British History Homes of Other Days 1871 Thomas Wright

Description: Jolly good fun! A history of English homes, with all the details! Chapters on stylings, furnishings, what folks did and how they did them, all illustrated with clever line drawings, in-text, to illustrate the various points being made. Purple cloth boards with some fading and color loss with a contrasting spine with gilt lettering. Some foxing and signs of reading. Fascinating content and cute illustrations. Wright was an historian whose work covered Great Britain from the earliest Angles to the Renaissance, as this text does. Interesting! Good Condition: 4to: purple boards with tan spine: gilt lettering and embossed decoration on front with a vignette of table accessories: around the outside is black arrows and architectural details: back has floral embossed motif in center: spine is tan with black architectural details at top and bottom and gilt lettering:fading and spots on front and back: spine is soft at top and bottom: light foxing throughout and some evidence of reading: “The Homes of Other Days: A History: Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England from the Earliest Known Period to Modern Times” by Thomas Wright Esq.: New York: D. Appleton & Co. Broadway: 1871: FIRST AMERICAN RAREA1871ACEA

Price: 125 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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