1827 Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The first volume only of this work. A second volume was published in 1829.

Illustrated with an engraved title page, letterpress title page, and eighty engraved plates. Collated, complete.

This work presents views of new streets, squares, bridges, and public buildings, of London, accompanied with descriptive text explaining their design, purpose, and significance

With a contemporary inscription to a front blank.

A collaboration between topographical artist Thomas Hosmer Shepherd and architect James Elmes, who were commissioned by Jones and Co. to illustrate London's newest, most modern buildings.