Title & Author:

The land we live in : a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British Empire / [Charles Knight and others].

Publication:

London : Charles Knight, [1847-1850]

Description:

4 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Vol. 2-4 have additional title pages, lithographed.
v. 1. Road and the railway -- Sail and the steamer -- British Museum -- Richmond -- Windermere -- Sheffield -- Birkenhead -- Cambridge -- Hampton Court -- Isle of Thanet -- Manchester -- Norwich -- Portsmouth -- Wye -- Canterbury -- Hastings -- Liverpool -- Government offices -- Weymouth and Portland.
v. 2 Windsor -- Oxford -- Edinburgh -- Southeastern coast -- Birmingham -- Bristol -- Lake district -- Isle of Wight -- Glasgow -- Eton.
v. 3 Baronial Halls of Kent -- Bath -- Exeter, and the South-eastern coast of Devonshire -- Leeds and the clothing district -- Newcastle, the Tyne, and the Collieries -- Ayrshire, and the land of Burns -- North Derbyshire and Dove Dale -- Nottingham and the hosiery district -- Dublin and its environs -- Lakes of Killarney -- Connamara -- North Wales.
v. 4 Hull and the Humber: York and Beverley -- The Staffordshire potteries -- The parks and gardens of London -- The exhibitions of London -- Plymouth and its environs -- Westminster Abbey -- Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Brighton -- The new palace of Westminster -- The port of London and its commerce -- Winchester, Southampton, Salisbury, and Chichester -- South Wales and its mineral wealth -- Woolwich: the Medway.

Resources:
Volumes 2-4

Subject:

Travel
Great Britain Description and travel.
Grande-Bretagne Descriptions et voyages.
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Travel writing 19th Century.
Lithographic title pages.
travelog (performed works genre)
Travel writing
Travel Literature 19th Century.
Récits de voyages.

Added entries:

Knight, Charles.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 145013
Call No.: 0005628; ID:87-B10837
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 145012
Call No.: 0005628; ID:87-B10837
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available