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1. Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.

Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond [graphic] : exhibiting every object on both banks of the river : with a concise description of the most remarkable places and a general view of London.
Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:
[1824]
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 22 x 168 cm, accordion folded to 22 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Modern London : being the history and present state of the British metropolis : illustrated with numerous copper plates.

Modern London : being the history and present state of the British metropolis : illustrated with numerous copper plates.
Creator:
Phillips, R. (Richard), Sir, 1767–1840
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
viii, 571 p., [23] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill., plan : 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. London, or, Interesting memorials of its rise, progress and present state / by Sholto & Reuben Percy ...

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Creator:
Percy, Sholto, 1788–1852
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., port., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A new and compleat history and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent : from the earliest accounts, to the beginning of the year 1770 ... / by a society of gentlemen ; revised, corrected, and improved by Henry Chamberlain ...

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Date:
[1769]
Physical Description:
[2], 682, [10] p., [68] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., ports., map, plans ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An historical account of those parishes in the county of Middlesex : which are not described in the Environs of London / by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, M.A. F.R.S & F.S.A.

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
MDCCC [1800]
Physical Description:
[2], viii, [2], 316, [2] p., [17] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : ill., plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. London, old and new : including contemporary watercolours by Juan Sevilla Saez / edited by John Cadfryn-Roberts.

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Creator:
Cadfryn-Roberts, John
Date:
1960
Physical Description:
[2], V-VIII, [12] pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Some account of the hospital and parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex / by John Parton ...

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Creator:
Parton, John, d. 1821
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 427, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map, plan ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The Thames panorama : London seen from the river / created, designed and photographed by Misha Anikst ; text by William Underhill.

The Thames panorama : London seen from the river / created, designed and photographed by Misha Anikst ; text by William Underhill.
Creator:
Anikst, Misha
Date:
2002
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([39] panels) : illustrations ; sheet end-to-end 21 x 202 cm, accordion folded to 21 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elisabeth Fairman

11. Tallis's illustrated London : in commemoration of the Great exhibition of all nations in 1851 : forming a complete guide to the British metropolis and its environs : illustrated by upwards of two hundred steel engraving from original drawings and daguerreotypes / with historical and descriptive letterpress by William Gaspey, Esq. Vol. I <-II>.

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Creator:
Gaspey, William, 1812–1888
Date:
<1851-52>
Physical Description:
2 v. (vii, <1>, 320 p., <74> leaves of plates (1 folded); vii, <1>, 304 p., <86> leaves of plates (2 folded)) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. London. Edited by Charles Knight.

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Creator:
Knight, Charles, 1791–1873
Date:
1841-1844
Physical Description:
6 v. front., illus., (incl. plans) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. London : oder Beschreibung der merkurïrdigsten gebäude, denkmäler und anstaften der hauptstadt grossbritanniens.

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Creator:
Bergk, Johann Adam, 1769–1834
Date:
1812
Physical Description:
iv, 44 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent / by Thomas Allen.

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Creator:
Allen, Thomas, 1803–1833
Date:
1827-1828
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. London : being an accurate history and description of the British metropolis and its neighbourhood : to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation / by David Hughson ...

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Creator:
Hughson, David, active 19th century
Date:
1805-1809
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale Londinense : an ecclesiastical parochial history of the diocese of London : containing an account of the bishops of that sea, from the first foundation thereof : also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the conquest : and lastly, of the several parish-churches ... within the limits of that diocese, and of their patrons and incumbents : and also the endowments of several vicarages, and likewise of the several religious houses that were within the same : continu'd to the year of Our Lord, MDCC : in an alphabetical order / by Ric. Newcourt ...

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Creator:
Newcourt, Richard, d. 1716
Date:
1708-1710
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The history and antiquities of the Tower of London : with biographical anecdotes of royal and distinguished persons, deduced from records, state papers, and manuscripts, and from other original and authentic sources / by John Bayley, Esq., F.S.A. of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, and one of His Majesty's Sub-Commissioners on the Public Records ; in two parts ; Part I[-II].

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Creator:
Bayley, John, -1869
Date:
1821-1825
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Holmes's Great metropolis : or, Views and history of London in the nineteenth century. Being a grand national exhibition of the British capital. With historical and topographical notices of each place / Ed. by William Gray Fearnside, esq., and Thomas Harrel [!] ...

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Creator:
Fearnside, W. G. (William Gray)
Date:
[1851?]
Physical Description:
3 p.., 211 p. 34 pl. incl. front. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts adjacent ... / by Robert Seymour ... ; the whole being an improvement of Mr. Stow's and other surveys, by adding whatever alterations have happened in the said cities, i.e. to the present year ...

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Creator:
Mottley, John, 1692–1750
Date:
1734-1735
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., coats of arms, map ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Literary and historical memorials of London / by J. Henage Jesse.

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Creator:
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:
1847
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Domestic union, or, London as it should be : containing observations on the present state of the municipality of London;--with hints for it's extention and improvement ; together with remarks on the West-India Docks in the Ilse of Dogs;--the Wapping Docks;--the projects for improving London Bridge, and for making a new iron bridge across the Thames; the canal on the south side of the river, and the several new streets under present contemplation. / By the author of the Portentous Globe.

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Creator:
Stonestreet, George Griffin
Date:
1800
Physical Description:
[4], 67, [1] p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The history of London: illustrated by views in London & Westminster engraved by John Woods, from original drawings by Shepherd, Garland, Salmon, Topham, Clarke, Browne, Roberts, &c. Edited by William Gray Fearnside, esq., and (in continuation) by Thomas Harral ...

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Creator:
Fearnside, W. G. (William Gray)
Date:
184-?]
Physical Description:
3 p.., 203, [1] p., 1 leaf, vi, [2], ii, 158 p. front., plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The history of London : from its foundation to the present time ... including the several parishes in Westminster, Middlesex, and Surry, within the bill of mortality ... / by William Maitland ...

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Creator:
Maitland, William, 1693?-1757
Date:
1756
Physical Description:
2 v. (viii, 1410 p.) : ill., map, plans, coats of arms ; 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Views and history of London in the nineteenth century : being a series of illustrations of the most interesting objects in the British metropolis and its vicinity / from original drawings by Thomas H. Shepherd.

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Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
Date:
[183-?]
Physical Description:
316, xlii p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Londinopolis : an historicall discourse; or, Perlustration of the city of London, the imperial chamber, and chief emporium of Great Britain: whereunto is added another of the city of Westminster, with the courts of justice, antiquities, and new buildings thereunto belonging / by Jam Howel ...

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Creator:
Howell, James, 1594?-1666
Date:
1657
Physical Description:
[10], 124, 301-407, [8] p., 3 leaves of plates : port., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. This day is published, number XCIV, with a view of the city gates : (to be continued weekly, price six-pence) : the sixth edition of Stow's survey of London and Westminster : and of the borough of Southward : being the best topography of those cities : together with the distinct history of them : in two large volumes, folio : containing their original, antiquity, increase, present state, and government : written at first by John Stow, citizen and native of London ; several times reprinted and augmented, then corrected, and very much enlarged in the year 1720 by J. Strype, M.A. ; and the history and survey now brought down to this present time by careful hands ; illustrated with exact maps of all the wards and out-parishes both of London and Westminister ; with other draughts of the most eminent and public edifices and monuments.

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Date:
November 29, 1755
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page (incomplete)) ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The Museum of London / designed by David Stuart ; illustrations by John Gorham.

The Museum of London / designed by David Stuart ; illustrations by John Gorham.
Creator:
Museum of London
Date:
1976
Physical Description:
1 portfolio (12 unnumbered sheets) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David K. Thompson