HOLMES'S GREAT METROPOLIS .. Views and History of London
[V74020]

£130.00

Author: Fearnside, William Gray and Thomas Harrel (editors)

Title: HOLMES'S GREAT METROPOLIS: or, Views and History of London in the nineteenth Century. Being a Grand National Exhibition of the British Capital. With historical and topographical notices of each place. Edited by William Gray Fearneside, and Thomas Harrel.

PlacePub: London

Publisher: Thomas Holmes, Great Book Establishment

Date: 1851 according to British Library

Illustrations: Steel engraved plates (51) including engraved titlepage with large vignette view, some by Hablot Browne ( Phiz) as listed only 34 listed but 51 present.

HOLMES'S GREAT METROPOLIS .. Views and History of London

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Narrow small quarto blue blindstamped and pictorially gilt cloth with spine extra gilt (1cm split to hinges at head and foot hinges) All Edges Gilt. Frontis +Engraved pictorial title + Printed title +Contents + 211pp. Lacks front free endpaper & has ownership stamp of St. Augustine's monastery to titlepage (slight offsetting to blank page facing) & to verso of final page which is blank except for stamp. Book plate of the Monastery to pastedown. Some pale foxing, mainly marginal else a bright tight crisp copy with very fine steel engravings.

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HOLMES'S GREAT METROPOLIS .. Views and History of London[V74020]

£130.00

HOLMES'S GREAT METROPOLIS .. Views and History of London
[V74020]