Bound from the original 41 quarto numbers, or eight parts, with two views per plate. Also available in 80 weekly octavo numbers with a single view per plate.

Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793 – 1864) came to prominence when in 1826, when Jones & Co. commissioned a series of views of London's newest buildings, streets, and squares from him for inclusion in 'Metropolitan Improvements' (1827), as here. His now familiar images were subsequently reworked and re-issued for Charles Frederick Partington's 'Natural History and Views of London' (1835) and Charles Knight's 'London' (1841–4).