London lions for country cousins and friends about town: being all the new buildings, improvements and amusements in the British metropolis

Very detailed accounts of London features such as the new London Bridge, Regents Park, St Katharine's Dock, the Chelsea Hospital and various schemes for new roads and bridges. Also very full accounts of optical exhibitions: Mr Walker's Eidouranion; the Uranologia of Mr Bartley; the Busby Orrery; Ryland's Living Orrery; De Vaux's military orrery; the Diorama; Mr West's gallery of pictures; the Cosmorama; the Egyptian Hall and its contents; Marshall's Prestrephic Panorama; Mr Burford's Panorama of the Ruins of Pompeii; a model of Paris; an unpleasant exhibition of a 'living skeleton'; Barker's Panorama; Columbus; the tunnel under the Thames; telegraph and postal companies; Coade's gallery of artificial stone; the old House of Commons; the Royal Armoury and Automata; the picture of the trial of Queen Caroline. 'Exhibited in a series of exquisite wood engravings, and a colouful frontispiece.

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection