A very rare example of this album of views of London, one of only three known. It includes two plates not included in the other examples, as well as twenty-nine of the best of Sutton Nicholls's topographical plates, particularly his bird's-eye views of London's squares, described by Adams as "pleasurable mementoes of early eighteenth century urbanity".

"The extent to which the family of Bowles dominated the London print market may be judged from the fact that at the time this collection was being got together, Thomas Bowles had been trading in St. Paul's Churchyard since 1712, where he remained 'next to the Chapter House' for the rest of his long career. His younger brother, John, having retained his premises at Mercer's Hall as a warehouse, had opened another establishment nearby in the Stocks Market. Between them they had three London addresses. Thomas's name appears in some of the publication-lines of 'London Described' because he was originally, like his brother, a map and printseller and publisher. But by 1725, he had also emerged as an engraver and it is in this role that his name is to be found on some of the plates" (Adams).

Sutton Nicholls (fl1680–1740), specialized in topographical designs and architectural elevations, "many of which he either engraved or etched himself. Despite his rather 'crude and hasty draughtsmanship' (Adams), the frequent inaccuracy of his views, and an apparently shaky grasp of perspective, he was repeatedly employed to produce illustrations for antiquarian accounts and topographical surveys of London... Nicholls's best works are his modest bird's-eye views of London squares and buildings, published by John Bowles as 'Prospects of the Most Noted Buildings in and about London' [as here], each with a distinctive title on an engraved banderole and an assortment of foreground figures which served both as scale referents and an indication of urban life" (Peltz)

Including two plates not in Adam, so not in the Guildhall example, nor in the British Museum: 'Grosvenor Square', with the inscription in French regarding the granting of a small portion of Hyde Park to the gentlefolk of that area of London to take some fresh air; and 'St. Martin's Church'.

Rare: no examples have appeared in commerce in available records; only two institutional examples known, at the Guildhall, London, and the British Museum