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  • Visit of the delegates to Eleventh International Veterinary Congress : the Corporation of the City of London request the honour of the company of... at a conversazione at Guildhall on Friday the 8th of August 1930 at 7.30 o'clock p.m.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III addressing Britannia, a land battle, a mob being addressed by rival orators in the City of London, and a naval battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1854?].
  • A tour thro' London about the year 1725 : being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,' containing a description of the city of London, as taking in the city of Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts of Middlesex / Reprinted from the text of the original edition, 1724-1926 ; edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor.
  • A tour thro' London about the year 1725 : being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,' containing a description of the city of London, as taking in the city of Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts of Middlesex / Reprinted from the text of the original edition, 1724-1926 ; edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor.
  • A tour thro' London about the year 1725 : being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,' containing a description of the city of London, as taking in the city of Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts of Middlesex / Reprinted from the text of the original edition, 1724-1926 ; edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor.
  • A tour thro' London about the year 1725 : being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,' containing a description of the city of London, as taking in the city of Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts of Middlesex / Reprinted from the text of the original edition, 1724-1926 ; edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor.
  • A tour thro' London about the year 1725 : being Letter V and parts of Letter VI of 'A tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain,' containing a description of the city of London, as taking in the city of Westminster, borough of Southwark and parts of Middlesex / Reprinted from the text of the original edition, 1724-1926 ; edited & annotated by Sir Mayson M. Beeton and E. Beresford Chancellor.
  • [Handbill (20 December 1886) for a variety show at the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties (Westminster Bridge Road, London, England) featuring the 8 foot tall Belgian giant Alfredo Devartos as well as Testo (strong man) and Onri].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including rural deprivation, a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Boniface : there have been several "living skeletons" exhibited in England from time to time. The most famous, as the first of the kind, was Claude Seurat, a Frenchman, who was shown in London during the summer of the year 1825.
  • Fry's homoeopathic cocoa : manufactured by J.S. Fry & Sons, Bristol, and 252 City Road, London, chocolate and cocoa manufacturers by appointment to the Queen and Prince of Wales / Joseph Storrs Fry & Sons.
  • Fry's homoeopathic cocoa : manufactured by J.S. Fry & Sons, Bristol, and 252 City Road, London, chocolate and cocoa manufacturers by appointment to the Queen and Prince of Wales / Joseph Storrs Fry & Sons.
  • A night on the piss is some men's idea of heaven : Golden showers onto unbroken skin are completely safe and piss play generally has very little risk of HIV infection ... / East London and The City Health Authority.
  • A night on the piss is some men's idea of heaven : Golden showers onto unbroken skin are completely safe and piss play generally has very little risk of HIV infection ... / East London and The City Health Authority.
  • A City of London barber holding in his left hand three wigs placed on a frame; the first is a two-tailed wig, the second a small 'scratch' wig and the third a style worn by the macaronis. Etching.
  • An episode in Dombey and son by Charles Dickens: the interior of "The wooden midshipman", a shop in the City of London for navigational instruments; a boy ("Rob the Grinder") is conversing with a pugilist known as "The Game Chicken". Etching by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
  • Boxing night and until further notice : special engagement of Herr Joseph Drasal, the Tyrolese Giant, aged 32 years, the tallest man in the world, measuring eight feet four inches also Colonel D. Ulpts, the Tyrolese Midget, aged 22 years, measuring 34 inches high. First appearance in England / South London Palace, London Road, near the Elephant & Castle ... under the sole management of Mr. H. Ulph, Jun.
  • Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.
  • Londina illustrata. Graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools, charitable foundations, palaces, halls, courts, processions, places of early amusement and modern and present theaters, in the city and suburbs of London and Westminster / [Published by R. Wilkinson].
  • Londina illustrata. Graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools, charitable foundations, palaces, halls, courts, processions, places of early amusement and modern and present theaters, in the city and suburbs of London and Westminster / [Published by R. Wilkinson].
  • The grim reaper attacks a young woman shielding a centaur and nine vignettes show disasters predicted to occur in the year 1834, including a fire in London that destroyed the Houses of Parliament and part of the city. Aquatint.
  • Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
  • Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
  • Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By John Graunt ... With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
  • Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By Capt. John Graunt, fellow of the Royal society. With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, air, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].
  • Loimologia: or, An historical account of the plague in London in 1665: : with precautionary directions against the like contagion. / By Nath. Hodges, M. D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the city all that time. To which is added, An essay on the different causes of pestilential diseases, and how they become contagious: with remarks on the infection now in France, and the most probable means to prevent its spreading here. By John Quincy, M. D.
  • 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 anitquities 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.
  • 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 anitquities 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.