1997, ISBN: 0297819003

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780297819004], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Weidenfield and Nicolson, London England], NON-FICTION/DAILY LIFE/LONDON/1660-1670/RESTORATION/ACTIVITES/HORIZONS/LANGUAGE/SOCIAL HIST… More...

[EAN: 9780297819004], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Weidenfield and Nicolson, London England], NON-FICTION/DAILY LIFE/LONDON/1660-1670/RESTORATION/ACTIVITES/HORIZONS/LANGUAGE/SOCIAL HISTORY SS19, Jacket, Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, government papers, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents a picture of daily life in London in the decade between 1660 and 1670: the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework, laundry and shopping; clothes and jewelly, cosmetics and hairdressing; medicine, sex, education, hobbies and etiquette; law and crime, religion and popular beliefs. The London of 300 years ago is brought wonderfully (and sometimes horrifyingly) to life. We see a great and prosperous capital city - in the known world only Paris and Constantinople were bigger - checked in mid-decade by the horrors of Plague and Fire. We watch its elegant rebuilding. We enjoy the changing fashions of clothes and decor, the pleasure of gardening, the revival of theatre, the craft of cabinet-making and the art of embroidery, the practice of music and dancing. We are shown the importance of astrology in medical care, the labour of housework and laundry, the hazards of sex, and the extremes of poverty and wealth. We experience traffic jams on land and floating corpses on the River Thames. We learn how the law affected women as well as men - this is very much Elizabeth Pepys's London as well as her husband Samuel's. We hear the words Londoners used, and examine the education they recieved. In her exact and vivid descriptions of London before and after the Great Fire, the busy everyday activicties and the intellectual horizons and language of ordinary people, Liza Picard brings back to us the living echoes of our seventeenth-century ancestors. Illustrated., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780297819004

London England: Weidenfield and Nicolson. Fine/Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0297819003 Hardback Making use of every possible … More...

London England: Weidenfield and Nicolson. Fine/Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0297819003 Hardback Making use of every possible contemporary source - diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, government papers, even the Register of Patents - Liza Picard presents a picture of daily life in London in the decade between 1660 and 1670: the streets, houses and gardens; cooking, housework, laundry and shopping; clothes and jewelly, cosmetics and hairdressing; medicine, sex, education, hobbies and etiquette; law and crime, religion and popular beliefs. The London of 300 years ago is brought wonderfully (and sometimes horrifyingly) to life. We see a great and prosperous capital city - in the known world only Paris and Constantinople were bigger - checked in mid-decade by the horrors of Plague and Fire. We watch its elegant rebuilding. We enjoy the changing fashions of clothes and decor, the pleasure of gardening, the revival of theatre, the craft of cabinet-making and the art of embroidery, the practice of music and dancing. We are shown the importance of astrology in medical care, the labour of housework and laundry, the hazards of sex, and the extremes of poverty and wealth. We experience traffic jams on land and floating corpses on the River Thames. We learn how the law affected women as well as men - this is very much Elizabeth Pepys's London as well as her husband Samuel's. We hear the words Londoners used, and examine the education they recieved. In her exact and vivid descriptions of London before and after the Great Fire, the busy everyday activicties and the intellectual horizons and language of ordinary people, Liza Picard brings back to us the living echoes of our seventeenth-century ancestors. Illustrated. ., Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1997, 4.5<

1997, ISBN: 0297819003

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780297819004], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London], HISTORY, LONDON, 17TH CENTURY, Jacket, No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bri… More...

[EAN: 9780297819004], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London], HISTORY, LONDON, 17TH CENTURY, Jacket, No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 330pp. A comprehensive study taken from every possible contemporary source which covers London in the 1660s from poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and wallpaper to women's rights. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches, Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780297819004

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or … More...

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 330pp. A comprehensive study taken from every possible contemporary source which covers London in the 1660s from poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and wallpaper to women's rights.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997, 5<

1997, ISBN: 9780297819004

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Cloth with dustjacket, 24 cm, 330 pp. Ills.: b/w and color illustrations. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 0297819003. ., Weidenfeld & Nicols… More...

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Cloth with dustjacket, 24 cm, 330 pp. Ills.: b/w and color illustrations. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 0297819003. ., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997, 3<