Londres et l’Angleterre, ouvrage élémentaire à l'usage de la jeunesse.…

12mo (168 × 90 mm), pp. [4], 348, xi, [1], complete with half-title, plus engraved portrait of George IV by Fry after Reynolds and 4 plates ‘Printed by H. Adlard... Engraved on steel by W. Cooke, Junr.’, original tissue guards. Occasional light browning. Contemporary tree sheep, gilt panelled spine, red morocco label, contemporary Parisian bookseller’s ticket (Forest). Rubbed, joints cracked but secure. An attractive copy.

First edition of this extensive pocket guide to London, England and Wales for a juvenile audience. The description of London is admirably complete, with notes on the principal monuments as well as its people and customs (‘The Lord of Merry Disports’ and ‘Itinerant Musicians’ among them). The plates (originally appearing London, or interesting Memorials published by Thomas Boys in London in 1823) depict The Custom House, Somerset House, Hanover Terrace and Westminster Abbey. Adams, London illustrated, 1604-1851 (1983), 150. No US copies in Worldcat and JISC/COPAC records the Bishopsgate Institute and Bodley copies only.