The previously unpublished images show stunning buildings from Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian London before great swathes of London were redeveloped.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