Shelfmark
Ib2.2.42
Title
London and its environs: or, The general ambulator, and the pocket companion for the tour of the metropolis and its vicinity, within the circuit of twenty-five miles: descriptive of the objects most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, taste, local beauty and antiquity. Illustrated by anecdotes, historical and biographical; sixteen elegant engravings, and a correct map.
Varying form of title
Other title: The ambulator, or, A pocket companion in a tour round London
Edition
12th ed., greatly improved and much enlarged, with appendix, containing lists of pictures.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Scatcherd and Letterman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; J. Harris and son; John Richardson; J. Asperne; G. and W. B. Whittaker; T. Hughes; J. Cawthorne; and T. Hamilton., 1820.
Physical description
v, [1], 436 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., folded map ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Note
Earlier editions have title: The ambulator.
Note
From title page verso: Printed by Weed and Rider, Little Britain, London.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Subject
Description Guidebooks History.
Subject
London (England) Description and travel.
Subject
London (England) Guidebooks.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Asperne, James () bookseller.
Added entry--name
Scatcherd and Letterman publisher.
Added entry--name
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown publisher.
Added entry--name
Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy publisher.
Added entry--name
G. and W. B. Whittaker publisher.
Added entry--name
Rider and Weed printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34947