BOYS | Original views of London as it is. London: Thomas Boys, 1842

BOYS, THOMAS SHOTTER

ORIGINAL VIEWS OF LONDON AS IT IS. LONDON: THOMAS BOYS, 1842

FIRST EDITION, folio (560 x 375mm.), lithographed title-page, lithographed dedication leaf bound in at the beginning, 25 lithographed plates, text leaves in French and English, foxing to dedication leaf, minor foxing to plates, title repaired at foot; original morocco backed cloth with gilt title and vignette to upper copper, gilt title to spine, some foxing, a few marginal repairs to text leaves, binding skilfully rebacked

A definitive pictorial record of 1840s London.

LITERATURE:

Abbey, Scenery 240; Tooley 104; Ray 87

PROVENANCE:

Pilkington family, probably Sir William Pilkington, 8th Baronet (1775–1850), armorial bookplate

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