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Richardson, Harriet (ed.).
English Hospitals 1660-1948.
Publisher: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, Swindon;
Date of Publication: 1998
Stock Code: 14990
First Edition, Quarto, pp., 222. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Navy blue publisher’s cloth with gilt titles to spine, in the original pictorial dust-jacket. Slight shelf-wear to head of jacket, former price sticker to front flap. Near fine. A broad photographic study on almost three centuries of pre-NHS hospital architecture and design, from vast asylums to cottage hospitals, reflecting the prevailing societal attitudes to illness and social welfare. £50.00