LONDON STOW (JOHN) A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster... Corrected, Improved, and Very Much Enlarged... to the Present Time; by John Strype, 2 vol., fifth edition, titles printed in red and black, 70 engraved plates and maps (some double-page or folding, some on stubs, one of 'City of London' laid on linen), woodcut arms in the text, some small old damp-stains in margins (occasionally just affecting text), contemporary calf, worn with loss to spines, covers detached, folio (395 x 245mm.), A. Churchill [and others], 1720 Footnotes: 'If John Stow's Survey of London is probably the most famous single work ever written about England's capital, then the enlarged and updated edition of the same book published some 120 years later [1720]... surely stands as one the most remarkable works of scholarship every produced about the city' (J.F. Merritt, 'The Creation of Strype's Survey of London', in Strype, Survey of London (1720), hriOnline, Sheffield, 2007). Provenance: Smart Lethieullier (1701-1760), antiquary noted for writing the first paper devoted to the Bayeux tapestry in 1767, and whose grandfather Sir John Lethieullier had served as the Sheriff of London, bookplate This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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