List of the inhabitants, of the united parishes of St. Bennet-Grace-Church, and St. Leonard-Eastcheap.
Title
List of the inhabitants, of the united parishes of St. Bennet-Grace-Church, and St. Leonard-Eastcheap
Description
Caption title., The list of names appears in three columns divided by printers' ornaments., Library Company copy is tipped in, at p. 382, to Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); dated in Peter Collinson's hand: December 20, 1757; with his MS. notes.
Date
[1757]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.8
A Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames, from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758.
Title
A Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames, from London to Southwark, 'till the late conflagration of the temporary bridge, the 11th of April, 1758
Description
Caption title., At head of text is an engraved illustration with the title: An exact view of London Bridge since the conflagration., Printed area measures 40.3 x 37.0 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in, at p. 32, to Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); trimmed at foot, removing printseller's name; imprint from ESTC
Date
[1758]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.7
A View of the ruins of St. Peters Church, the corner of Leadenhall Street.
Title
A View of the ruins of St. Peters Church, the corner of Leadenhall Street
Description
At head of engraving: Gent. Mag. Feb. 1766., This is not the Church of St. Peter upon Cornhill on Grace Church Street just off Leadenhall Street. The ruins here depicted were found under Mr. Hardy's house at the corner of Leadenhall and Bishopsgate Streets after the Bishopsgate fire of Nov. 1765., Plate mark measures 18.5 x 27.4 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in, at p. 445, to Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); with his MS. note.
Date
[1766]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.10
The Last speech of the statue at Stocks-Market
Title
The Last speech of the statue at Stocks-Market on it's [sic] being taken down the 17th of March, 1737. To the tune of, Ye lads and ye lasses, &c
Description
A slip-song in twelve stanzas; first line: Ye whimsical people of fair London town,., The statue in question, torn down in 1737 along with the Stocks Market to make room for the Mansion House, is alleged in this verse to have represented, at various times, Oliver Cromwell (Great Noll), King John Sobieski of Poland, and King Charles II., Printed area measures 33.3 x 7.5 cm., Library Company copy is pasted to the verso of a plate and facing p. 461, in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); with his MS. note.
Date
[1737]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.11