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Georgian London; an architectural study /

By:

Summerson, John, 1904-1992

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Great Britain. C. Nicholls & Company Ltd., [1962]Description: 348 pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans, plates. ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Summary: From the back of the book - " George 1 came to the throne in 1714; George IV died in 1830. Between those dates Georgian London transformed itself into a great imperial capital. A criss-cross pattern of streets and squares covered former marshes and meadows; new bridges spanned the Themes at Westminster and Blackfriars, and later at three more points; new roads linked Paddington and Islington, and pushed down into Southwark and Lambeth; villages such as Hackney and Fulham became suburbs, and the arcaded terraces of Somerset House and Adelphi hinted at a Themes Embankment. These are some of the bare facts of the development; in Georgian London Sir John Summerson fills them with ife and meaning, showing how closely he buildings and history of an age are connected....."

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NA970.S8 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001359

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