Description: Mid-Georgian London : a topographical and social survey of central and western London about 1750 by Phillips, Hugh London : Collins, 1964. First edition. Very good red cloth hardcover dust jacket ; Profusely illustrated with over 350 images, including a handful of color plates. 321pp ; illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, plates (some color), portraits; Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311); index. "The 374 illustrations and 17 color plates of this book constitute a veritable window into the life of Mid-Georgian London. Here we meet all types from noblemen to highwayman" The culmination of Phillips' thirty-year research "through the parish rate books, the land register, the crown lease book, the licensing records, the insurance documents and the early poll books - building up to more or less a house-by-house reconstruction of large parts of the eighteenth century West End - Berkeley Square, Cavendish Square, Charing Cross, Covent Garden, Hanover Square, Holborn, Leicester Square, Red Lion Square, St. James, St. Martin's Lane, Soho Square, the Strand, etc."
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Region: Europe
Author: Phillips, Hugh
Publisher: Collins
Topic: Europe
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1964
Original/Facsimile: Original
