Principal Streets And Places In London And Its Environs, As Divided Into Postal Districts. With Maps..
Bound in original boards, duplicating title page, spine rebacked in red morocco. Library stamps and early ink inscription, Office Copy... at top of front board.
£250.00
Details
ROWLAND HILL'S LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS
Publisher
Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.,
Place
London
Date
1858
Synopsis
By command of the postmaster general.
Item Description
8vo. 79 pp. + [1]. Lacks p. 16-28 of the street index section.
Illustrations
Illustrated with folding map and ten district maps. Vignette of royal arms on title page.
Notes
The first official guide (dated January 1858) to the new London postal district, devised by Sir Rowland Hill, Secretary to the Post Office, in 1856, introduced in 1856 and completed 1st January 1858. Athough lacking the index prior to the entry, Civil Service Gazette Office, the maps are all present.
[Stock No. 21458]
Subjects
19th Century • London • Maps • Topography