Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
England
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Wilberforce Eames ...
Author: Wilberforce EamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Amassing Treasures for All Times
Author: Donald KerrPublisher: Otago University Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century." "Brilliant and inscrutable, Grey, who was in contact with key Victorians from Darwin to Whately throughout his life, played a central role in overseeing the development of British colonies into politically autonomous entities." "Less well known of Grey is that he was an obsessive collector of rare books and artefacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed, establishing 'Grey Collections' in Cape Town and Auckland." "This study, written by a former librarian of the Auckland collection, reveals the genius and magnanimity of an increasingly controversial figure, demonstrating the complex humanity underlying his apparent remoteness. It is the first study on Grey of its kind."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Auction Records
Author: Frand KarslakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
Catalogue of the Library of Wilberforce Eames (of the New York Public Library)...
Author: Wilberforce EamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Prices of Books
Author: Henry Benjamin WheatleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
English Book Collectors
Author: William Younger FletcherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collectors
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Shakespeare Seen
Author: Stuart SillarsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107193249
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Shows how illustrated editions and paintings of the plays were originally produced and read as critical, social and political statements.
Spanish Books in the Europe of the Enlightenment (Paris and London)
Author: Nicolás Bas MartínPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004359524
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In Spanish Books in the Europe of the Enlightenment (Paris and London) Nicolás Bas examines the image of Spain in eighteenth-century Europe, and in Paris and London in particular. His material has been scoured from an exhaustive interrogation of the records of the book trade. He refers to booksellers’ catalogues, private collections, auctions, and other sources of information in order to reconstruct the country’s cultural image. Rarely have these sources been searched for Spanish books, and never have they been as exhaustively exploited as they are in Bas’ book. Both England and France were conversant with some very negative ideas about Spain. The Black Legend, dating back to the sixteenth century, condemned Spain as repressive and priest-ridden. Bas shows however, that an alternative, more sympathetic, vision ran parallel with these negative views. His bibliographical approach brings to light the Spanish books that were bought, sold and ultimately read. The impression thus obtained is likely to help us understand not only Spain’s past, but also something of its present.
Railways and the Western European Capitals
Author: M. NilsenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This book looks at the effect of railways on London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin, focusing on each city as a case study for one aspect of implantation.