Title: The pictorial history of England: being a history of the people, as well as a history of the kingdom ...
Authors: Craik, George L.; MacFarlane, Charles,; Hamilton, Hans Claude,
Date: 1849
Publisher: C. Knight,
Physical description: 8 v. : front., illus., port. ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: D
Contents: v. 1. The British and Roman period, from B.C. 55 to A.D. 449. The period from the arrival of the Saxons to the arrival of the Normans, A.D. 449 -- 1066. The period from the Norman conquest to the death of King John, A.D. 1066 -- 1216. The period from the accession of Henry III to the end of the reign of Richard II, A.D. 1216 -- 1399 -- v. 2. The period from the accession of Henry IV to the end of the reign of Richard III, A.D. 1399 -- 1485. The period from the accession of Henry VII to the end of the reign of Elizabeth, A.D. 1485 -- 1603 -- v. 3. The period from the accession of James I to the restoration of Charles II, A.D. 1603 -- 1660. The period from the restoration of Charles II to the revolution, A.D. 1660 -- 1688 -- v. 4. The period from the revolution to the accession of George III, A.D. 1688 -- 1760.
Notes: Standard edition. Each volume has an ornamental t.-p. added (dated 1846 in v. 1) In v. 5-8 (numbered v. 1-4 respectively) this title reads: The pictorial history of England during the reign of George the Third ... Vol. 4 has at end a chronological index, B.C. 55-A. D. 1760. Volume numbers have been altered in vol. V-VIII; probably printed originally as I-IV. Continuation: The history of England during the thirty years' peace: 1816-1846. By Harriet Martineau.
Subject headings (LCSH): Great Britain--History.