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LONDON - JESSE, J. Heneage. London: its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places in six volumes with extra illustrations, London: Richard Bentley, 1871.
6 volumes, 8° (195 x 125mm). Special titles printed in red and black, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c. 480 plates, portraits and views, 60 hand-coloured, many mounted and inlaid to size. Early 20th century blue morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), the covers with gilt-ruled borders with gilt arms of London, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges; together with 3 other works on London. Including E. V. Lucas's A Wanderer in London (London, 1926, 2 vols.),extra-illustrated copy with 2 fore-edge paintings, and Henry B. Wheatley's London Past and Present (London, 1891, 3 vols. bound in 9, the Dinshaw extra-illustrated copy), both bound in morocco. (20)
6 volumes, 8° (195 x 125mm). Special titles printed in red and black, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c. 480 plates, portraits and views, 60 hand-coloured, many mounted and inlaid to size. Early 20th century blue morocco gilt by Bayntun (Riviere), the covers with gilt-ruled borders with gilt arms of London, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges; together with 3 other works on London. Including E. V. Lucas's A Wanderer in London (London, 1926, 2 vols.),extra-illustrated copy with 2 fore-edge paintings, and Henry B. Wheatley's London Past and Present (London, 1891, 3 vols. bound in 9, the Dinshaw extra-illustrated copy), both bound in morocco. (20)
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