  decorative image not available The History of the Art of Coachbuilding. CHAPTER I. decorative image not available CHAPTER II. decorative image not available CHAPTER III. STATE COACHES. decorative image not available CHAPTER IV. CARRIAGES FROM 1790 TO 1876. decorative image not available CHAPTER V. ON PUBLIC CARRIAGES. decorative image not available CHAPTER VI. Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. List of Illustrations. (In certain versions of this etext, in certain browsers, clicking on this symbol or directly on the image will bring up a larger version of the illustration.) (etext transcriber's note) |
THE
HISTORY OF COACHES.
PLATE 37. PROBABLY THE FIRST SOCIABLE. THE PROPERTY OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. A CHILD’S CARRIAGE OF THE DATE OF 1700.
PLATE 37. PROBABLY THE FIRST SOCIABLE. THE PROPERTY OF THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.
A CHILD’S CARRIAGE OF THE DATE OF 1700.
THE
HISTORY OF COACHES
BY
G. A. T H R U P P.
Drawn with a team of little atomies,
Her Waggon spokes made of long spinners’ legs;
Her Chariot is an empty hazel-nut,
Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub,
Time out o’ mind the Fairies’ Coachmakers.”
Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 4
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
KERBY & ENDEAN, 190 OXFORD STREET.
NEW YORK: THE “HUB” PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1877.
LONDON:
KERBY & ENDEAN, 190 OXFORD STREET,
Printers and Publishers.
