The Environs of London: Being an Historical Account of The Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Within Twelve Miles of that Capital + A

Pp. 316, [1]. 921, 853, foxing spots throughout + 65 Copper engraved plates, (as listed). Including vignette titles and one coloured plate. Plates listed:- Plan shewing the Ordnance Ground and parts adjacent at Woolwich, Plans and views of Hampton Court Palace, 3 maps of-Surrey- Middlesex-Kent, Plan of Hyde Park, etc. Original half calf gilt over decorated cloth, slight fading. Daniel Lysons (1762-1834) was a notable English antiquary and topographer of the late 18th and early 19th century. With his brother Samuel, Lysons began Magna Brittania, being a concise Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain (1806-1822), but after the first six volumes, covering the counties from B to D, Samuel died and the project was discontinued. Daniel Lysons also contributed views and illustrations to other works and published several pamphlets on religious and historical subjects.