By John Timbs
London   J. S. Virtue and Co., Limited
9.5" by 6.5" vii, 871pp
A bright enlarged edition of this comprehensive survey of London's curiosities, complete with engraved plates.
By John Timbs

1867 Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis with Nearly Sixty Years' Personal Recollections

London   J. S. Virtue and Co., Limited
9.5" by 6.5" vii, 871pp
A bright enlarged edition of this comprehensive survey of London's curiosities, complete with engraved plates.
£120.00
: 3kgs / : 976Y36

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Illustrated

A new edition, corrected and enlarged.

Rebacked with crushed morocco spine and original cloth boards.

With a frontispiece, engraved title page, and fifteen engraved plates. Collated, complete. 

Undated, dated from institutional copies held. 

A substantial exploration of London's buildings, monuments, antiquities, societies, amusements, churches, houses and much more. Including historical descriptions of St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, Charing Cross, Roman London and Drury Lane. With sixty years of personal recollections. 

From English author and antiquity, John Timbs.

Condition

Rebacked with crushed morocco spine and original cloth boards. Externally, smart, with marks and rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with age toning and offsetting to the endpapers. A few spots to the first and last few pages only.

Good

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