London and its environs in the nineteenth century : illustrated by a series of views from original drawings / by Thomas H. Shepherd ; with historical, topographical and critical notices ; series the first, comprising the earlier edifices, antiquities, &c.
Published / Created:
London : Published Nov 1, 1829, by by Jones & Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, [1829, i.e. 1829-1831]
Physical Description:
160 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 .S55 1829+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 .S55 1829+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 .S55 1829+ Copy 4 OversizeRare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 .S54+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsDA683 .S55 1829+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3559204
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Text by James Elmes.Illustrations by William Deeble, William Wallis, Samuel Lacey, James Baylie Allen, Thomas Barber, William Tombleson, Richard Winkles, Robert Acon, J. Henshall, W. Henshall, W. Watkins, M. S. Barenger, William Radclyffe, A. Cruse, James Tingle, J. Greig, H. W. Bond, J. Rogers, Thomas Higham, John Cleghorn, John James Hinchcliffe, W. Woolnoth, W. Syms, M. J. Starling, Charles Motram, J. Gough, Henry Jorden, James Clark Armytage, J. E. Roberts, J. Gardner; after Thomas H. Shepherd.Originally published in parts from 31 October 1829 to 5 March 1831. Cf. British Architectural Library.The sequel to Shepherd's Metropolitan Improvements, although the publisher deems the present title "series the first". Cf. Adams and British Architectural Library.Title page is engraved.British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2995 Adams, B. London illustrated, 161BAC: British Art Center has five copies, all uniformly bound with five copies of Shepherd's Metropolitan improvements (see DA683. S54+, etc.). Copy 1 bound in half roan and marbled boards; plates bound at end. Copy 2 is bound in watered silk over boards with original printed label on spine. Autograph: Bon. de Crisenoy. Copy 3 bound in gilt-stamped brown morroco. Boxed with parts 1-41 of Metropolitan improvements. Copy 4 is imperfect: iii p. bound in at end. Autograph of Harriet Peck. A fifth copy is bound is in the original, in printed wrappers. Lacks pt. 65. Boxed with the original parts to Shepherd's Metropolitan improvements (BAC DA683.S54+ Copy 3).
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- England -- London. | London (England) -- History -- 1800–1950 -- Pictorial works. | Jones & Co. -- Publisher. | Peck, Harriet -- Autograph. | Crisenoy Baron de -- Autograph. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1829.
Contributors:
Elmes, James, 1782–1862. | Acon, Robert, active 1818–1834, engraver. | Allen, James Baylis, 1803–1876, engraver. | Armytage, James Charles, 1802–1897, engraver. | Barber, Thomas, active 1818–1846, engraver. | Barenger, M. S., engraver. | Bond, H. W., active 1827–1849, engraver. | Cleghorn, John, active 1840–1880, engraver. | Cruse, A., engraver. | Deeble, William, active 1814–1849, engraver. | Garner, J., active 1829–1833, engraver. | Greig, John, active 1803–1853, engraver. | Gough, J., active 1829–1831, engraver. | Henshall, J., active 1828–1850, engraver. | Henshall, W., engraver. | Higham, Thomas, 1796–1844, engraver. | Hinchliff, John James, 1805–1875, engraver. | Jorden, H. (Henry), active 1829–1853, engraver. | Lacey, Samuel, active 1818–1857, engraver. | Mottram, Charles, 1817–1876, engraver. | Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855, engraver. | Roberts, J. E. (James Edward) | Rogers, John, approximately 1808–approximately 1888, engraver. | Starling, M. J. (Matthew James), 1805 or 1806– engraver. | Symns, William, engraver. | Tingle, James, active 1824–1850, engraver. | Tombleson, William, 1795– engraver. | Wallis, William, 1796– engraver. | Watkins, W., active 1823–1831, engraver. | Winkles, Richard, engraver. | Woolnoth, W. (William), engraver. | Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
