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Offered with no reserve is a beautiful edition of Stowe’s “Survey of London,” the first Chamberlain edition, printed in folio at London by J. Cooke in 1771, including the complete text of Harrison’s “History of London,” as well as Stowe’s “Survey of London,” and ADORNED WITH WELL ABOVE 100 DISTINCT ENGRAVINGS UPON 66 PLATES, including A FOLDING MAP OF LONDON IN 1770, A MAP OF 20 MILES AROUND LONDON, A VIEW OF LONDON FROM GREENWICH PARK, AND SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN’S PLAN FOR REBUILDING THE CITY OF LONDON AFTER THE FIRE IN 1666. The volume is attractively bound in modern brown half calf. THE FIRST CHAMBERLAIN EDITION OF “THE SURVEY OF LONDON,” INCLUDING THE COMPLETE TEXTS OF STOW AND HARRISON, AND ADORNED WITH FULLY 66 ENGRAVINGS INCLUDING 4 MAPS. The full title of the volume reads as follows: “A New and Compleat History and Survey Of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southward, and Parts adjacent; From the Earliest Accounts, to the Beginning of the Year 1770. / Containing / I. An Account of the original Foundation, and modern State of those Places. / II. Their Laws, Charter, Customs, Privileges, Immunities, Government, Trade and Navigation. / III. A Description of the several Wards, Parishes, Liberties, Precincts, Churches, Palaces, Noblemen’s Houses, Hospitals, and other public Buildings. / IV. An Account of the Curiosities of the Tower of London, the Royal Exchange, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey, &c. / V. A general History of the memorable Actions of the Citizens, and the Revolutions that have happened, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the present Time. / By a Society of Gentlemen; / Revised, Corrected, and Improved, by Henry Chamberlain of Hatton-Garden, Esq; / …London: Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row.” Stow begins by discussing London’s antiquity; he then describes they city’s walls, rivers, conduits of fresh water, bridges and gates. He further gives detailed information concerning the towers, castles, schools and other institutions of learning. Moreover, Stow gives meticulous descriptions of the orders and customs of the citizens, notable citizens, sports and pastimes. Perhaps most impressively, he then describes in minute detail every one of London’s wards. He closes with a list of ecclesiastical and temporal governors, descriptions of parish churches, hospitals, and leper houses, and a defence of the city. Particular to this edition are descriptions of the stations and habits of aldermen, sheriffs, and liveries. Quite simple, there is no substitute for or equivalent to the wealth of information Stow provides concerning medieval and Tudor London. An incredible amount of knowledge of London’s history would have been lost were it not for this volume and its predecessor. The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) states the following concerning Stow’s “Survay of London”: “The work by which Stow is best known is his Survey of London. It is not only interesting from the quaint simplicity of its style and its amusing descriptions and anecdotes, but of unique value from its minute account of the buildings, social condition, and customs of London in the time of Elizabeth. [The Survay is] an exhaustive and invaluable record of Elizabethan London.” Pforzheimer, in his great catalogue, states the following: “The work contains much matter of great interest and value and is worthy to rank with the topographical works of Lambard and Carew as one of the foundations of English county history.” The volume is complete in all respects, including the plates, which have been collated against the list of plates upon the final leaf. The map of ’20 Miles Around London’ is cropped at the fold, with resultant loss of about half the map. The volume comprises 682 numbered pages, plus the frontispiece, title, preliminaries, index, plates and maps. The volume measures about 34.7 cm by 23.0 cm by 7.0 cm; each leaf measures about 337 mm by 220 mm. The volume shows ample margins and clear print throughout; the plates and maps are excellent impressions throughout. There is light marginal dampstaining at about the volume’s halfway point, continuing and becoming gradually heavier to the volume’s end. The dampstaining does not affect legibility or the clarity of the plates, and there is no loss, but it may be called obtrusive through about the volume’s final quarter. The volume is bound in 20th century dark brown half-calf with marbled boards. The spine is divided by raised bands into 6 compartments, with a gilt lozenge in each compartment save the second, which bears the burgundy morocco title label. The binding is in nearly fine condition, with only the very slightest wear at the corners. The hinges and book block are very strong. In all, this is quite a desirable copy of a rare and beautifully produced work, the 1771 first Chamberlain edition of John Stow’s “The Survey of London,” combined with Harrison’s “A History of London,” given the title “A New and Compleat History and Survey of London and Westminster,” printed at London in large folio, adorned with above 100 engravings and 4 maps and plans upon 66 plates, complete in all respects, attractively bound in modern dark brown half-calf and offered with no reserve. Please take the time necessary to review the photos below in order to gain a better understanding of the content and condition of the volume. Please also take a moment to view my other auctions of rare and desirable English and Continental printed books dating from the 15th through the 19th century. 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