1829 LONDON Architecture Metropolitan Improvements Engravings Cathedrals MAPS
Elmes and Shepherd’s “Metropolitan Improvements” is an early 19th-century illustrated history of London. Illustrator Thomas Shepherd supplied this book with numerous engravings of iconic London locations – parks, palaces, cathedrals and churches, bridges and streets, rivers, institutions, and other environs. This 1829 printing includes nearly 160 views on 81 steel-engraved plates – a remarkable illustrated history of London!
1829 LONDON Architecture Metropolitan Improvements Engravings Cathedrals MAPS
Elmes and Shepherd’s “Metropolitan Improvements” is an early 19th-century illustrated history of London. Illustrator Thomas Shepherd supplied this book with numerous engravings of iconic London locations – parks, palaces, cathedrals and churches, bridges and streets, rivers, institutions, and other environs. This 1829 printing includes nearly 160 views on 81 steel-engraved plates – a remarkable illustrated history of London!
Item number: #15157
Price: $750
ELMES, James
Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth century; displayed in a series of Engravings of the new buildings, improvements
London: Published by Jones & Co. and sold by Simkin and Marshall, 1829.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- vi, 172, ii
- 81 engraved plates
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~10.5in X 8.75in (27.5cm x 22.5cm)
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15157
Categories
Arts & Architecture
European History
Authors
ELMES, James
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete