu'ils renferment; par J.-B. Barjaud, et C.P. Landon ...

9. Illustrations of the public buildings of London : with historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice ... / By J. Britton ... and A. Pugin ...

11. National history and views of London and its environs; embracing their antiquities, modern improvements, &c., &c., from original drawings by eminent artists. Edited by C.F. Partington ...

12. Proposals for publishing by subscription, A series of prints exhibiting the most interesting scenes in London and Westminster : drawn from the most striking points of view, and executed in aquatinta, by T. Malton, Jun.

13. Woolwich / edited by Peter Guillery.

14. London / by Nikolaus Pevsner.

15. London : atlas of architecture / Alejandro Bahamon.

16. The great public buildings of London : historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice, with illustrations / John Britton and Auguste Charles Pugin ; introduction by Stephen Daniels.

17. London: the unique city / by Steen Eiler Rasmussen ; with an introd. by James Bone.

18. Kensington Palace : the official guidebook / [based on an original text by John Haynes ; revised and edited by Clare Murphy ; Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection text by Joanna Marschner ; additional material supplied by the Curatorial Deparment, Historic Royal Palaces.].

19. Wren's London / by Eric de Maré.

20. London : an architectural history / Anthony Sutcliffe.

21. Ninety years of the Survey of London / by Hermione Hobhouse.

22. London passed and passing, a pictorial record of destroyed & threatened buildings, by Hanslip Fletcher, with notes by various authors.

23. A more beautiful city : Robert Hooke and the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire / Michael Cooper.

24. London's old buildings and where to find them / written and illustrated by Jessie D. Wright.

25. London / by Nikolaus Pevsner.

26. Metropolitan improvements or London in the nineteenth century : being a series of views of the new and most interesting objects in the British metropolis & its vicinity / from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd ; with historical, topographical & critical illustrations by James Elmes.

27. London. 1, The City of London / by Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner.

28. The city as a work of art : London, Paris, Vienna / Donald J. Olsen.

29. Kensington Palace : a history and guide / by John Hayes.

30. Sacred architecture of London / Nigel Pennick.

31. London Docklands / by Stephanie Williamson and Nikolaus Pevsner with Malcolm Tucker.

32. Vanishing London: a series of drawings illustrating some of the old houses, etc., in London and Westminster. By Roland W. Paul.

33. Old London. Thirty-seven illustrations.

34. London : the city churches / by Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner.

35. The Charterhouse / Philip Temple.

36. Georgian London / John Summerson ; edited by Howard Colvin.