A View of London: in the Time of Pepys
by Hollar, Wenceslaus
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
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About This Item
Horizon Press. Very Good+. 1971. Softcover. Fold-out black and white illustration. "This 'Long Bird's-Eye View of London from Bankside' was engraved in 1647, when Samuel Pepys was fourteen years old. Here is the thriving London, minutely rendered, in which he grew up, a city that less than twenty years hence would be swept away before his eyes in the Great Fire." This is a supplement to Horizon, Summer, 1971. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front cover. Minor edge and shelf wear. Small creases on corners. Lightly tanned. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75963
- Title
- A View of London: in the Time of Pepys
- Author
- Hollar, Wenceslaus
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Horizon Press
- Date Published
- 1971
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