1817 Walks Through London, Including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark, with the Surrounding Suburbs; Describing Every Thing Worthy of Observation in the Public Buildings, Places of Entertainment, Exhibitions, Commercial and Literary Institutions, &c. Down to the Present Period: Forming a Complete Guide to the British Metropolis

Description

First Edition, Illustrated

First edition of this work, complete in one volume. Also published in two volumes in the same year. 

Uncommon. 

In full pebbled cloth binding. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece, folding plan, eighteen maps of walks, seventy-eight engraved plates and numerous in-text engravings. Collated, complete, with 'St. Paul's Cathedral' plate bound as the frontispiece instead of p.97. 

A charming work detailing numerous beautiful walks to be taken throughout London, taking the reader across the city through the suburbs to the more populated areas.

Written by David Hughson, which is believed to have been the pen name of Edward Pugh, who is best known for his London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood, to Thirty Miles Extent which he prepared from "an actual perambulation" (a real walk) of the city.