The Cries of London:
[CRAIG, William Marshall].
Description of the Plates, Representing the Itinerant Traders of London in their Ordinary Costume; with Notices of the Remarkable Places Given in the Background.
Stock Code 106990
London, Richard Phillips, n.d. [c. 1804].
First edition, Tooley's 2nd issue (of 6), with double framed, aquatinted borders, title within outer border, imprint below. 4to (26.7 x 20.8 cm); 31 hand-coloured plates after William Marshall Craig, each with descriptive title and a facing page of descriptive text, light offsetting to text, text watermarked 1803, majority of plates watermarked Whatman 1804, plate 3 watermarked E. & P. 1801; full modern mottled calf by Riviere, triple gilt rule borders to boards, spine gilt in six compartments, green morocco labels to second and foot of spine, all edges gilt, a very handsome copy.
Abbey Life 271; Tooley 370.
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