Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities

Charles Knight

Verlag: Charles Knight and Co, London, 1845

Beschreibung

The first edition of Charles Knight's beautifully illustrated study of the antiquities and history of England, illustrated with illuminated plates throughout. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.Charles Knight's extensive history of England, looking at the development of the country from the time before the conquest up to the eighteenth century. Knight also looks at the progress of society for the century preceding the Victorian era.Volume I illustrated with an illuminated frontispiece, eleven illuminated plates, and monochrome illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.Volume II illustrated with eleven illuminated plates, and monochrome illustrations throughout. Bound without the frontispiece, title page, and index. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Marks and damp stains to the boards, heavier to the front board of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Volume II is bound without the frontispiece, title page, and index. Chip to the tail of the first plate of Volume I. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 889P32

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, ...

Verlag: Charles Knight and Co, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1845

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Various

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book