History of London and Its Environs.
Parts I. and II.
This Day is Publiſhed,
Price to Subscribers 10s. 6d. or to Non-Subscribers, 13s. 6d.
Neatly Printed an a Superfine Wove Royal Paper, and Hot-preſſed;
containing
A large Four-Sheet Map of the Country from 20 to 30 Miles round London;
Plan of the Canals; a large Map of the Thames;
A View of Blackfriar’s Bridge with St. Paul’s; the Conduit ay Bayſwater;
Fairtop Oak in Hainault Foreſt;
An ancient Plan of London; a Survey of the ſame after the great Fire in 1666; a View of the Monument, and a Large Four-Sheet Plan of London in its preſent State, Four Feet Eight Inches by Three Feet Three Inches, comprehending the ſurrounding Villages, being Twenty-nine Miles in Circumference.
Part I. of the
History of London
and its
Environs.
This Part contains an Explanatory Preface; a General History of
Middlesex, Surry, Kent, Essex, and Hertforshire;
Deſcribing the Soil and Pace of the Country—Climate—Agriculture and Produce—State of Property, Farms, and Rents—Minerals—Natural Productions—Trade, Manufactures, and Population—Civil and Eccleſiaſtical Diviſions—The River Thames, deſcribing its Source and Courſe to its Influx; with its Towns, Villas, Bridges, Trade, and Communications—Navigable Rivers and Canals, made and making, including the Rivers Medway, Lea, and Wey—The Baſingſtok-Canal—Oxford and Coventry, the Grand Junction, Buckingham, Ayleſbury and Wendover, St. Albans, and Paddington Canals; and the New River, with its Improvements.
The Second Part contains a General Hiſtory of London, from the earlieſt Period to the Section including the Death of King Joho in 1216, containing the intermediate Hiſtory, and the firſt Invaſion and Conqueſt of Briain.
London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly.
The Work will be completed in Eight Parts, making two large Volumes in Royal 4to. and embelliſhed with Maps, Plans, and Views. A few Copies on a large Wove Elephant Paper, with Proof impreſſions of the Plates, at One Guinea each Part, to Subſcribers.
The Subſcription will continue open ſome Time longer, and a List of the Subscribers will be given in the last Part.
