Author: University of Exeter. Museum and Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Catalogue of the Reference Library of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Author: University of Exeter. Museum and Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson Low
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The English Catalogue of Books [annual]
Author: Sampson Low
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Martin Folkes (1690-1754)
Author: Anna Marie Roos
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192565656
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Sir Isaac Newton's protégé, astronomer, mathematician, freemason, art connoisseur, Voltaire's friend and Hogarth's patron, his was an intellectually vibrant world. Folkes was possibly the best-connected natural philosopher and antiquary of his age, an epitome of Enlightenment sociability, and yet he was a surprisingly neglected figure, the long shadow of Newton eclipsing his brilliant disciple. A complex figure, Folkes edited Newton's posthumous works in biblical chronology, yet was a religious skeptic and one of the first members of the gentry to marry an actress. His interests were multidisciplinary, from his authorship of the first complete history of the English coinage, to works concerning ancient architecture, statistical probability, and astronomy. Rich archival material, including Folkes's travel diary, correspondence, and his library and art collections permit reconstruction through Folkes's eyes of what it was like to be a collector and patron, a Masonic freethinker, and antiquarian and virtuoso in the days before 'science' became sub-specialised. Folkes's virtuosic sensibility and possible role in the unification of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society tells against the historiographical assumption that this was the age in which the 'two cultures' of the humanities and sciences split apart, never to be reunited. In Georgian England, antiquarianism and 'science' were considered largely part of the same endeavour.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192565656
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Martin Folkes (1690-1754): Newtonian, Antiquary, Connoisseur is a cultural and intellectual biography of the only President of both the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. Sir Isaac Newton's protégé, astronomer, mathematician, freemason, art connoisseur, Voltaire's friend and Hogarth's patron, his was an intellectually vibrant world. Folkes was possibly the best-connected natural philosopher and antiquary of his age, an epitome of Enlightenment sociability, and yet he was a surprisingly neglected figure, the long shadow of Newton eclipsing his brilliant disciple. A complex figure, Folkes edited Newton's posthumous works in biblical chronology, yet was a religious skeptic and one of the first members of the gentry to marry an actress. His interests were multidisciplinary, from his authorship of the first complete history of the English coinage, to works concerning ancient architecture, statistical probability, and astronomy. Rich archival material, including Folkes's travel diary, correspondence, and his library and art collections permit reconstruction through Folkes's eyes of what it was like to be a collector and patron, a Masonic freethinker, and antiquarian and virtuoso in the days before 'science' became sub-specialised. Folkes's virtuosic sensibility and possible role in the unification of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society tells against the historiographical assumption that this was the age in which the 'two cultures' of the humanities and sciences split apart, never to be reunited. In Georgian England, antiquarianism and 'science' were considered largely part of the same endeavour.
Catalogue
Author: New South Wales Free Public Library, Sydney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
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Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators
Author: Jane R. Cohen
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 0814202845
Category : Illustration of books
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 0814202845
Category : Illustration of books
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2088
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2088
Book Description
Van Dyck, His Original Etchings and His Iconography
Author: Arthur Mayger Hind
Publisher:
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Category : Etching
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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