Leicester Square: its associations and its worthies

History of Leicester Square from the Middle Ages to 1870. Includes chapters on Newton, Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds , John Hunter and various popular entertainments. These were the Holophusikon, a natural history and anthropological museum; Charles Dibdin's Sans Souci Theatre; an exhibition of needlework pictures; tableaux vivants and poses plastiques; panoramas; freak shows; a flea circus; the Eidophusikon, an imitation of natural phenomena and historicaal scenes; Burford's panoramas of Edinburgh, London, the arctic, Nineveh, and various battle scenes; Wylde's Globe; and improvements made in the 1860s. Illustrated with maps, portraits and topographical prints. 'With a sketch of Hunter's scientific character and works'

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection