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VAGABONDIANA or, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers Through the Streets of London; with Portraits of the Most Remarkable, Drawn from the Life by John Thomas Smith, Late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum by Smith, John Thomas [1766 - 1833] - Artist - 1874
by Smith, John Thomas [1766 - 1833] - Artist
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VAGABONDIANA or, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers Through the Streets of London; with Portraits of the Most Remarkable, Drawn from the Life by John Thomas Smith, Late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum
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London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. Printed by Jas. Wade, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 1874. A New Edition. Later brown half-calf binding with green cloth boards. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Binding - Nr Fine. Plates - VG+.. vi, [7] - 36 pp. Illustrated with 32 etched plates, at rear. Royal 8vo. 11" x 7-1/2"
From the author's preface, "Beggary, of late, particularly for the last six years, had become so dreadful in London, that the active interference of the legislature was deemed absolutely necessary... from the reduction of the metropolitan beggars, that several curious characters would disappear by being either compelled to industry, or to partake of the liberal parochial rates, provided for them in their respective work-houses, it occured to the author of the present publication, that likenesses of the most remarkable of them, with a few particulars of their habits, would not be unamusing to those to whom they have been a pest for several years."
From the author's preface, "Beggary, of late, particularly for the last six years, had become so dreadful in London, that the active interference of the legislature was deemed absolutely necessary... from the reduction of the metropolitan beggars, that several curious characters would disappear by being either compelled to industry, or to partake of the liberal parochial rates, provided for them in their respective work-houses, it occured to the author of the present publication, that likenesses of the most remarkable of them, with a few particulars of their habits, would not be unamusing to those to whom they have been a pest for several years."
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- Date Published 1874
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London: J and A March; Cornhill; Hatchard et al , 1817. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 14" by 11.5". John Thomas Smith. The scarce first edition of John Thomas Smith's illustrations of the London streets in the nineteenth century. Extra-illustrated with 56 etched plates. With an introduction by Francis Douce, who worked for the British Museum alongside Smith. This copy contains the half-title, an additional etched title with contemporary hand-colouring, letterpress title in red & black within diamond ruled lozenge, 56 etched plates, as well as several in-text illustrations. Smith produced many noted images of London for other works such as Thomas Pennant's 'Some Account of London'. He also brought out his own series of etchings and aquatints titled 'Antiquities of London'. This work depicts the working-class and poor of London. To the preface, Smith notes that the work is 'far from being offered as a general view of that peculiar branch of pauperism, which includes the many…
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