Town – Prints and Drawings of Britain Before 1800 Nurse Hardback 9781851245178

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Town: Prints and Drawings of Britain Before 1800\nby Bernard Nurse\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Bernard Nurse\nTitle: Town: Prints and Drawings of Britain Before 1800\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Prints and printmaking\nPublisher: Bodleian Library\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781851245178\nISBN-10: 1851245170\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nProvincial towns in Britain grew in size and importance in the eighteenth century. Ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool greatly expanded, while industrial centres such as Birmingham and Manchester flourished. Market towns outside London developed as commercial centres or as destinations offering spa treatments as in Bath, horse racing in Newmarket or naval services in Po.