The history of progress in Great Britain / by Robert Kemp Philp ; with numerous illustrations by W. Newman [and others]
London : Houlston and Wright, 1859. First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some minor scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #395863
Physical description; 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages xiii-xiv). Contents; [v. 1] Agriculture, roads, carriages, water conveyances, domestic architecture, shipping, navigation, geographical discovery.--[v. 2] commerce, manufactures, religious liberty, civil liberty. Subjects; Civilization history. Economic history. Civilization history. Slave-trade Great Britain. Civil rights Great Britain.
Price: €120.00