Antiquaries: The Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Sweet, Rosemary - 2004

London: Hambledon and London, 2004. First. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated boards. xxi, 473 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits. Includes bibliographical references and index.

London: Hambledon and London, 2004. First. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth over boards with gold spine lettering. Color-illustrated dj with white spine lettering. 473 pp. with 37 bw images. Eighteenth-century Britain saw an explosion of interest in its own past, a past now expanded to include more than classical history and high politics. Antiquaries, men interested in all aspects of the past, added a distinctive new dimension to literature in Georgian Britain in their attempts to reconstruct and recover the past. Corresponding and publishing in an extended network, antiquaries worked at preserving and investigating records and physical remains in England, Scotland and Ireland. In doing so they laid solid foundations for all future study in British prehistory, archaeology and numismatics, and for local and national history as a whole. Naturally, they saw the past partly in their own image. While many antiquaries were better at fieldwork and recording than at synthesis, most were neither crabbed… Read More

Hambledon and London. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1852853093 . Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. xxii + 474 pages, illustrations on plates, notes, index .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Eighteenth-century Britain saw an explosion of interest in its own past, a past now expanded to include more than classical history and high politics. "Antiquaries" is the definitive account of a great historical enterprise.

Hambledon Pr, 2004. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 490 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.75 inches.

Hardback. New. Eighteenth-century Britain saw an explosion of interest in its own past, a past now expanded to include more than classical history and high politics. "Antiquaries" is the definitive account of a great historical enterprise.