Author: Great exhibition, 1851Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Official catalogue
Author: Great exhibition, 1851Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
Author: Edward Wilson-LeePublisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1982111402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.
Catalogue of the Reference Library
Author: Birmingham Free Libraries. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pharmacology
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851
Author: Great Britain Commissioners for the ExhPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780342386451
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Author: Buffalo LibraryCatalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
Book Description
Transactions
Author: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metallurgy
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Some vols., 1920-1949, contain collections of papers according to subject.
Catalogue of the Library of the Patent Office
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Author: