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Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, municipal and Popular Antiquities, Charles Knight (1791 – 1873) London, Charles Knight and Co., Ludgate Street, First Edition, 1845, two volumes, folio, pp. viii, 392; vi, 386, 24 chromoxylographs (incl. frontis.). Many wood-engraved text illustrations.

My copy has contemporary (worn) half-calf with gilt backs; there is some light foxing and dampstaining to the plates and margins of some leaves. Ref. Abbey, Life, 43; purchased D. & E Lake Toronto, 1992.

This book has been reprinted, but the reprint is out of print; you can search for a used copy on Amazon.

Some more of the images are online in much lower resolution scans at New York Public Library, as reprinted in a later book.

I have typed in the index to the book so that you can ask me for other scans if you like.

There is also a very incomplete transcription if you want to read the actual book!

The book starts with Druidical and Prehistoric remains and continues on to have Castles, Manors and stately homes, Churches, Abbeys and Cathedrals and much more.

Charles Knight also produced an illustrated edition of the Works of Shakspere, as he spelt it.

There is an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Charles Knight.

Some of the engravings were done by the Dalziel brothers; I have some images from their autobiography, A Record of Work.

Contents

Volume I

Book I. Before the Conquest. [Fig. 1]

Chapter I. The British Period. [Fig. 80]

Chapter II. The Roman Period. [Fig. 189]

Chapter III. The Anglo-Saxon Period.

Book II. The Period From the Norman Conquest to the Death of King John. A.D. 1066—1216.

Chapter I. Regal and Baronial Antiquities.

Chapter II. Ecclesiastical Antiquities.

Chapter III. Popular Antiquities.

Book III. The Period From the Accession of Henry III. to the End of the Reign of Richard II. A.D. 1216—1399.

Chapter I. Regal and Baronial Antiquities. Fig. 814]

Chapter II. Ecclesiastical Antiquities.

Chapter III. Popular Antiquities.

Book IV. The Period From the Accession of Henry IV. to the End of the Reign of Richard III. A.D. 1399—1485. [Fig. 1150]

Chapter I. Regal and Baronial Antiquities.

Chapter II. Ecclesiastical Antiquities.

Chapter III. Popular Antiquities.

Although some of the images here are from Volume II, I plan to move them into their own darling little folder soon, and will make a second table of contents.

This book is online at archive.org, although the OCR has done a really bad job, and the scans are lower resolution and not cleaned up. But you could use it to request a specific image, and I will scan it for you if it’s not here yet.

29.—Arch-Druid in his full Judicial Costume.

29.—Arch-Druid in his full Judicial Costume.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A fanciful drawing of an Arch-Druid (archdruid) in his full costume, judicial presumably meaning that he is ready to judge over people. An old and stern-looking man with a long flowing beard wears a r [...]

Keywords: people, beards, bare feet, monks, robes, druids, spooky, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

17.—Sarum Plain

17.—Sarum Plain

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisu [...]

Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds

Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

867.—The Siege of Calais

867.—The Siege of Calais

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“They sent to Edward; who, however, would listen to no terms but unconditional submission. The noble Sir Walter Manny, however, spoke for them; and, at last, mercy was promised to all but six of the c [...]

Keywords: bare feet, knights, warfare, battles, weapons

Places shown: Calais; Pas-de-Calais; France

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

127.—Bestarii

127.—Bestarii

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A Sculpture FromPompeii

Keywords: people, animals, nudity, bare feet, weapons, battles

Places shown: Pompeii; Italy

Added: 2005-12-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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