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Hard Cover. First Edition. Please view photographs. Profusely illustrated with 589 illustrations (173 color plates and 416 photographs, engravings, drawings, floor-plans, and maps). Includes texts by Alfred Cobban, John Summerson, W.H.G. Armytage, D.C. Coleman, K.G. Davies, J.R. Western, L.D. Ettlinger, Robert Shackleton and Olwen H. Hufton. .A large, heavy book (seven pounds) – additional shipping charges may apply.

The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the Atlantic Revolutions. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures. The Industrial Revolution began mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. The European colonization of the Americas and other parts of the world intensified and associated mass migrations of people grew in size as part of the Age of Sail. During the century, slave trading expanded across the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, while declining in Russia[1] and China.