Tallis's London street views, exhibiting upwards of one hundred buildings in each number, elegantly engraved on steel; with a commercial directory corrected every month, the whole forming a complete stranger's guide through London ... To which is added an index map of the streets ...

Main entry:

Tallis, John, 1815 or 6-1876.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London, John Tallis [1838-40]

Description:

88 pts. ill., double plans. 14 x 23 cm.

Notes:
Title from covers of parts.
Published in 88 parts, 1838-40. Each part consists of 4 p. text (except nos. 33-34, each of which has 6 p.) and 1 double plan, within paper covers.
The text is tentatively attributed to William Gaspey, and the elevations to [Charles?] Bigot, in the introduction to the London, 1969 edition of the present work. For bibliographical particulars, see also Chancellor, E. Beresford. Tallis's street views of London (in the London topographical record, vol. 12, 1920, p. 67-77).

Subject:

Streets England London.
Rues Angleterre Londres.
Streets.
Travel.
London (England) Description and travel.
London (England) Directories.
Londres (Angleterre) Descriptions et voyages.
England London.

Form/genre:

Streetscapes.
Directories.

Added entries:

Gaspey, William, 1812-1888.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 3960
Call No.: ID:87-B11971
Status: Available

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