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Languages : en
Pages : 1136
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Continuation of the Complete History of England, [1748-60]
Author: Tobias Smollett
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Catalogue of the Astor Library (continuation)
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Pages : 1136
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Pages : 1136
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Catalogue of the Astor Library
Author: Astor Library
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Pages : 1144
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Pages : 1144
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The Enlightenment and the Book
Author: Richard B. Sher
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226752542
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226752542
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession. To the contrary, Sher shows how the process of bookmaking during the late eighteenth-century involved a deeply complex partnership between authors and their publishers, one in which writers saw the book industry not only as pivotal in the dissemination of their ideas, but also as crucial to their dreams of fame and monetary gain. Similarly, Sher demonstrates that publishers were involved in the project of bookmaking in order to advance human knowledge as well as to accumulate profits. The Enlightenment and the Book explores this tension between creativity and commerce that still exists in scholarly publishing today. Lavishly illustrated and elegantly conceived, it will be must reading for anyone interested in the history of the book or the production and diffusion of Enlightenment thought.
A Catalogue of the Library of the State of Virginia ... to which are prefixed, the rules, etc
Author: Virginia State Library (RICHMOND, Virginia)
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Languages : en
Pages : 386
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Pages : 386
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A Catalogue of the Library of the State of Virginia, Arranged Alphabetically Under Different Heads, with the Number and Size of the Volumes of Each Work Specified
Author: Virginia State Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The Continuation Of Mr. Rapin's History of England
Author: Nicholas Tindal
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Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Pages : 754
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A Catalogue of the Library of the State of Virginia
Author: Virginia State Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Pages : 382
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A catalogue of the library of the State of Virginia. To which are prefixed the rules and regulations provided for the government of the library
Author: Richmond Va, state libr
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Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Pages : 382
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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