Rowland Hill - Principal Streets and Places in London - First Edition

[HILL, Sir Rowland (1795-1879)].

Principal Streets and Places in London and its Environs, As Divided into Postal Districts with Maps. By Command of the Postmaster General.

London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1857.

FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.78; [2]. Publisher's quarter leather binding over original boards, printed in black to upper. Folding map of London, followed by ten map plates of each postal district, then a directory of principal streets and places. Complete.

Contemporary ownership to title page, some occasional spotting, fore edge of the directory well thumbed and used. Covers rather worn and marked, spine faded and rubbed, split vertically up around the bottom third. A solid copy in original spec, scarce. Very good.

An important Post Office publication promoting the introduction of postal districts within London to help speed up and otherwise improve the delivery of mail, one of the many ground breaking innovations introduced by Sir Rowland Hill.