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Title-page: "The Pocket Remembrancer; or a Concise History of the City of London."

To the Reader, 2 pages.

History of London, beginning with p. 5, to page 234.

Errors of paging :-pages 179 to 188 are omitted, but perfect; -and p. 234 (the last page) is marked 934.

A small folded View of London is prefixed; the same plate as on the letter-press of Seymour's History of London, vol. i. p.3.

XXIX.

LONDON in MINIATURE: being a concise and comprehensive Description of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Parts adjacent, for Forty Miles round.

In which the many publick Buildings, Statues, Ornaments, Royal Palaces, Houses of the Nobility and Gentry, Places of publick Diversion and Entertainment, &c. in and about this great Metropolis, are accurately display'd; with the addition of a correct Alphabetical List of all the Streets, Lanes, Squares, Courts, Alleys, &c. within the Bills of Mortality. The whole collected from Stow, Maitland, and other large Works on this Subject; with several new and curious Particulars: intended as a complete Guide to Foreigners, and all others who come to view this City, or travel for Pleasure to any of its circumjacent Parts.

LONDON: Printed for C. Corbett, in Fleet Street. MDCCLV. Duodecimo, [B-Y 5] 405 pages.

XXX.

A NEW HISTORY of LONDON, from its Foundation to the present Year.

Containing, among many other interesting Particulars,

I. A curious Account of the Foundation, Name, and Extent of London and Westminster.

II. History of London Bridge.-III. An ample Account of the Tower of London and its Curiosities, together with the Prices paid for seeing them.

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IV. History of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, and its
Curiosities.

V. An Account of the dreadful Fire of London, and the
Monument.

VI. History of Westminster Abbey; with a circumstantial
Description of the Tombs, Monuments, and other
Curiosities to be seen there; with the stated Prices
for seeing them.

VII. An Account of the City of Westminster, and its Bridge. VIII. The Public Halls and Buildings of the City of Westminster.

IX. The Churches of London and Westminster remarkable for their Architecture.

X. The Hospitals and other public Charities.

XI. The Civil Government of London, Courts of Justice, &c. XII. An Account of the Palaces, remarkable Houses, Prisons, Societies, Companies, &c.

Being a useful Companion for Strangers and Foreigners desirous of being acquainted with the Curiosities of this great Metropolis. By the Rev. GEORGE REEVES, M.A. Embellished with Eight elegant Copper-plates.

LONDON: Printed for G. Kearsley, W. Griffin, J. Payne, W. Nicoll, and J. Johnson, 1764. Duodecimo.

Title-page as above.

Introduction and Errata, 2 pages.

Table of the Contents, 4 pages.

The History of London, by Question and Answer, [B-K 8] 208 pages.

i. The Tower. p. 8.

PLATES.

ii. St Paul's Church. J. Hulett sc. p. 17.

iii. The Monument. p. 21.

iv. The Abbey Church of St Peter's, Westminster. J. Hulett

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XXXI.

A SHORT ACCOUNT of the several WARDS, PRECINCTS, PARISHES, &c. in LONDON. Dedicated to the Deputies and Common Council-men of the several Wards in the City of London, by JOHN SMART; and is dated from Guildhall, Feb. 27, 1741. Octavo, 63 pages.

XXXII.

SOME ACCOUNT of the several WARDS, PRECINCTS, and PARISHES in the CITY of LONDON. To which is added Lists of the Lord Mayors, Sheriffs, and other Officers, from the Year 1660 to the present Time; of the Court of Aldermen at the Time of the Revolution in 1688; and of the Aldermen and Members of Parliament since that Period. (By WILLIAM CHANCELLOR.)

Printed in the year MDCCLXXII. Octodecimo, 131 pages.

XXXIII.

Le GUIDE de LONDRES: dedié aux Voyageurs Etrangers: il apprend tout ce qu'il y a de plus curieux, notable, et utile dans la Ville, les Fauxbourgs, et aux Environs: il marque combien de Tems et d'Argent il faut pour les voir, il rapporte plusieurs Inscriptions, les Jours des Rejouissances, Ceremonies, et Fêtes solemnelles, les Jours des Postes et Auctions des Livres. Troisieme Edition. Par F. COLSONI. LONDRES: Imprimé pour le German Bookseller-shop near Somerset House, in the Strand. 1710. Duodecimo.-[First edit. 1693.]

XXXIV.

ETORICAL ACCOUNT of the CURIOSITIES of LON-
ON and WESTMINSTER, in Three Parts.
PART I. Containing a full Description of the Tower of
London, and every Thing curious in and belonging to it,
71 pages.

PART II. Contains the History of Westminster Abbey from its Foundation to the present Time; with its Antiquities, Tombs, and Inscriptions, 190 pages.

PART III. Treats of the Old Cathedral of St. Paul's, and the New; together with a full Account of the Monument, London Stone, the City Wall, Gates, and other antique Remains, 60 pages.

LONDON: Printed for Newbery and Carnan, at No. 65, the North Side of St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCLXIX. —The Dates of the Title-pages to each Part are 1771, 1767, and 1770.

Duodecimo.

XXXV.

LONDON: being a Complete Guide to the British Capital containing a full and accurate Account of its Buildings, Commerce, Curiosities, Exhibitions, Amusements, Religious and Charitable Foundations, Literary Establishments, Learned and Scientific Institutions; including a Sketch of the surrounding Country, with full Directions to Strangers on their first Arrival. By JOHN WALLIS. FOURTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster Row; C. Chappell, Pall Mall; J. Asperne, J. M. Richardson, and E. Wilson, Cornhill. 1814. Small octavo, 560

pages.

With a folded Map of London, Westminster, and Southwark ; also a View of London from the Strand Bridge.

XXXVI.

The PICTURE of LONDON for 1816; being a corre Guide to all the Curiosities, Amusements, Exhitions, public Establishments, and remarkable Objes in and near London; with a Collection of apppriate Tables, Two large Maps, and various oer Engravings. The SEVENTEENTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Ormend Brown, Paternoster Row; and sold by all Booksellers, uodecimo, 359 pages.

With Eight Maps and Plates, including an Elevation the New Building for the London Institution in Moorfie'.

XXXVII.

TOPOGRAPHY OF LONDON: giving a concise local Description of, and accurate Direction to, every Square, Street, Lane, Court, Dock, Wharf, Inn, Public Office, &c. in the Metropolis and its Environs, including the New Buildings to the present Time, upon a Plan never hitherto attempted: the whole alphabetically arranged, and comprising the Description of more than Three Thousand Places, the Names of which are not to be found upon any of the Maps of the present Year. Taken from actual Survey by JOHN LOCKIE, Inspector of Buildings to the Phoenix Fire Office. SECOND EDITION, corrected and revised by the Author; with upwards of Sixteen Hundred Places added thereto, accompanied by a New Map of London.

LONDON: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 20, Pater

noster Row, and J. M. Richardson, Cornhill. 1813. Duodecimo, (first printed in octavo in 1810,) [A-Dd 6] not paged. With a folded Map of London and its Environs, 1813, engraved by H. Cooper,

XXXVIII.

LONDON and MIDDLESEX Illustrated: by a true and explicit Account of the Names, Residence, Genealogy, and Coat Armour of the Nobility, principal Merchants, and other eminent Families trading within the Precincts of this most opulent City and County, (The Eye of the Universe ;) all blazon'd in their proper Colours, with References thereunto: shewing in what Manuscript Books, or other original Records of the Heralds Office, the Right of each Person respectively may be found. Now first published. In justification of the Subscribers and others who have been Encouragers of the New Map of London and

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