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A Description Of England And Wales, Containing A Particular Account Of Each County, With Its Antiquities, Curiosities, Situation, Figure, Extent, Clim

A Description Of England And Wales, Containing A Particular Account Of Each County, With Its Antiquities, Curiosities, Situation, Figure, Extent, Clim

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Genealogy & HeraldryTransportation GeneralBritish History

ISBN10: 9354447546
ISBN13: 9789354447549
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 5 2021
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step back into 18th century England and Wales, when every road was an adventure and every county a world of its own. Every county tells a story. Volume VII of A Description of England and Wales is an antiquarian county history and richly illustrated topographical reference, offering a county-by-county portrait of the historic counties of England and their Welsh neighbours as they were known to Georgian travellers. Two hundred and forty copperplate engravings depict palaces, castles, cathedrals and abbeys, Roman and Saxon ruins, monasteries and vanished religious houses, creating a vivid British architectural history guide in images and carefully observed prose. Arranged as a historical gazetteer of England and Wales, this volume records each county's situation, figure, climate and rivers, its lakes and mineral waters, soils, fossils, caverns, plants and minerals. It surveys agriculture, manufactures, trade, civil and ecclesiastical divisions, cities, towns, markets and fairs, alongside accounts of battles, sieges and palaces and the lives of illustrious local figures. Essential for english local history and antiquities, it serves as a reference book for historians and a rewarding companion for genealogy and local research, while remaining an absorbing read for anyone curious about how 18th century England and Wales understood themselves. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this collectors edition antiquarian reprint has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint: a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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