DRINKING WATER FOR LONDON
[Drop-head title:] By the Queen, a proclamation, For the Careful Custody and well Ordering of the New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to the North Part of the City of London.
London.
Printed by Charles Bill, 1703.
Dimensions 350 x 460 mm.
Single leaf broadside. Black letter, engraved royal arms at head, and a large historiated initial. Several old horizontal and vertical folds, later naive paper repairs to verso, slight loss to upper left-hand corner.
A royal proclamation concerning the maintenance of New River, an artificial waterway constructed in 613 to supply London with fresh drinking water taken from Chadwell and Amwell Springs near Ware in Hertfordshire.
ESTC records copies at just five locations (BL, Guildhall, Harvard, NA, and NLS).
ESTC records copies at just five locations (BL, Guildhall, Harvard, NA, and NLS).
ESTC T19780.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 33205
