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Original publisher’s gray cloth hardback, gilt title on red label spine, colour illustration frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: frontispiece, 228pp., 187 numbered bl.& wh. and colour plates & illustrations, introductiory essay with 27 unnumbered bl.& wh. illustrations – some footnotes, list plates & figures, bibliography, table of contents. Dustjacket light wear of age. Else fine. Subjects: Farmers & Fishermen: Tillage – Harrows – Sowing – Harvesting – Treshing – Fruit & Vegetables – Wine & Beer – Livestock & Bee-keeping – Hunting & Fishing. Craftsmen – Carriers – Merchants: Cloth & Leather – Food – Metalwork – Woodwork & Architecture – Pottery – Transport & Trade. Learned Professions: Scribes & Illuminators – Scholars – Artists. Mining & Early Industralization: Mining – Glass.