Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
“The” Athenaeum
Author: British Battles and Medals
Author: John B. HaywardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781902040776
Category : Battles
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
English Book Collectors
Author: William Younger FletcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collectors
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Robert Lehman Collection
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes paintings by Ingres, Theodore Rousseau, and Corot among other early 19th-century artists. In addition to a group of early German drawings, this collection includes a Saint Paul from a series associated with Jan van Eyck and the famous Scupstoel from the circle of Rogier van der Weyden. It discusses all drawings, placing each in its art historical setting and complementing it with comparative illustrations of related works.
African General Service Medals
Author: R. B. MagorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781843420095
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
First published over 30 years ago and long out of print, this is still the only work to deal in detail with the campaign medals of West, East and Central Africa. This completely revised and reset edition contains much new information and almost 100 additional pages. A summary of awards shows the eventual distribution of the clasps and the numbers awarded to participating units. Many European recipients are mentioned by name. Not only has a comprehensive general index been added to the new edition, but also quick reference lists of ships and clasps. No medal collector or student of African history can afford to be without this classic work.
Napoleon in Egypt
Author: Paul StrathernPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553385240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, only twenty-eight, set sail for Egypt with 335 ships, 40,000 soldiers, and a collection of scholars, artists, and scientists to establish an eastern empire. He saw himself as a liberator, freeing the Egyptians from oppression. But Napoleon wasn’t the first—nor the last—who tragically misunderstood Muslim culture. Marching across seemingly endless deserts in the shadow of the pyramids, pushed to the limits of human endurance, his men would be plagued by mirages, suicides, and the constant threat of ambush. A crusade begun in honor would degenerate into chaos. And yet his grand failure also yielded a treasure trove of knowledge that paved the way for modern Egyptology—and it tempered the complex leader who believed himself destined to conquer the world.
The Currencies of China
Author: Eduard KannThe History of "Punch"
Author: Marion Harry SpielmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Journalism
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Convict Maids
Author: Deborah OxleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521446778
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This analysis of female transports to Australia reveals their significant contribution to the new economy.
A Book for a Rainy Day: Or, Recollections of the Events of the Years 1766-1833
Author: John Thomas SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description