London and Middlesex, or, An historical, commercial, & descriptive survey of the metropolis of Great-Britain : including sketches of its environs, and a topographical account of the most remarkable places in the above county : illustrated with engravings : in two volumes
London and Middlesex, published in London in 1810 by Vernor, Hood and Sharp with several other booksellers, is a two-volume topographical survey of the capital and its surrounding county by Brayley, Brewer, Nightingale and Wilson, written for general readers and collectors of London history. Its engravings are rotated sideways on the scan and show large stone public buildings and terraced street fronts with rows of tall windows, pilasters and balustrades, drawn in plain line with light sky shading. A designer could take from them the orderly symmetry and proportion of Georgian civic architecture, useful for period facades, cornice and window rhythm studies.
