[SMITH, John Thomas.] Antiquities of London and Environs, London, by J. Sewell [and others], 1791, lge. 4°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved frontispiece, title, and 48 plates, including several aquatint, and 2 printed in black and sanguine (marginal spotting), contemporary "Etruscan" calf gilt by Edwards of Halifax, gilt outer metope and pentaglyph roll, enclosing a stained border of classical palmettes, central tree calf panel with gilt trailing floral border, gilt "Greek key" inner dentelles (neatly rebacked, lightly rubbed). [Adams 70.1a]

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[SMITH, John Thomas.] Antiquities of London and Environs, London, by J. Sewell [and others], 1791, lge. 4°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved frontispiece, title, and 48 plates, including several aquatint, and 2 printed in black and sanguine (marginal spotting), contemporary "Etruscan" calf gilt by Edwards of Halifax, gilt outer metope and pentaglyph roll, enclosing a stained border of classical palmettes, central tree calf panel with gilt trailing floral border, gilt "Greek key" inner dentelles (neatly rebacked, lightly rubbed). [Adams 70.1a]

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