{"product_id":"london-paperback-9781108073967","title":"London (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073967","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fascinating illustrated six-volume account, published 1841–4, of what was then the greatest city in the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Knight (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073967, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e426 pages, 103 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe publisher and writer Charles Knight (1791–1873) was apprenticed to his printer father, but later became a journalist and then proprietor of various periodicals and magazines, many of which were driven by his concern for the education of the poor. As an author, he published a variety of works, including The Old Printer and the Modern Press (also reissued in this series). He claimed that this six-volume work on the architecture and history of London, published between 1841 and 1844, was neither a history nor a survey of London, but looked 'at the Present through the Past, and at the Past through the Present'. It relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life, and is arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically. This is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e51. Bermondsey\u003cbr\u003e 52. Modern Bermondsey\u003cbr\u003e 53. The Mint\u003cbr\u003e 54. The Thames Tunnel\u003cbr\u003e 55. The docks\u003cbr\u003e 56. Westminster Bridge\u003cbr\u003e 57. Strawberry Hill\u003cbr\u003e 58. Blackfriars Bridge\u003cbr\u003e 59. Clerkenwell\u003cbr\u003e 60. Strawberry Hill (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 61. Vauxhall, Waterloo and Southwark bridges\u003cbr\u003e 62. Barber-Surgeons' Hall\u003cbr\u003e 63. The College of Surgeons\u003cbr\u003e 64. The Royal Academy\u003cbr\u003e 65. The Royal Academy (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 66. London astrologers\u003cbr\u003e 67. St Giles's, past and present\u003cbr\u003e 68. The Post Office\u003cbr\u003e 69. Pall Mall\u003cbr\u003e 70. The Temple church\u003cbr\u003e 71. Scotsmen in London\u003cbr\u003e 72. The Foundling Hospital\u003cbr\u003e 73. The Corn Exchange\u003cbr\u003e 74. Ely Place\u003cbr\u003e 75. Goldsmiths' Hall.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266184401176,"sku":"9781108073967","price":41.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073967i_ba528220-2006-45d7-acd5-e87e5e6c3e48.jpg?v=1696751486","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/london-paperback-9781108073967","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}