Author: abbé Prévost
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Life and Entertaining Adventures of Mr. Cleveland, Etc. [By A. F. Prévost D'Exiles.]
Author: abbé Prévost
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
... Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1426
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
The Life and Entertaining Adventures of Mr. Cleveland
Author: abbé Prévost
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Crescendo of the Virtuoso
Author: Paul Metzner
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520414276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520414276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.