8.25" x 10.75" folio backing with a copper engraved map .Very Good Condition, foxing evident from environmental factors Please use your eye to identify flaws which are easily seen. Created from original drawings by Thomas Shepherd and engraved by assorted talented artist working for the publisher Jones & Co. over the years 1827-29. Covering the new city of London, the largest in the World in 1829 and all the changes of new housing, schools, Alms houses, Industrial centers, banking and exchanges , park's and infrastructure under George IV,. The wealth of the growing British Empire on display with many structures lost during WWII bombings , but all locations and many buildings still present almost 200 years later
