Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis; With Nearly Fifty Years' Personal Recollections

John Timbs

ISBN 10: 0371926742 / ISBN 13: 9780371926741

Published by HardPress, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis; With Nearly Fifty Years' Personal Recollections
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371926742
• ISBN 13: 9780371926741
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Curiosities Of London: Exhibiting The Most Rare And Remarkable Objects Of Interest In The Metropolis; With Nearly Fifty Years' Personal Recollections by John Timbs. An enlarged, richly chromatic survey of London’s antiquities, architecture, institutions, and social life, it blends historical fact, architectural detail, and anecdote to preserve memories of old London amid rapid modern change. It is organized largely alphabetically by districts, buildings, and topics, with notes on birthplaces of notable Londoners, public halls, museums, churches, and monuments, plus practical information for residents and visitors. The text interweaves architectural description, civic history, and vivid vignettes about famous people, events, and sites, quotes poets and diarists, cites dates, and constantly contrasts past and present forms of urban life. Its entries cover Adelphi, Admiralty Office, Almacks, the Bank of England, Drury Lane, Bartholomew’s Hospital, crypts, and thousands of other places; together they form an encyclopedic panorama of London’s evolution from medieval roots through the post-Great Fire era to the nineteenth century. The volume serves as a resource for metadata classification, architectural biography, and the cultural memory of a rapidly changing metropolis.