1808 Anecdotes Manners Customs of London. Malcolm. 1st Edition. 50 Engravings

MALCOLM, James Peller. Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the eighteenth century: including the charities, depravities, dresses and amusements, of the citizens of London, during that period; with a review of the state of society in 1807. To which is added, a sketch of the domestic and ecclesiastical architecture, and of the various improvements in the metropolis. Illustrated by fifty engravings. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1808. 4to. Contemporary half leather with gilt decoration to the spine. With all plates present, with a superior collection of colour plates depicting the changing costume over the previous century. A very good volume, the board corners and spine tips rubbed and bumped, the boards firm though with a few cracks appearing. The binding itself very firm and square. Some faint offsetting and toning, sporadically throughout. Ex libris of Peter Arkwright to the front pastedown. Some other creases, light stains throughout, but an attractive volume overall. Uncommon.