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Klappentext A fascinating illustrated six-volume account, published 1841-4, of what was then the greatest city in the world. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
