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Title: Life And Work of The People of England: A Pictorial Record from Contemporary Sources. Volume 2: The Renaissance A. D. 1500 - 1800.
Description: London, B T Batsford Ltd, 1925 Oversized hard cover red cloth bds, black lettering to upper bd and spine, a little fading in places, corners scuffed otherwise Good, unclipped dust jacket, top 2" of spine missing, age-darkened, edgewear, chips and closed tears, faded red writing and price in shillings below title, Fair, detailed map of England to front endpapers and two drawings of London to rear endpapers, hinge cracked at title pge but holding, contents clean and tight with many b/w plates, map, music, chart etc... Postage may be higher on this item due to weight. An historical journey through the ages studying such as: agriculture; Armourers; baking; burial; building; brewing; children; church; costume; court life; dance; doctors; eating; education; execution; embroidering; farming; fighting; fishing; gambling; games; guilds; harvest; king and queens; London; luxuries; maps; Mining; music; pageantry; pets; plague; preaching; rope making; school; servants; sewing; ships; tailoring; tobacco; trade; travel; universities; weaving; etc...

Keywords: history pictorial record contemporary sources renaissance sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth century agriculture books building burial children church cooking costume discoveries education

Price: GBP 12.50 = appr. US$ 17.85 Seller: Little Owl Books
- Book number: 15031

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