Library Record
Metadata
Author |
Tarr, Laszlo |
Title |
The History of the Carriage |
Shelf Location |
Carriages |
Summary |
Origin and ancestors of the carriage, ethnic groups of the Middle East, Indus civilization, Greeks, Etruscans, deterioration of the European road system and the collapse of the mail coach service, highway traffic increases, discovery of America, slow and gradual development of the coach, great variety of eighteenth century coaches, classicism and the empire style, the coach becomes a museum piece. A study of the structual development of the carriage from its obscure origins in the fourth Millennium B.C. to its eclipse by the automobile. |
Subjects |
1. Carriages and carts--History. |
LCNO |
69-14248 |
Publisher |
Arco Publishing Co. |
Published Date |
1969 |
Published Place |
New York |
Physical Description |
331 p., LXVI plates : ill. ; 26cm. One copy has Jack Pemberton's signature on the title page One copy was published 1969 by Vision Press (GB) |
Catalog Number |
2007.1.1 |
ISBN |
854782915 |
Object Name |
book |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |