The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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Page 55
... appointed Dr. Wren , Hugh May and Roger Pratt ' to join with such surveyors and artificers as the City might appoint , to press forward with the survey . On October 4th the City appointed Robert Hooke , Edward Jerman , and Peter Mills ...
... appointed Dr. Wren , Hugh May and Roger Pratt ' to join with such surveyors and artificers as the City might appoint , to press forward with the survey . On October 4th the City appointed Robert Hooke , Edward Jerman , and Peter Mills ...
Page 81
... appointed for infringements , and most important of all , ' knowing and intelligent persons in buildings ' were to be appointed to watch for them . Without such in- spectors the scheme might have been as farcical as the laws against ...
... appointed for infringements , and most important of all , ' knowing and intelligent persons in buildings ' were to be appointed to watch for them . Without such in- spectors the scheme might have been as farcical as the laws against ...
Page 180
... appointed to consider the City's finances ' ' the State of the Chamber is evidently such and so farr declined as doth require the most speedy and utmost care and modesty to recover and sustaine it ... from utter decay and ruine ; for ...
... appointed to consider the City's finances ' ' the State of the Chamber is evidently such and so farr declined as doth require the most speedy and utmost care and modesty to recover and sustaine it ... from utter decay and ruine ; for ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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