The Beauties of England and Wales: or Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County; Embellished with Engravings; by Joseph Nightingale Vol. X Part III continued [continuation of Middlesex County]

London: J. Harris; Longman and Co.; J. Walker; R. Baldwin; Sherwood and Co.; J. and J. Cundee; B. and R. Crosby and Co.; J. Cuthell; J. and J. Richardson; Cadell and Davies; C. and J. Rivington; and G. Cowie and Co., 1815. Hardcover. [2], 752, [70] pages, frontispiece, added engraved series title page, 41 leaves of plates: plans and tables; 22 cm. Red morocco spine with gilt-tooled spine title; dark red pebble-grain cloth over boards. All page edges have red speckling. White endpapers with blue fibers. Unpaginated pages following text contain additions and corrections; 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 "842" is faintly stamped at the foot of the the first page of text. This is the thirteenth 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 volume 10. Includes a separate title page for the multi-volume London and Middlesex group: "London and Middlesex; or, An Historical, Commercial & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain Vol. III." Plates include views of: Westminter Abbey; the remnant of Savoy Hospital; Somerset House (from the water); Drury Lane Theatre, which burnt down in 1809; Carlton House (demolished in the 19th century); Bullock's Museum in Piccadilly (demolished in 1905); and the Temple Church (partially destroyed during World War II). In Very Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed; ex-library, as described above; clean and solid. Very Good +. Item #011717

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