Industrial Britain under the Regency : the diaries of Escher, Bodmer, May and de Gallois 1814-18
London : Frank Cass, 1968. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge- and dust-dulled dust-wrapper; not price-clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Library copy with some marks remaining. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #419531
Physical description; xi, 188 pages 9 plates, illustrations, 2 portraits ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Foreign reports on industrial Britain. -- Escher's letters from England, 1814. -- Bodmer's diary 1816-1817. -- Report on a journey to England by factory commissioner J.G. May in 1814. -- Report by Louis de Gallois on English railways, 1818. Subjects; Industries Great Britain History 19th century. Travelers Great Britain Diaries. Regency Great Britain. Great Britain Description and travel. Great Britain Foreign public opinion. Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century.
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