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Antiquities of the City of Westminster; the old palace, St. Stephen's Chapel, (now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing two hundred and forty-six engravings of topographical objects, (of which one hundred and twenty-two no longer exist,)

by: Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833; Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758-1842

Publication date: 1807

Topics: Westminster Palace (London, England)

Publisher: London, Printed for J. T. Smith and sold by R. Ryan, and J. Manson; the letter-press by T. Bensley

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Plates drawn and/or engraved by Smith; dated Jan. 1, 1804-Nov. 19, 1807

The plates are copper-plates, as well as aquatint and mezzotint plates

Plate facing p. 48 (Painted Chamber), unsigned and without title or imprint, is a lithograph; generally considered the first lithograph to be used as an illustration in an English book

Lowndes. Bibliographer's manual; Dict. nat. biog.; D. Bland. A hist. of book illustration, p. 250. Cf. also J. R. Abbey. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 210 (a later issue)

"List of subscribers": p. [273]-276

Includes bibliography

Library's copy 1 is first edition, 1st issue, with dedication to George III signed "The Author", with lithograph, but without half-t.p., advertisement (1 leaf) after dedication, Smith's "Vindication" (16 p.) or "List of plates" (1 leaf) after preface

Library's copy 2 is first edition, 2nd issue, with the second state of the t.p., the half-t.p., different state of the dedication to George III signed John Thomas Smith, including advertisement (1 leaf) after dedication, but without Smith's "Vindication" (16 p.) or "List of plates" (1 leaf) after preface