Londinopolis : an historicall discourse or perlustration of the city of London

Londinopolis : an historicall discourse or perlustration of the city of London

Full title: 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 / by Jam Howel Esq

James Howell, 1594?-1666.

London : Printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, and are to be sold at their shops, 1657.

1657

[10], 124, 301-350, 353-356, 355-407, [9] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port. ; 28 cm. (fol.)

"Largely borrowed from Stow"--DNB; Title page printed in red and black; With a frontis. portrait and folded view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar; Engraved portrait is signed: C. Melan et Bosse Sculp; Includes index; Pages 91-94 misnumbered 81-84; Paging irregular but text is continuous: "The seeming error may perhaps be attributed to the book being printed at different offices"--Upcott; "A catalogue of Mr. Howels works .": pages [8-9] at end

Copious annotations (trimmed) in early hand; covers detached; Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2017]

Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, engraver; Mellan, Claude, 1598-1688, artist; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, engraver; Streater, John, active 1650-1670, printer; Twyford, Henry, bookseller; Sawbridge, George, -1681, bookseller; Dring, Thomas, bookseller; Place, John, active 1645-1686, bookseller; Stow, John, 1525?-1605. Survey of London; Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.), former owner.

English

Dated 1657 .H69