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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 126. Education in London, ancient; 127. Education in London, modern; 128. The Old Jewry; 129. Old trading companies; 130. Public statues; 131. The College of Arms; 132. Houses of the old nobility; 133. Buckingham and Old Westminster palaces; 134. Westminster Hall and the new Houses of Parliament; 135. The Lord Mayor's Show; 136. The British Museum; 137. Music; 138. The squares of London; 139. The Stationers' Company; 140. Bills of mortality; 141. The National Gallery and the Soane Museum; 142. The metropolitan boroughs; 143. Exhibitions of art; 144. The Stock Exchange; 145. Railway termini; 146. Military London; 147. Charities of London; 148. Tattersall's; 149. Learned societies; 150. Courts of law.
