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    By Anonymous
    London   Not Stated
    13" by 8" [1], ii-xii, 83, [4pp]
    A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with eight folding hand-coloured plates.
    By Anonymous

    1840 First Report From Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement; With the Minutes of Evidence

    London   Not Stated
    13" by 8" [1], ii-xii, 83, [4pp]
    A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with eight folding hand-coloured plates.
    £750.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 713P17
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    Description

    Colour Plates, First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Very Scarce

    A very scarce work.

    Illustrated with eight hand-coloured folding plans.

    Collated, complete.

    Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards.

    A report on the committee that was dedicated to the improvement of London, during a century which saw a great amount of growth and development within the capital city.

    It was during this century that it became an important global city, becoming the largest city in the world from about 1825.

    Condition

    Rebound in a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, boards detached but present. Minor rubbing and discolouration to the boards and spine. Loss to the head of the spine, with a much smaller amount of loss to the tail of the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Some loss of leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Plates with a small amount of edge wear.

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