Map Books

JOHN TALLIS'S LONDON STREET VIEWS 1838-1840
Together with the revised and enlarged views of 1847 introduced and with a biographical essay by PETER JACKSON
Published in association with the LONDON TOPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
NATTALI & MAURICE LONDON 1969

Hardcover, red cloth gilt title to spine. Dust wrapper. 29x20.5cm. 301 pages.

John Tallis’s periodical STRANGERS GUIDE THROUGH LONDON containing street elevations, each with a plan and an engraved view of a chosen building, amounting to eighty-eight views, is reproduced together with the street directories and the later publication TALLIS’S PICTORIAL DIRECTORY containing a further eighteen enlarged views. All are reproduced in the larger format of the Pictorial Directory. A collotype facsimile of Part 1 is also included in full containing the advertisements and historical notes.

The book and contents are in fine condition. The dust wrapper is complete, not price clipped and in a protective sleeve but damaged with creasing to front top and bottom edges and rear and with a repaired tear to rear.