Tour, Adventure and Rambles in England, A Collection of the Early 19th Century Sources

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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This eight-volume set provides a re-creation of tableaux of Regency and Victorian England through adventures and misadventures. This collection of rare materials reflects the period of transition starting in the eighteenth century, in which the amusements and interests of the common people played a large part. It is a dazzling collection of documents of tourism around England and its capital which magically brings alive the people in the lower and higher classes.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-01-31
Vikt:6 849 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:4 320
Förlag:Editon Synapse
ISBN:9784902454079

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Vol. 1-3Letters from England by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella Written by Robert Southey London, 1808. Vol.1 (xvii, 365 pp.) ,Vol. 2 (ix, 369 pp.), Vol. 3 (vii, 365 pp): 1127ppVol.4The Tour of Dr. Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis.Written by William Combe. Illustation by Thomas Rowlandson. London, 1820, 3rd edition.Vol. 4: (iv. 319 pp)+ ill. 19 : 361ppVol.5-6Real Life in London, or the rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho, esq., and his cousin, the Hon. Tom. Daschall, through the metropolis: exhibiting a living picture of fashionable characters, manners, and amusements in high and low life / by an Amateur.Illustration by William Heath, Henry Thomas Alken, Richard Dighton, Thomas Rowlandson, etc. London, 1821. Vol. 5 (iii. X.[3] 656 pp.) Vol. 6: (i. x. [3] 668 pp.)+ill. 32:1418ppVol. 7-8The English Spy: an original work, characteristic, satirical, and humorous. Comprising scenes and sketches in every rank of society, being portraits of the illustrious, eminent, eccentric, and notorious/ drawn from the life by Bernard Blackmantle. Written by Charles Molloy Westmacot. Illustrations by Robert Cruikshank. London, 1826. Vol. 7 : (xxiii, 417 pp.) Vol. 8 : (xv, 399 pp.)+ ill.73:1000pp