Accession number
PML 50849
Creator
Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
Published
London : Printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place ..., 1657.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1960.
Notes
Frontispiece portrait of the author by Claude Mellan and Abraham Bosse.
Title in red and black.
"Largely borrowed from Stow."--Dict. nat. biog.
Paging irregular: p. 91-94, 351-354 numbered 81-84 and 353-356 respectively; nos. 125-300 omitted. "The seeming error may perhaps be attributed to the book being printed at different offices."--Upcott.
Map of London sometimes attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar, but "is almost certainly not his work."--cf. Howgego, J. Printed maps of London (2nd ed.), p. 8.
Folding plate of London before the fire by Wenceslaus Hollar.
Title in red and black.
"Largely borrowed from Stow."--Dict. nat. biog.
Paging irregular: p. 91-94, 351-354 numbered 81-84 and 353-356 respectively; nos. 125-300 omitted. "The seeming error may perhaps be attributed to the book being printed at different offices."--Upcott.
Map of London sometimes attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar, but "is almost certainly not his work."--cf. Howgego, J. Printed maps of London (2nd ed.), p. 8.
Folding plate of London before the fire by Wenceslaus Hollar.
Description
[10], 124, 301-407, [8] p., 3 leaves of plates : port., map ; 28 cm.
Binding
Contemporary brown calf, gilt, rebacked.
Classification
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