Antiquaries : the discovery of the past in eighteenth-century Britain
Sweet, Rosemary2004
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18th-century Britain saw an explosion of interest in its own past, a past now expanded to include more than classical history and high politics. This is a definitive account of a great historical enterprise.
Main title:
Antiquaries : the discovery of the past in eighteenth-century Britain / Rosemary Sweet.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hambledon and London, 2004.
Collation:
xxi, 473 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781852853099 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.007202
Local class:
local studies
Language:
English
BRN:
577551