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London and its environs described : containing an account of whatever is most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, curiosity or use, in the city and in the country twenty miles round it. Comprehending also whatever is most material in the history and antiquities of this great metropolis : decorated and illustrated with a great number of views in perspective, engraved from original drawings, taken on purpose for this work : together with a plan of London, a map of the environs, and several other useful cuts ...
Published/Created:
London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley ..., 1761.
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., map, plans ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA682 L84 1761 Copy 1
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates drawn by Samuel Wale; engraved by Charles Grignion, John Green, Edward Rooke, Benjamin Green, Robert Benning, James Taylor, Ignace Fougeron, William Elliot, and François Vivares.
Map drawn by Thomas Kitchin.
British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of Cirencester.
Alphabetical arrangement under streets, localities, institutions, etc.
Account of the Duke of Devonshire's pictures at Chiswick: v. 2, p. 116-123.
Probably compiled by Robert Dodsley.--cf. Adams.
Adams, B. London illustrated, 41
Subject Terms:
Chiswick House.
Cirencester -- Bookplate
Dodsley, R. & J. -- Publisher
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1761
London (England) -- Description and travel.
London (England) -- Gazetteers.
Contributors:
Wale, Samuel, -1786, ill.
Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, engraver.
Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798
Rooker, Edward, 1712?-1774, engraver.
Green, Benjamin, ca. 1736-ca. 1800, engraver.
Benning, R., engraver.
Taylor, James, 1745-1797, engraver.
Fougeron, Ignace, active 18th century-19th century, engraver.
Elliot, William, engraver.
Vivarès, François, 1709-1780, engraver.
Kitchin, Thomas, 1719-1784, ill.
Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764.
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