Lost London 1870 – 1945: stunning unpublished archive images -

Stuffed full of over 500 incredible photographs of London taken between 1875 and 1945, this coffee table book from English Heritage is an absolute treat.

The previously unpublished images show stunning buildings from Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian London before great swathes of London were redeveloped.

The photographs are of incredibly high quality – you can easily spend ages getting lost in just one image seeking out details.

..this endlessly absorbing book that is at once a record of destruction, a haunting collection of relics and a door into the past- Sunday Times

Stuffed with beautiful images … this satisfyingly heavy book depicts a grimy, muddy city with spots of aristocratic grandeur, a city on the verge of transformation- Financial Times

I can’t recommend this book enough – click on the photo above to bag yourself a copy from Amazon – it’s currently under £20 which is an unbelievable bargain.

If you want an instant history fix, feel free to browse the Brixton Then and Now historic archive for loads of obsessively rephotographed scenes of old and new Brixton.