{"product_id":"london-paperback-9781108073981","title":"London (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073981","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\"\u003e9781108073981, 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\"\u003e430 pages, 94 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\"\u003e101. Doctors' Commons\u003cbr\u003e 102. The Temple Church\u003cbr\u003e 103. Advertisements\u003cbr\u003e 104. The East India House\u003cbr\u003e 105. Historical recollections of Guildhall\u003cbr\u003e 106. Civic government\u003cbr\u003e 107. The Excise Office\u003cbr\u003e 108. The companies of London\u003cbr\u003e 109. Covent Garden\u003cbr\u003e 110. The Admiralty and the Trinity House\u003cbr\u003e 111. The churches of London\u003cbr\u003e 112. The churches of London (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 113. The churches of London (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 114. The Horse Guards\u003cbr\u003e 115. The old London booksellers\u003cbr\u003e 116. Exeter Hall\u003cbr\u003e 117. The gardens of the Zoological Society\u003cbr\u003e 118. The theatres of London\u003cbr\u003e 119. The Treasury\u003cbr\u003e 120. The Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies\u003cbr\u003e 121. Prisons and penitentiaries\u003cbr\u003e 122. London newspapers\u003cbr\u003e 123. The Society of Arts, etc., in the Adelphi\u003cbr\u003e 124. Medical and surgical hospitals and lunatic asylums\u003cbr\u003e 125. London shops and bazaars.\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":46266184630552,"sku":"9781108073981","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073981i_4e5a9a6d-4635-423b-b9eb-c01764700737.jpg?v=1696751485","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/london-paperback-9781108073981","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}