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Laroon (Marcellus, the Elder). The Cryes of the City of London, drawne after the life, printed and sold by Henry Overton, [1711?], 73 (of 74) copper-engraved plates by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon including 2 engraved titles (plates 1 & 37), each plate with captions in English, French and Italian, lacks plate 61 [New River Water], professional paper repair to lower outer corner of first title not affecting image or text, closed tear to lower margin of plate 20, pinhead hole to lower area of plate 44,a little spotting and scattered light browning, bookplate of John L. Nevinson, 18th-century diced calf gilt with gilt arms of James Harris Ist Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820) to both covers, upper joint cracked but firm, slightly rubbed at extremities, folio (31.5 x 19.5cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020). Colas 1793; Lipperheide 1019. First issued circa 1688, this undated Overton edition, published 1711 or perhaps later, has numbers added to the lower outer corners of each plate.