{"product_id":"books-a-survey-of-london-by-john-stow","title":"A Survey of London","description":"'Stow's Survey' is a historical work readily identified by this familiar name alone. John Stow (c.1524 1605) was a Londoner, a member of the Merchant Taylors' Company, but spent most of his life accumulating manuscripts and other historical records. His great work, A Survey of London, was published in 1603, and is reissued here in the two-volume version edited by C. L. Kingsford (1862 1926) and published in 1908. Kingsford, a government education official, was also a writer for the Dictionary of National Biography, to which he contributed over 300 entries. His Chronicles of London (also reissued in this series) was published in 1905. Volume 2 continues the ward-by-ward account, and goes on to describe Westminster, the city's churches and hospitals, its government, mayor and sheriffs, and the guilds. Kingsford provides notes, a glossary and comprehensive indexes, offering an accessible and accurate version of this vital source for the city's history.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481159819537,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780750942409.jpg?v=1777557588","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-a-survey-of-london-by-john-stow","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}