The Victorian Scrapbook (Scrapbook)

• A nostalgic glimpse of a bygone age
• Provides invaluable source material and is a definitive collection of printed ephemera of the past
• Continues in the immensely popular Scrapbook formula which, collectively, have sold over 250,000 copies
• Superb value and an excellent gift idea

The Victorian Era represents the cradle of our modern society – a time when social change and new technology heralded an industrialised economy. By the time of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897, claims were proudly made of the progress since her accession to the throne. Steam ships had replaced sail, the railway system had superseded the stage coach, and the motor car had just begun to replace the horse.

Not only did mass production create a new wealth of household products, ceramics, toys and games, but the arrival of cheaper printing and colour lithography made possible a profusion of printed material. The music sheets, colourful scraps, advertisements, greetings cards and children’s book illustrations that fill The Victorian Scrapbook – with such vigour – all give us an insight into the life and times of our forebears.

Fortunately the thousand items gathered here have survived in remarkable condition, some by chance, others by having themselves been pasted down into contemporary scrapbooks. They all combine to celebrate a time when British ruled an Empire ‘on which the sun never sets’.

Also available:
The 1910s Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795474
The 1920s Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795467
The 1930s Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795450
The 1950s Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795429
The 1960s Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795412
The 1970s Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795405
The Edwardian Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795481
The Royal Scrapbook ISBN 9780954795436
The Wartime Scrapbook (new edition) ISBN 9780954795443

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