A handy little pocket guide which incorporates Pigot's excellent map of London. The map is formed into divisions by means of circular lines with each division 'being referred to in the accompanying list of streets and public buildings'. Streets are indexed alphabetically whilst churches, hospitals, bridges etc. are described in short textual sections.

James Pigot (1769 –1843), the founder of Pigot and Co., was a British publisher of directories, and a pioneering publisher of trade directories. In 1811 he began publishing trade directories for Manchester, and The Commercial Directory in 1814, and expanded to other cities, including London in 1823, where the company took the name Pigot & Co.. He made his apprentice Isaac Slater a partner into the firm, which became Pigot & Slater. The titles of the directories varied from New Commercial Directory or National Commercial Directory, and finally Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography. His company stopped producing directories for London and the home Counties after 1840. This comprehensive
and detailed guide was published shotly after the company took name Pigot & Co.

Small 8vo. (17.3 x 10.7 cm), engraved title with vignette, pp. 154, [2], large folding engraved map, partly hand-coloured, dissected and mounted onto linen, measuring 77 x 52 cm, browned in parts but complete, previous owner's stamp and and inscription, title-page browned and stained, slightly browning to other pages, hinges cracked; rebacked preserving all ot the publisher's red straight-grained morocco, lettered gilt on the upper cover and with a brass clasp, slightly marked and stained; overall an attractive copy.

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