1992 London - World City 1800-1840 Celina Fox 1st retailer Edition Illus

A profusely illustrated first edition retailer, with colour plates. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Edited by Celina Fox, Keeper of Paintings, Prints and Drawings at the Museum of London.This work is a comprehensive study of London during the period of cultural, artistic, philosophical, scientific, and technological growth between the American and French wars.Prepared for an exhibition mounted in Essen, Germany, this book is an exhaustive overview of the material culture of London at this point in time. The book begins with 14 essays by major British scholars on various aspects of urban life, from the Coronation of George IV to the rise of popular radicalism in political and economic thought. The final portion of the work is devoted to the exhibition catalogue itself. Condition Report: In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, with only some small indentations to the rear board. Small closed tear to head of dustwrapper spine panel. Some light edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Overall: Near Fine