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

London: James Sangster and Co. , [1845]. Cloth. Very Good. 14" by 10.5" . Not Stated . Charles Knight's pictorial survey of English history illustrative of its antiquities. Charles Knight retraces English history through a series of surveys from before the Norman conquest until the end of the Reign of King George II, including a sketch of the progress of society in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. A pictorial museum including plates illustrating regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities. This vol. II of two only, from the period before the accession of Henry VII (AD 1485-1603) to the end of the reign of George II (AD 1688-1760). Illustrated with twenty-two full page plates of striking illuminated engravings of old England as well as numerous engravings in black and white in text. Collated, complete. Charles Knight was an English publisher, editor, and author, known for his contributions to such works as The Penny Magazine, The English Encyclopaedia, and others. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, light bumping to head and tail of spine, boards lightly marked. Minor evidence of the attempted removal of a sticker to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting affecting first and last few leaves and occasional leaf of plate. Pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good