Bicknel, W.I. (illustrated by Albert Henry Payne) - ILLUSTRATED LONDON or a series of views in the British Metropolis & Its Vicinity, engraved by Albert Henry Payne, from original drawings. The Historical, Topographical & Miscellaneous Notes

London, E.T. Brain & Co. 1846, 1847 acc to British Library Frontisplate + engraved pictorial title + full-page plates (38) + 72 plates with 2 illustrations each by A.H. Payne. . 2 volumes half leather on 4 raised bands with gilt overall design to 6 compartments and 4 compartments with title & vol. number. Marbled boards to covers (edges worn), frontis + engraved title + printed title +[2]pp Preface +298pp; Vol 2 299-408pp + [4]pp index + "History of London Part I" 171pp +Part II 76pp. Three plates with creases and some fingering and signs of use and about half a dozen pages with some foxing. A few pages at beginning have marginal damp marks, and a few gatherings of text pages are uniformly tanned, but all pages well attached, and the paper supple. Quality of engravings very good and the plates are delightful: full of people, carriages etc depicting appearance of London vividly at that time.

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