A survey of the cities of London and Westminster : containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities

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Title: A survey of the cities of London and Westminster : containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities
Creator: Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Contributor: Strype, John, 1643-1737.
Monday, Anthony.
Dyson, Henry.
Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722, engraver.
Churchill, Awnsham, -1728, bookseller.
Cowse, Benjamin, fl. 1711-1725, bookseller.
Horne, E., bookseller.
Knapton, James, -1738, bookseller.
Knaplock, Robert, -1737, booskeller.
Midwinter, Daniel, active 1698-1725, bookseller.
Robinson, Ranew, bookseller.
Tooke, Benjamin, -1723, bookseller.
Walthoe, John, 1657 or 1658-1744, bookseller.
Ward, Thomas, bookseller, bookseller.
Published / Created: MDCCXX [1720]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward
Description: BEIR BByzL 88: Imperfect: all plates, except "The monument of Mr. John Stow ..." in v. 1, wanting. Added plate, "John Stowe, historian & antiquary ... Published May 10, 1792, by N. Smith ...," bound in at front of v. 1.
BAC Folio A D 71: BAC copy bound in contemporary calf.
BEIN 1977 +392: 38 cm. Imperfect: wormed, with no loss of text; v. 2, Book IV, p. 27-30 mutilated, with some loss of text; v. 2, Book VI, p. 80 mutilated, with some loss of printed pagination. Bookplate: Johannis Bunce. Presentation inscription to Thomas Stevens from Rich Ward, dated Sep. 1788. [68] leaves of plates ([33] folded).
Title in red and black.
Each of the 6 'books' has its own pagination, and is introduced by a drop-head title.
A separate t.p. in v. 2 reads: An appendix of certain tracts, discourses, and other remarks, concerning the State of the City of London. .. London: Printed in the year MDCCXX.
A.M., H.D. i.e. Anthony Monday, Henry Dyson.
Plates engraved by Johannes Kip.
First published as "A survay of London."
Subscriber's list: p. [xliii]-[xliv], v. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extent: 2 v. : 41 cm. (fol.)
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 1977 +392
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Subscription lists (Publishing) England London 1720
Etchings 1720
Engravings 1720
Chron
Material: ill., port., maps, plans ;
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
Subject (Topic): Description and travel
History
Antiquities
Subjects: Streatfeild family > Bookplate (BAC).
London (England) > Description and travel
London (England) > History > 16th century
London (England) > History > 17th century
London (England) > Antiquities
England > London > 1720
1720
Chron > 1720
Stevens, Thomas > Presentation inscription from R. Ward
Ward, Richard > Presentation inscription to T. Stevens
Bunce, John Tackray, 1828-1899 > Bookplate

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Identifiers

Catalog Record: 583566
Object ID (OID): 2014513