Author: Arthur Cawston
Title: A Comprehensive Scheme for Street Improvements in London
Description: London, Edward Standford, 1893. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this intriguing work discussing suggestions for street improvements in London, illustrated throughout with folding maps and folding plates. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.Four folding maps to the pocket to the rear.Illustrated with one folding map, thirteen folding plates, ten plates, and some in-text engravings.Collated, complete.A visionary work on possible street improvements in London, that were being proposed at the end of the nineteenth century.The improvements suggest having wider streets throughout London, gaining inspiration from Paris.Written and illustrated by Arthur Cawston, a Scottish architect. In the original publisher"s cloth binding. Externally, smart. A small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few minor marks.Small tape repairs to the tail of the text block from the half-title to page twenty-seven. Small closed tears and very small chips to the folds of the folding maps to the pocket. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur Cawston. Very Good .

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