Summerson, John.

Georgian London : with forty-eight plates and thirty-seven text figures / John Summerson - England : Penguin Books, c1945 - 348 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Preface - Preface to the Pelican edition -- Preface to the Peregrine edition -- List of plates -- 1. Air-view -- 2. Foundation stones: taste -- 3. Foundation stones: wealth -- 4. The mercantile stronghold -- 5. The London house and its builders -- 6. Fifty new churches and some others -- 7. Whig and Tory landowners -- 8. Public buildings under George II -- 9. The spirit and practice of 'improvement' -- 10. Architects of the golden age 1763-93 -- 11. Building during the French wars 1793-1815 -- 12. Great estates: 1 -- 13. The plans and elevations of John Nash -- 14. Great Estates: II -- 15. Public works after Waterloo -- 16. The church and the state -- 17. Private wealth and public architecture -- 18. A note on theatres -- 19. The trail of commerce -- 20. Greater Georgian London -- 21. The ends of the threads -- Appendix I: Existing Georgian Buildings in the City and County of London -- Appendix 2: Books -- Index.


ARCHITECTURE -- ENGLAND -- LONDON

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