English picnics.

Battiscombe, Esther Georgina Harwood, 1905-2006. Gerald Hurst, Hilary Rogers, Ralph Dutton, Dorothy Daldy, Belinda Fry, Evelyn Impey, Ursula Radford; art, Zoffany, Morland, Tissot, Frank Dicey, Leech]

Published by London, Harvill Press, 1949, 1949

About this Item

ix, 212 p plates. 23 cm ; LCCN: 50-28410 ; LC: GT2955; Dewey: 394.1 ; OCLC: 2102496 ; 8°. green cloth ; no dustjacket ; foxing ; Battiscombe was a James Tait Black Memorial Prize winning author, writing several biographies of eminent Victorians ; "This gallimaufry of Englsih Picnics is intended to amuse rather than instruct.I have modernized passages.where the difficulty of deciphering the original would detract from the ordinary reader's pleasure." ; Contents: What is a picnic? -- Medieval picnics -- Tudor and Stuart picnics -- Eighteenth century and Regency picnics -- Victoriana -- The chosen guests -- The poets' picnic -- Picnics in ficition -- The nursery goes picnicking -- Epilogue ; G. Seller Inventory # 006198

Bibliographic Details

Title: English picnics.

Publisher: London, Harvill Press, 1949

Publication Date: 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Book Type: Book