{"product_id":"london-paperback-9781108073998","title":"London (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073998","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\"\u003e9781108073998, 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\"\u003e432 pages, 95 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.75 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\"\u003e126. Education in London, ancient\u003cbr\u003e 127. Education in London, modern\u003cbr\u003e 128. The Old Jewry\u003cbr\u003e 129. Old trading companies\u003cbr\u003e 130. Public statues\u003cbr\u003e 131. The College of Arms\u003cbr\u003e 132. Houses of the old nobility\u003cbr\u003e 133. Buckingham and Old Westminster palaces\u003cbr\u003e 134. Westminster Hall and the new Houses of Parliament\u003cbr\u003e 135. The Lord Mayor's Show\u003cbr\u003e 136. The British Museum\u003cbr\u003e 137. Music\u003cbr\u003e 138. The squares of London\u003cbr\u003e 139. The Stationers' Company\u003cbr\u003e 140. Bills of mortality\u003cbr\u003e 141. The National Gallery and the Soane Museum\u003cbr\u003e 142. The metropolitan boroughs\u003cbr\u003e 143. Exhibitions of art\u003cbr\u003e 144. The Stock Exchange\u003cbr\u003e 145. Railway termini\u003cbr\u003e 146. Military London\u003cbr\u003e 147. Charities of London\u003cbr\u003e 148. Tattersall's\u003cbr\u003e 149. Learned societies\u003cbr\u003e 150. Courts of law.\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":46266184466712,"sku":"9781108073998","price":41.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073998i_438df6e8-5309-47fe-a85c-524265dbe173.jpg?v=1696751486","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/london-paperback-9781108073998","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}