A TOUR THRO' LONDON ABOUT THE YEAR 1725. Being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain.'
Containing a Description of the City of London, as taking in the City of Westminster, Borough of Southwark and Parts of Middlesex. Edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor. Illustrated with Maps, specially drawn to delineate the London of Defoe's time and his Circuit thereof, and reproductions of Drawings, Maps, and Prints mostly contemporary with the period of his life [1659-1731]. Pp. xxii+116(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 57 plates (including a couple of maps or plans, 3 folding, most with loose tissue guards),a few text illustrations (including a map printed in green & black), endpaper plans, the title page printed in red & black, appendices, index; cr. folio; mottled calf, spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered red & brown title labels, boards featuring a rectangular inner panel surrounded by decorative borders in gilt & blind, with gilt corner ornaments; t.e.g., others uncut; dentelles decorated in gilt; the tissue guards mostly browned and creased, scattered light foxing; B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1929. Edition limited to 350 copies (300 for sale). *The text is from the three volumes published from 1724 to 1726. Item #183956
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