Download or read book Illustrations of Old Ipswich written by John Glyde and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrations of Old Ipswich: With Architectural Description of Each Subject and Such Historical Notices as Illustrate the Manners and Customs of Previous Ages in the Old Borough, Helping to Form Unpublished Chapters in Its History The Volume owes its origin in this way. The Author having for many years been a collector of the drawings of George Frost, and others, of buildings in Ipswich in times gone by, was urged by friends, whose regard for the sketches was as warm as his own, and who thought the time was come for an illustrated work on Ipswich, to publish Copies of the drawings he had in his possession, and thus bring before the present generation the Ipswich of their forefathers. The Author resolved to risk the outlay, and has the satisfaction of knowing that such journals as The Times, The Daily News, The Athenaeum, The Building News. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.