Author: Rachel Finnegan
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004404228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an account of the influential travel writings of three rival explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade of each other. Making use of historical records, Finnegan examines the personal and professional motives of the three authors for producing their eastern travels; their methods of researching, drafting, and publicising their works while still abroad; their relationships with each other, both while travelling and on their return to England; and the legacy of their combined works. She also provides a survey of the main features (both textual and visual) of the travel books themselves.
English Explorers in the East (1738-1745)
Author: Rachel Finnegan
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004404228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an account of the influential travel writings of three rival explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade of each other. Making use of historical records, Finnegan examines the personal and professional motives of the three authors for producing their eastern travels; their methods of researching, drafting, and publicising their works while still abroad; their relationships with each other, both while travelling and on their return to England; and the legacy of their combined works. She also provides a survey of the main features (both textual and visual) of the travel books themselves.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004404228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an account of the influential travel writings of three rival explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade of each other. Making use of historical records, Finnegan examines the personal and professional motives of the three authors for producing their eastern travels; their methods of researching, drafting, and publicising their works while still abroad; their relationships with each other, both while travelling and on their return to England; and the legacy of their combined works. She also provides a survey of the main features (both textual and visual) of the travel books themselves.
William Hunter's World
Author: Nick Pearce
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351536923
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no comprehensive examination in a single volume of all his collections in their diversity. This volume restores Hunter to a rightful position of prominence among the medical men whose research and amassing of specimens transformed our understanding of the natural world and man's position within it. This volume comprises essays by international specialists and are as diverse as Hunter's collections themselves, dealing as they do with material that ranges from medical and scientific specimens, to painting, prints, books and manuscripts. The first sections focus upon Hunter's own collection and his response to it, while the final section contextualises Hunter within the wider sphere. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of references to the Hunterian's web pages and on-line databases. These enable searches for items from Hunter's collections, both from his museum and library. Locating Hunter's collecting within the broader context of his age and environment, this book provides an original approach to a man and collection whose importance has yet to be comprehensively assessed.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351536923
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no comprehensive examination in a single volume of all his collections in their diversity. This volume restores Hunter to a rightful position of prominence among the medical men whose research and amassing of specimens transformed our understanding of the natural world and man's position within it. This volume comprises essays by international specialists and are as diverse as Hunter's collections themselves, dealing as they do with material that ranges from medical and scientific specimens, to painting, prints, books and manuscripts. The first sections focus upon Hunter's own collection and his response to it, while the final section contextualises Hunter within the wider sphere. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of references to the Hunterian's web pages and on-line databases. These enable searches for items from Hunter's collections, both from his museum and library. Locating Hunter's collecting within the broader context of his age and environment, this book provides an original approach to a man and collection whose importance has yet to be comprehensively assessed.
The Connoisseur
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A.L.A. Catalog, 1926
Author: Isabella Mitchell Cooper
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Our English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls [selected verse].
Author: William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections])
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Year's Art ...
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Author: Thomas Byerly
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Notes and Queries
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
A Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits, from Egbert the Great to the Present Time : Consisting of the Effigies of Persons in Every Walk of Human Life ... with an Appendix Containing the Portraits of Such Foreigners as ... May Claim a Place in the British Series
Author: Henry Bromley
Publisher: London : Printed for T. Payne, Mews Gate
ISBN:
Category : Engraving, English
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher: London : Printed for T. Payne, Mews Gate
ISBN:
Category : Engraving, English
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The American Bibliopolist
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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