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ENTICK, Rev. John (1703? - 1773). [Carington Bowles]. - A New and Accurate History and Survey of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Places Adjacent; Containing Whatever Is Most Worthy of Notice in Their Ancient and Present State: In Which Are Described Their CIVIL, Ecclesiastical, and Military Government, Original Constitution, Antiquities, Manufactories, Trade, Commerce, and Navigation; and the Several Wards, Liberties, Precincts, Districts, Parishes, Churches, Religious and Charitable Foundations, and Other Public Edifices: Particularly the Curiosities of the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Royal Exchange, Sir Hans Sloan's Museum, &C. And Whatever Is Remarkable for Elegance, Grandeur, Use, Entertainment or Curiosity with the Charters, Laws, Customs, Rights, Liberties and Privileges, of This Great Metropolis. Illustrated with a Variety of Heads, Views, Plans, and Maps, Neatly Engraved.

London, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry near the Mansion-House. MDCCLXVI. 1766. In four volumes (complete set with map and all plates). Original leather boards, later spines, and two with original morocco labels. Engraved portrait frontispieces to each volume. Decorated head and tailpieces. Many b/w engraved plates of buildings and portraits, folding Pocket Map of London and Westminster printed for Carington Bowles [1766]. Internally all volumes very good and all plates complete, paper crisp and appears unread. Original leather boards bumped at edges and have been not very attractively backed in pig-skin(?). Two volumes retain the original morocco labels to spine. Upper board to volume one detached but present. Small section of map unobtrusively reinforced. Rebound, this would be a handsome set as, inside, the books are excellent. "Ex libris T.G. Alderman. Consacrons nous à ce saint oeuvre" label to paste-downs of each volume. "in 1766 he [Entick] brought out an edition of William Maitland's Survey of London with additions." (Wiki). Vol I: 500 pp. two plates, Vol. II:516pp. 3 plates, Vol III: 464 pp. 7 plates, one fldg. map, in-text illus. Vol IV: 449 pp, index, many plates. Portraits include that of the author, Sir Thomas Gresham, Sir Richard Wittington (with cat!) and others, 2 maps, engravings of very many notable buildings and bridges, mainly S. Wale delin. T. Simpson sculp. Map printed for Carington Bowles (1724-1793).
GBP 288.00 [Appr.: EURO 332.5 US$ 386.35 | JP¥ 57493] Book number 38744

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