Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities edited by Charles Knight, complete in 2 volumes. Two volumes in half calf bindings. Heavily illustrated with colour chromolithographic plates and black and white engravings. Folio size and total weight approx. 4kg. Charles Knight retraces English history through a series of surveys from before the Norman conquest until the end of the Reign of King George II, including a sketch of the progress of society in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. A pictorial museum including plates illustrating regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities, with notes about the subjects of these plates. Charles Knight was an English publisher, editor, and author, known for his contributions to such works as The Penny Magazine, The English Encyclopaedia, and others. Undated, dated through copies held at National Trust Libraries. Condition: Excellent condition for age, very clean content. Vol 2 has a small tear to outer title page as showed in the photographs.