Stow (John)

A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities…,

2 volumes, fifth edition, enlarged by John Strype, titles in red and black, engraved dedication as frontispiece to vol. 1, appendix with title page, woodcut initials and tailpieces, 42 engraved plates (including 7 double-page and 12 coats of arms), 41 engraved maps (2 folding, 26 double-page), many by Johannes Kip, further woodcut illustrations, list of subscribers, occasional spotting and staining, tear L1 of book 2 affecting text, hole to A4 book 3, repairs to Ll3 of book 3, repaired tear to G3 of book 5, [ESTC T48975], contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco title labels, worn with surface loss, splitting to spines, folio, A. Churchill et al., 1720.

Provenance: Sotheby's, ‘From the library of I.A. Shapiro’, 16 December 2004, lot 97.