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LOT 1672
Books - Shepherd - Metropolitan Improvements London
PUBLISHED 1827 A.D.
11 x 9 in. (1.68 kg, 28 x 23 cm).
Thomas H. Shepherd, Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century: being a Series of Views of the new and most interesting objects in the British Metropolis and its vicinity: from original drawings by Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd with historical, topographical & critical illustrations by James Elmes, M.R.S.A. quarter calf binding with gold-blocked title and embellishments to the spine, marbled boards; owner's signature 'J. Miller' to reverse of frontispiece; iv pp. + 172 pp, 108 unnumbered plates with interleaved protective papers, engravings of 19th century London, many with attribution or dedication. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
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