Leigh's new picture of London, or, A view of the political, religious, medical, literary, municipal, commercial, and moral state of the British metropolis :. presenting a brief and luminous guide to the stranger, on all subjects connected with general information, business, or amusement /. embellished with numerous engravings of royal palaces, and public buildings of all descriptions, in London and its vicinity ; also a correct plan of London and a map of the environs.
Samuel Leigh
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3088819
Summary
Bibliographic description
Third edition, enlarged.. vi, ii, 524, 36 pages, [8] folded leaves of plates :. illustrations, folded map ;. 14 cm. Imperfect: Missing title-page, all pages before page 1, and all pages after 518. Front boards and spine coming loose. Pencil marks on front pastedown and back flyleaf verso. Provenance: In ink on front pastedown: '[illegible] Her book June 30th 18[?]60 Mary [illegible] Her book'. In ink on back flyleaf verso: 'Mary [illegible] her book Steal not this book'. Binding: full brown leather (front cover damaged) with six gilt fillets on spine and gilt lettering.
Makers and roles
Samuel Leigh