Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Title:
A survey of the cities of London and Westminster : containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities / written at first in the year MDXCVIII ... since ... augmented by the author, and afterwards by A.M., H.D., and others ; now lastly corrected ... and ... brought down from ... 1633 ... to the present time by John Strype ... ; to which is prefixed the life of the author, writ by the editor ... added an appendix ... concerning the state of the city of London ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, MDCCXX [1720]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., maps, plans ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIR BByzL 88: Imperfect: all plates, except "The monument of Mr. John Stow ..." in v. 1, wanting. Added plate, "John Stowe, historian & antiquary ... Published May 10, 1792, by N. Smith ...," bound in at front of v. 1.
Subject Terms:
Streatfeild family -- Bookplate (BAC). | London (England) -- Description and travel. | London (England) -- History -- 16th century. | London (England) -- History -- 17th century. | London (England) -- Antiquities. | Stevens, Thomas -- Presentation inscription from R. Ward. | Ward, Richard -- Presentation inscription to T. Stevens. | Bunce, John Tackray, 1828–1899 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Subscription lists (Publishing) -- England -- London -- 1720. | Etchings -- 1720. | Engravings -- 1720.
Contributors:
Strype, John, 1643–1737. | Monday, Anthony. | Dyson, Henry. | Kip, Johannes, 1653–1722, engraver. | Churchill, Awnsham, -1728, bookseller. | Cowse, Benjamin, fl. 1711–1725, bookseller. | Horne, E., bookseller. | Knapton, James, -1738, bookseller. | Knaplock, Robert, -1737, booskeller. | Midwinter, Daniel, active 1698–1725, bookseller. | Robinson, Ranew, bookseller. | Tooke, Benjamin, -1723, bookseller. | Walthoe, John, 1657 or 1658–1744, bookseller. | Ward, Thomas, bookseller, bookseller.