English Picnics by Georgina Battiscombe Harvill Press London 1949. Green cloth boards & spine somewhat faded ,but otherwise in overall very good condition Lovely old book on the most unusual subject of the history and origins of the English picnic.Illustrated.
Some headings What is a picnic / Tudor & Stuart picnics / Eighteenth Century & Regency picnics / Victoriana / The Chosen Guests / Picnics in Fiction / The Nursery goes picnicking etc.
English Picnics by Georgina Battiscombe Harvill Press London 1949. Green cloth boards & spine somewhat faded ,but otherwise in overall very good condition Lovely old book on the most unusual subject of the history and origins of the English picnic.Illustrated.
Some headings What is a picnic / Tudor & Stuart picnics / Eighteenth Century & Regency picnics / Victoriana / The Chosen Guests / Picnics in Fiction / The Nursery goes picnicking etc.