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London Charles Knight

London By Charles Knight

London by Charles Knight


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Charles Knight's six-volume work on London, published 1841-4, relies on the skills of eminent artists to bring both the present and the past of London to life. Arranged thematically rather than chronologically or geographically, this is a fascinating account of what was then the greatest city in the world.

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London by Charles Knight

The 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.

Table of Contents

101. Doctors' Commons; 102. The Temple Church; 103. Advertisements; 104. The East India House; 105. Historical recollections of Guildhall; 106. Civic government; 107. The Excise Office; 108. The companies of London; 109. Covent Garden; 110. The Admiralty and the Trinity House; 111. The churches of London; 112. The churches of London (cont.); 113. The churches of London (cont.); 114. The Horse Guards; 115. The old London booksellers; 116. Exeter Hall; 117. The gardens of the Zoological Society; 118. The theatres of London; 119. The Treasury; 120. The Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies; 121. Prisons and penitentiaries; 122. London newspapers; 123. The Society of Arts, etc., in the Adelphi; 124. Medical and surgical hospitals and lunatic asylums; 125. London shops and bazaars.

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NLS9781108073981
9781108073981
1108073980
London by Charles Knight
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2014-05-08
430
N/A
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