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Author: Christopher HUSSEY (Bookseller.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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A Catalogue of Books Consisting of Divinity, History; Chiefly of Physick, [which] Will be Sold by Auction ... Seventh of March 1691/2 ... by Christopher Hussey
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Author: Christopher HUSSEY (Bookseller.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
A Catalogue of Books Consisting of Divinity, History; Chiefly of Physick Will be Sold by Auction
Author: Christopher HusseyPublisher:
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A Catalogue of Excellent English Books in Divinity, History ... which Will be Sold by Auction: the Sale Begins ... the 29th of June, 1691 ... at John's Coffee-House ... in Cheapside
Author: Slavery and the British Country House
Author: Madge DresserPublisher: Historic England Publishing
ISBN: 9781848020641
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The British country house has long been regarded as the jewel in the nation's heritage crown. But the country house is also an expression of wealth and power, and as scholars reconsider the nation's colonial past, new questions are being posed about these great houses and their links to Atlantic slavery.This book, authored by a range of academics and heritage professionals, grew out of a 2009 conference on 'Slavery and the British Country house: mapping the current research' organised by English Heritage in partnership with the University of the West of England, the National Trust and the Economic History Society. It asks what links might be established between the wealth derived from slavery and the British country house and what implications such links should have for the way such properties are represented to the public today.Lavishly illustrated and based on the latest scholarship, this wide-ranging and innovative volume provides in-depth examinations of individual houses, regional studies and critical reconsiderations of existing heritage sites, including two studies specially commissioned by English Heritage and one sponsored by the National Trust.
Human Accomplishment
Author: Charles MurrayPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061745677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences—a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.
Annals of the Bodleian Library Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867
Author: William Dunn MacrayA Book for a Rainy Day: Or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833
Author: John Thomas SmithPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Diary of John Evelyn
Author: John EvelynThe History of the Telescope
Author: Henry C. KingPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486432656
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
This remarkable history encompasses not only the achievements of the early inventors and astronomers but also the less frequently recounted stories of the instrument makers and of the actual instruments. A model of unsurpassed, comprehensive scholarship, this volume covers many fields, including professional and amateur astronomy. 196 black-and-white illustrations.