ye olde Street View

I was perusing auction listings the other day and spotted this:

An old book.

With a delightfully long title: Street Views and Pictorial Directory of England, Scotland and Ireland with a Faithful History and Description of every object of Interest.

Tallis (John) Street Views and Pictorial Directory of England, Scotland and Ireland with a Faithful History and Description of every object of Interest by William Gaspey Esq, printed by J & F. Tallis (c1850) with engraved title and frontispiece and 17 double-page engravings containing street elevations and detailed engraved vignette of a building on each sheet and many printed pages of advertisements, oblong volume bound in leather backed boards (leather spine worn and 2" tear bottom title page)

Street Views and Pictorial Directory

Pretty cool. It was estimated to sell for £200-£300 and it went for £200.