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20. Temple House, the Seat of Owen Williams, Esq. Geo.

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21. Harleyford House, the Seat of Sir William Clayton, Bart. 22. Bisham Abbey, the Seat of George Vansittart, Esq. 23. Great Marlow.

24. Cookham Church.

25. Taplow House.

26. Maidenhead Bridge.

27. Monkey Island.

28. The Willows, the Seat of the late Townley Ward, Esq. 29. Windsor.

30. Windsor Castle, taken near the Lock.

31. Eton Bridge.

32. Old Houses near Eton Bridge.

33. Eton College.

34. Beaumont Lodge, the Seat of Lord Ashbrooke.

35. Staines Bridge.

36. Oatlands, from Shepperton Ferry.

37. Walton Bridge.

38. Garrick's House at Hampton.

39. Hampton Court.

40. Lady Sullivan's Villa, Thames Ditton.

41. Kingston.

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42. Strawberry Hill, the Seat of the Honble Mrs. Damer.

43. Lady Howe's Villa, Twickenham.

44. Twickenham.

45. Richmond Hill, from Twickenham.

46. Marble Hill Cottage, near Richmond.

Title-page as before.

List of Plates to Vol. II.

VOL. II.

Descriptive letter-press, 104 leaves.

A New Table, shewing the Distances of the Towns, Bridges, &c. upon the River Thames.

Index, 6 pages.

Directions to the Binder, and Errata, 2 pages."

PLATES.

1. The Thames, from Richmond Hill.

2. The Duke of Buccleugh's Villa at Richmond.

3. Richmond Bridge.

4. Mr. Keene's Villa, Richmond, late Sir Charles Asgill's. 5. The Observatory, Richmond Gardens.

6. Keppel House, Isleworth.

7. Sion House, the Seat of the Duke of Northumberland. 8. Brandenburg House, near Chiswick, the Seat of the Margravine of Anspach.

9. Fulham.

10. Battersea.

12-13. Randall's Mill, Nine Elms.

14. Lambeth Palace.

11. Chelsea Hospital.

15. Westminster Abbey, View taken from Lambeth Palace. 16. London and Blackfriars Bridge from Hungerford.

17. Somerset House.

18. London Bridge.

19. The Custom House, (and) Tower of London.

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28. Ingress at Greenhithe, the Seat of William Havlock, Esq.

29. Northfleet.

31. Gravesend.

30. Lime Kilns, Northfleet.
32. Tilbury Fort.

33. Gateway to Tilbury Fort.

34. Hadleigh Castle, Essex.

35. Leigh, taken near Southend. 36. Southend.

37. Sheerness.

N. B. There are copies in QUARTO, with PROOF impressions of the plates.

** A new edition of this work is in the course of publication, to be completed in Six Parts, each Part containing thirteen Engravings; the letter-press description will appear at the conclusion in an Octavo volume. It is intended to re-engrave several of the plates, to omit some altogether, and to substitute new ones of a more interesting description. To be printed in Royal Quarto; also in Imperial Quarto, with Proof impressions; and a small number to be taken off on India paper, first proofs.

CXLV.

An ESSAY to prove that the Jurisdiction and Conservacy of the RIVER of THAMES, &c. is committed to the Lord Mayor and City of London, both in point of Right and Usage, by Prescription, Charters, Acts of Parliament, Decrees, upon hearing before the

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King, Letters-Patents, &c. &c. To which is added a Brief Description of those Fish, with their Seasons, Spawning-times, &c. that are caught in the Thames, or sold in London. With some few Observations on the Nature, Element, Cloathing, Numbers, Passage, Wars, and Sensation, &c. peculiar to Fish in general. And also of the Water-Carriage on the River Thames, to the several parts of the Kingdom; with a List of the Keys, Wharfs, and Docks adjoining to the same. By ROGER GRIFFITHS, Water-Bailiff.

LONDON: Printed by Robert Brown, in Windmill Court, near Christ's Hospital. MDCCXLVI. Octavo.

Title-page as above.

Dedication to the Rt. Honble Sir Richard Hoare, Knt, Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, &c.

The Preface, p. v-xvi.

The Contents, and Errata, 3 pages.

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The Conservacy of the Thames, &c. [B-S 7] 269 pages.

An Alphabetical Index, [s 8-u 4] pp. 271–296.

CXLVI.

A DISSERTATION on RIVERS and TIDES: intended to demonstrate in general the Effect of Bridges, Cuttings, removing of Shoals and Embankments, and to investigate in particular the Consequences of such Works on the River Thames. By ROBERT ERSKINE, Engineer. 1770. Octavo.

CXLVII.

The Destruction of Trade and Ruin of the Metropolis prognosticated, from a total Neglect and Inattention to the CONSERVACY of the RIVER THAMES: addressed to the Right Honourable the Master, Wardens, Assistants, &c. Elder Brethren of the Trinity, by their affectionate Brother, MERCATOR.

LONDON: Printed for F. Newbery, at the Corner of St Paul's Church-yard. MDCCLXX. Quarto, 28 pages.

CXLVIII.

A Letter to the Right Honourable William Beckford, Lord Mayor, and Conservator of the RIVER THAMES and WATERS of MEDWAY, from Sir Stephen Theodore Janssen, Bart, Chamberlain of London.

Printed for J. Wilkie, at No. 71, St Paul's Church-yard. 1770. Quarto, 23 pages.

CXLIX.

REMARKS Concerning the ENCROACHMENTS on the RIVER THAMES near Durham Yard: addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Worshipful the Aldermen, and the Common Council of the City of London. (By GRANVILLE SHARP.) In Two Parts.

LONDON: Printed by G. Bigg, in the Year MDCCLXXI. Octavo, 64 pages.

CL.

A TREATISE on the COMMERCE and POLICE of the RIVER THAMES: containing an Historical View of the Trade of the Port of London; and suggesting Means for preventing the Depredations thereon, by a Legislative System of River Police: With an Account of the Functions of the various Magistrates and Corporations exercising Jurisdictions on the River; and a general View of the penal and remedial Statutes connected with the Subject. By P. COLQUHOUN, LL.D.

"Oculos ad Legislatores nos convertere oportet, ut sanciant leges in hoc opere commendatas. Quæ unica via est confirmandi simul et stabiliendi proposito quo criminibus numerosis et enormibus, suáque nutura societati nocivis, occurratur. Regis annui reditus et merces omnigenæ muniantur adversus fraudem et deprædationes: malaque ingentia arceantur, quæ à longo tempore maximum commercio et Tamesis navigationi afferunt detrimentum."

LONDON: Printed for Joseph Mawman, in the Poultry, Successor to Mr. Dilly. 1800. Octavo.

Title-page as before.

Dedication and Preface, dated Westminster, May 20, 1800, 9 pages.

Contents and Introduction, p. ix-xxxiv.

The Treatise on the River Police, [B-Qq] 593 pages.

Appendix, (No. 1. being a separate Sheet, folded, not paged,) the paging beginning at Appendix No. 2. [Rr-xx 2] p. 609–676. Index, [a-b 2] 20 pages.

To which is prefixed a folded Map of the Port of London, and the River Thames from London Bridge to Sheerness. J. Cooke SC. Also a General View of the whole Commerce and Shipping of the River taken from Authorities and Documents applicable to the Year ending the 5th January 1798. Folded. To front p. 22.

DOCKS.

CLI.

REPORT from the COMMITTEE appointed to enquire into the best Mode of providing sufficient Accommodation for the increased Trade and Shipping of the PORT of LONDON, &c. &c. &c. Ordered to be printed May 13, 1796. Folio.

Title-page as above.

Evidence of the Committee, [A 2-K 2] p. iii-xl.

Index to Evidence, [L] 4 pages.

Index to Appendix, 2 pages.

Minutes of Evidence, [A 2-3 H 2] 216 pages.

Appendix to the First Report, [a-qqq 2] forming 256 pages.

PLANS.

1. Mr. Spence's Plan for the Wet Docks. Folded. Neele sc. To front Appendix N.

2. Mr. Edward Ogle's Plan for the Wet Docks, and of the proposed Improvements. Folded. Neele sc. Appendix P.

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3. The legal Quays in their present state, and as proposed to be improved. Folded. R. Metcalf sc. To front Appendix S.

4. Another Plan, with the Plan of the River Thames, with the proposed Docks at Rotherhithe and in the Isle of Dogs. Folded. Metcalf sc. To front Appendix S.

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