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Treasures of Britain and Treasures of Ireland - Hardcover

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Synopsis

A traveller's guide to the riches of Britain and Ireland. Listed alphabetically in the central section are over 4,000 locations. Here are to be found the man-made wonders of national importance, large and small, famous and little-known, easily accessible and off the beaten track. Here are the finest churchesm cathedrals, abbeys, minsters, palaces and great houses of town and country; gardens and arboreta; streets, squares, crescents and works of engineering; weapons, sculpture, wood-engraving, drawing, painting, ceramics; books, glass, jewels, gold, silver, pewter, furniture and tapestries; museums, galleries and collections, treasures of every kind from ships to stained glass windows. The whole of Ireland is similarly covered. Over 700 color photographs, 200 drawings, and 40 pages of maps.

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