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£35 St James Park 1827 Ref: 6103wm
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PLAN OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN S.T JAMES'S PARK.
Gent. Mag. Oct.r 1827 Plate 1. p.297 
J. Netherclift Lithog. 8 Newman St.


Showing proposals for the improvement of St James's Park. 
Includes original 2 pages of text which begins: The plan, of which a copy is given in the annexed Plate, has been engraved by order of the House of Commons, accompanied by the following Treasury Minute, dated Janurary 19, 1827: " The Earl of Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Exchequer lay before the Board a plan for building on the north and south sides of St. James's Park (in addition to the buildings already sanctioned upon the site of Carlton Gardens:) and also for making some considerable alterations in the distribution of the intermediate ground, where by the appearance of the park would be much improved, while a very material accomodation would be afforded to the public."

Published in The Gentlemans Magazine for October 1827, a monthly magazine founded in London by Edward Cave in January 1731 and published continuously until 1922. It was the first publication to use the term magazine from the French meaning storehouse.

Folds. Hand coloured. Includes 2 pages of original accompanying text.

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