Item #405 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. James Howell.
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
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
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
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

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

Notable 17th century survey of London history, though largely borrowed from John Stow. Bookplate of Thomas Wilkinson, Scots House. While lacking the important double-page etched panorama of London by Wenceslaus Hollar, the text is otherwise complete, the irregular pagination being as issued.

London: Printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1657. Etched portrait frontispiece by Abraham Bosse after Claude Melan (later state with added coat of arms); LACKS map. [10], 124, 301-407, [9] pp. Small folio. ESTC R13420; Wing H3091. First Edition. Period paneled calf. Binding extremely worn, with losses, front hinge taped. Some toning and foxing, marginal paper flaws, a few annotations. Binding Fair (at best), text Good. Item #405

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