Wagon, Chariot and Carriage: Symbol And Status In The History Of Transport By Stuart Piggott

Wagon, Chariot and Carriage: Symbol And Status In The History Of Transport By Stuart Piggott

Hardcover

ISBN 0500251142

Publisher: Thames And Hudson Ltd 1992

Used - Very Good+. This book is in an excellent condition. The cover have some very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover. Tanning of pages.

Piggott here expands on his lifelong study of the technological and social history of early land transport to look at vehicles and mounts as symbols of status and eminence. His survey covers every aspect of the subject in Europe and the East from the second millennium BC to the ceremonial carriages of English royalty in the nineteenth century.