An historical account of the curiosities of London and Westminster, in three parts.
London: J. Newbery, 1767. 12mo, pp. [2], iv, [5]-71, [1]; iv, [5]-190, [2] ads; iv, 56; later morocco-backed marbled boards, spine ends chipped, small crack starting at the bottom of the front joint. Each part with a sectional title: Part I: An historical description of the Tower of London and its antiquities, 1768; part II: An historical description of Westminster-Abbey, its monuments, and curiosities, 1767;, and part III: An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1765. I"Written chiefly to direct the attention of spectators to what is most curious in this repository, and to enable them afterwards to relate what they have seen." Roscoe A219 (incorporating A222, 223, and 221): "The make up of the composite volumes seems to have been entirely haphazard."; Auburn and Penn State only in OCLC. Item #31163
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