1801 A Satirical View of London at the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

First edition. A very scarce work to find across all four editions. 

In a contemporary half calf binding. 

This satirical work comments on the societal norms and inhabitants of London, including comparisons to Scotland, Wales and Ireland, the education of London's youth, nobility, merchants, female philosophers, literature and public amusements. 

Published anonymously by John Corry, an Irish topographer and historian writer. His other known works include 'The Life of George Washington' (1800) and 'The Detector of Quackery' (1802) which criticised medical frauds and quackery of his day.