Smith (John Thomas)

Antiquities of London and its Environs. Containing Views of Houses, Monuments, Statues, and other Curious Remains of Antiquity, FIRST EDITION, engraved title-page, 96 engraved plates, two with red aquatint and bistre, hand-written index by Author?, minor spotting, some offsetting, contemporary calf, gilt, featuring the author’s monogram, "JTS", also repeated on bookplate to front pastedown, marbled endpapers, J. Sewell [& others], 1791-[1800], with Hugo (Thomas) An Illustrated Itinerary of the Ward of Bishopsgate in the City of London, plates and illustrations, some spotting, contemporary burgundy leather, front board blind tooled with John Thomas Smith’s gilt and colour monogram, folio, J. B. Nichols & Sons, 1862 (2)

Provenance. Books from the library of John Thomas Smith (1766-1833) also known as 'Antiquity Smith', English painter, engraver, and antiquarian. A pupil of Joseph Nollekens and the mezzotint engraver John Keyse Sherwin, Smith began his career as engraver and topographical draughtsman. His first publication, ‘Antiquities of London and its Environ’s' (1800), was followed by his major work ‘Antiquities of Westminster’ (1807). In 1816, Smith became the keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum, a position he held for the rest of his life.