The Beauties of England and Wales; or Delineations Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive Vol. X Part II [continuation of Middlesex County]

London: s.n., 1814. Hardcover. [4], 803, [59] pages, frontispiece, added engraved series title page, 20 leaves of plates: plans and tables; 22 cm. Red morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title "Beauties of England & Wales 11"; dark red pebble-grain cloth over boards. All page edges have red speckling. White endpapers with blue fibers. Unpaginated pages following text contain a list of books, maps, plans, and prints relating to Middlesex and London, and indices. Ex-library: two small handwritten spine labels; front fixed endpaper bears late 19th-century bookplate of Sage Public Library, West Bay City, Mich.; small circulation pocket on back fixed endpaper. The number "840" is faintly stamped at the foot of the the first page of text. This is the eleventh volume in an extensive set of books on the counties of England and Wales, arranged alphabetically. This volume continues the coverage of Middlesex County and London begun in the previous volume. Lacking a title page other than the engraved title page. The advertisement indicating that the editor had changed from Edward Wedlake Brayley (1773-1854) to Joseph Nightingale (1775-1824) during the writing of this volume is dated 1814. Plates include views of: St. Paul's Cathedral; Merchant Taylors' School; Ironmonger's Hall and many other guild halls in London; the Royal Exchange; the Bank of England; Lothbury Court; and the East India House. In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; ex-library, as described above; faint dampstain on frontispiece and added engraved series title page, and in upper margin of plates; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good. Item #011715

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