The history of London and its environs.
Publisher: London : printed for John Stockdale, 1796-1798Description: 4 parts in 1 ; 4.°Subject(s): London (England) -- Description -- To 1800![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reference material | House of Lords Library - Palace Derby Room, Principal Floor | 74G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 25272-1001 |
No more parts published (?), the 1811 edition was completed by hack writers.
Attributed by Watts to Henry Hunter.
Proposals for printing were issued in 1796.
Preface to part one states : "This publication is the first part of a work which will comprehend a description of London and the circumjacent country ... it will consist of eight parts, making two large quarto volumes, one particularly relating to the metropolis, the other to its envrions"
Parts 1 and 4 concern the environs, parts 2 and 3 the metropolis.