1827 LONDON 1ed Metropolitan Improvements England Architecture Cathedrals BEAUTY

SHEPHERD, Thomas

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Thomas Shepherd was a 19th-century English historian who focused his career on the history of London. One of his books was ‘Metropolitan Improvements’ – a work describing various architectural feats around London and its environs. In it, Shepherd describes houses and royal halls, churches and cathedrals, prisons and hospitals, streets, bridges, and much more. This 1827 first edition includes 66 impressive full-page engravings of iconic London sights.

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1827 LONDON 1ed Metropolitan Improvements England Architecture Cathedrals BEAUTY

 

Thomas Shepherd was a 19th-century English historian who focused his career on the history of London. One of his books was ‘Metropolitan Improvements’ – a work describing various architectural feats around London and its environs. In it, Shepherd describes houses and royal halls, churches and cathedrals, prisons and hospitals, streets, bridges, and much more. This 1827 first edition includes 66 impressive full-page engravings of iconic London sights.

 

Item number: #14058

Price: $750

 

SHEPHERD, Thomas

 

Metropolitan improvements, or, London in the nineteenth century, displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c. by the most eminent artists from original drawings, taken from the objects themselves expressly for this work

 

London : Jones, 1827. First edition.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages
    • vi, 172, ii
    • 66 engraved plates
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Size: ~10.75in X 8.75in (27.5cm x 22cm)

 

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14058

Categories

Arts & Architecture

European History

Authors

SHEPHERD, Thomas

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete