Shelfmark
Gl.5.03
Author
Title
Modern London; being the history and present state of the British metropolis. Illustrated with numerous plates..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for Richard Phillips, NO. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard : by C. Mercier and Co. Northumberland-court, Strand., 1804.
Physical description
viii, 571 [i.e. 599], [5] p., [54] leaves of plates ; ill. (1 folded; 31 col. pl.) ; 27 cm. (Fol.)
Note
The "Description of the plates, representing the itinerant traders of London in their ordinary costume; with notices of the remarkable places given in the background", apparently detached from the 1804 edition of Modern London.
Note
Plates have inscription, Published 1804 by Richard Phillips, and are signed: Craig del.
Note
Signatures: [A]-3R⁴ 3S⁴(-3S4) χ-³¹χ1 3Z⁴ 4A-4C⁴ 4D²; cc. χ-³¹χ1 without pagination.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Binding
19th century half leather binding with blue paper on boards; flat spine decorated with gold fillets and blind tools; brown endpapers; one additional flyleaf; rebacked.
Copy-specific note
Previously Gi.3.11.
Subject
Cries England London.
Subject
London (England) Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
C. Mercier and Co. printers.
Added entry--place
Great Britain England London.
Identifier
B51927