Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS DESCRIBED. VOL. I. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: _S. Wale delin._ _C. Grignion sc._] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS DESCRIBED. CONTAINING An Account of whatever is most remarkable for GRANDEUR, ELEGANCE, CURIOSITY or USE, In the CITY and in the COUNTRY Twenty Miles round it. COMPREHENDING ALSO Whatever is most material in the History and Antiquities of this great Metropolis. Decorated and illustrated with a great Number of Views in Perspective, engraved from original Drawings, taken on purpose for this Work. Together with a PLAN of LONDON, A Map of the ENVIRONS, and several other useful CUTS. In SIX VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: Printed for R. and J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall. ------- M DCC LXI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE, PRINCE OF WALES, THIS WORK IS MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS’s MOST DEVOTED AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANTS, THE PROPRIETORS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE.