Stow,John, A.M. [A. Munday], H.D. [Humphrey Dyson] and others
Title
THE SURVEY OF LONDON: contayning the Originall, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Government of that City, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouse Acts of Charity, which .. have beene bestowed by many .. Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Moderne Monuments erected in the Churches, not onely of .. London and Westminster, but, now newly added, Foure miles compasse. Begunne first by ... Iohn Stow, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by .. A. M. [Anthony Munday] in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by A. M., H. D. [Humphrey Dyson] and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto .. are annexed divers Alphabeticall Tables
PlacePub
London
Publisher
Printed by Elizabeth Purslow ..sold by Nicholas Bourne first folio edition
Date
1633
Illustrations
Many wood engravings including large Coat of Arms also of Merchants of Virginia, Merchants of the Levant, and East-India etc.
Description
Folio 18th century calf spine with marbled boards and wide vellum corners (quite worn but covers held by cords/quite some chipping of the gilt on the spine/ hinges split/lacking spine label/spine chipped down at head & tail) Lacks Coat of Arms frontis. Titlepage present but bit tanned with a narrow strip (just over quarter of an inch by 2" missing to mid-fore-edge + first leaf of dedication has a similar lack but neither touching any printed matter +To Reader +Contents +List of churches & Guilds +List of Authors consulted (verso blank) +939pp (recte 947)+(28pp of tables) At the two Yy signitures p527-534 are numbered twice because text was inserted but reads through correctly and catchword jumping the inserted section showing that this was an insertion) Pagination jump between p 770 and 773 but collation correct and as BL copy. Some gatherings browned, others hardly affected is often the case. This copy is the British Library variant with a note, beginning "Something concerning the Jurisdiction of the River of Thames, etc." and dated 24 Dec. 1633, has been added on p. 939 between the end of the text and the word "Finis." A very neat copy of the FIRST FOLIO EDITION of this monumental work. Nice old Coat of Arms bookplate of James Frampton.
Booknumber
V67196
Price
Price: GBP 575.00 or USD 851.00
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