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050			_aNA 2770 .S86 1945
100			_aSummerson, John. _eauthor
245		0	_aGeorgian London : _bwith forty-eight plates and thirty-seven text figures / _cJohn Summerson
260			_aEngland : _bPenguin Books, _cc1945
300			_a348 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505			_aPreface - 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.
650			_aARCHITECTURE -- ENGLAND -- LONDON
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