Author: James D. Hardy, Jr.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Complete catalogue and index of one of the largest collections of its kind of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic newspapers pamphlets and official publications covering the years 1789-1815. Over 20,000 listings are preceded by an introduction giving a history of the collection, a survey of other notable French Revolution collections, and a biographical essay on William S. Maclure. William S. Maclure (1763-1840) was a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, a radical social reformer, and our first scientific geologist. His huge collection of French Revolutionary publications is one of the greatest libraries of its kind to be formed during the period of the Revolution. Maclure bestowed the collection on the Philadelphia Academy of the Natural Sciences in 1821, and the Academy in turn gave the collection to the Historical Society of Philadelphia, In 1949 it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.
The Maclure Collection of French Revolutionary Materials
Author: James D. Hardy, Jr.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Complete catalogue and index of one of the largest collections of its kind of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic newspapers pamphlets and official publications covering the years 1789-1815. Over 20,000 listings are preceded by an introduction giving a history of the collection, a survey of other notable French Revolution collections, and a biographical essay on William S. Maclure. William S. Maclure (1763-1840) was a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, a radical social reformer, and our first scientific geologist. His huge collection of French Revolutionary publications is one of the greatest libraries of its kind to be formed during the period of the Revolution. Maclure bestowed the collection on the Philadelphia Academy of the Natural Sciences in 1821, and the Academy in turn gave the collection to the Historical Society of Philadelphia, In 1949 it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Complete catalogue and index of one of the largest collections of its kind of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic newspapers pamphlets and official publications covering the years 1789-1815. Over 20,000 listings are preceded by an introduction giving a history of the collection, a survey of other notable French Revolution collections, and a biographical essay on William S. Maclure. William S. Maclure (1763-1840) was a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, a radical social reformer, and our first scientific geologist. His huge collection of French Revolutionary publications is one of the greatest libraries of its kind to be formed during the period of the Revolution. Maclure bestowed the collection on the Philadelphia Academy of the Natural Sciences in 1821, and the Academy in turn gave the collection to the Historical Society of Philadelphia, In 1949 it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Catalogue of the Historical Library of A.D. White
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White
Author: Cornell University. Libraries
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White: The French revolution
Author: Cornell University. Library. President White Library
Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Publisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Author-title Catalog
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1002
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
National Register of Microform Masters
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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
National Register of Microform Masters
Author: Library of Congress. Catalog Publication Division
Publisher:
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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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Category : Books on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Old Age in the Old Regime
Author: David Troyansky
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501746367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book explores a dramatic change in French attitudes toward aging and the aged in the eighteenth century from one extreme of ridicule and neglect to another of respect and care.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501746367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book explores a dramatic change in French attitudes toward aging and the aged in the eighteenth century from one extreme of ridicule and neglect to another of respect and care.