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THE POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO OUR OWN TIMES

by Charles Knight 1856/1862

With very detailed information from B.C. 55 to 1867, and 66 full page steel engravings plus over 1,000 in text illustrations these volumes will give endless hours of absorbing reading.

This 8 volume set is not dated but these are the first editions which took Charles Knight (1791 - 1873 ) six years to complete. Size of each volume 23.5cm by 15.5cm

A comment from Charles Knight in the preface states: I have to observe, that the wood engravings have been selected by me, not as mere embellishments but as illustrations of the text. They will have the advantage, in many cases of presenting a more vivid description, of localities, of monumental remains, of costume, of works of industry and art, of popular amusements; and, in connection with portraits of sovereigns engraved on steel, of remarkable persons, in civil, military, ecclesiastal, and military history.

There are over 4,000 pages in total, plus 66 full page and about 1,000 in text illustrations and a double page plan: London and part of the suburbs after the Great Fire in 1666.

They were certainly worth it, and it gives me great pleasure to be able to make them available on CD so that they can be shared with all of the supporters of the Archive CD Books Project.

These are really wonderful and comprehensive reference books for anyone with interests in history and genealogy in England.

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