London Past and Present, Volume 3: P-Z: Its History, Associations, and Traditions - Couverture souple

Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

 
9781108028080: London Past and Present, Volume 3: P-Z: Its History, Associations, and Traditions

Synopsis

This fascinating topographical dictionary of London, published in 1891, provides a valuable record of many places now lost to development.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The bibliographer and editor Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1838–1917) produced a prodigious number of books and articles on a wide range of topics, literary, historical, bibliographical and artistic. He worked for many years for the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Arts, was a founder member of the Library Association, and produced an edition of Pepys' diary which was not superseded until the 1970s. London Past and Present was published in 1891, expanding and updating Peter Cunningham's Handbook of London of 1849. It is a three-volume topographical and historical dictionary of London places and landmarks, and the people who lived there. Based on historical, literary and architectural sources, it reveals many fascinating details as it traces the development of the metropolis from medieval times to the time of writing. Nineteenth-century London was experiencing rapid change, and this work preserves the memory of many buildings now lost.

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9780217507271: London, Past and Present (Volume 3); Its History, Associations, and Traditions

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0217507271 ISBN 13 :  9780217507271
Editeur : General Books, 2012
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