Metropolitan improvements :
or, London in the nineteenth century: displayed in a series of engravings of the new buildings, improvements, &c., by the most eminent artists, from original drawings ... by Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd: comprising the palaces, parks, new churches, bridges, streets, river scenery, public offices and institutions, gentlemen's seats and mansions, and every other object worthy of notice throughout the metropolis and its environs, with historical, topographical, and critical illustrations, by James Elmes ...

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Main Author

Elmes, James, 1782-1862.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : James & co., 1827.

Subjects

Architecture > Architecture / England > Architecture / England / London.
London (England) > London (England) / Description and travel.

Note

Some of the plates are dated 1828 and 1829.
Added t.-p., engr.: Metropolitan improvements; or, London, in the nineteenth century: being a series of views, of the new and most interesting objects, in the British metropolis & its vicinity ... 1827.
Large paper.

Physical Description

2 p.l., vi, 172, ii p. 79 pl. incl. front., 1 plan. 29 x 22 cm.

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