Author: Dominique Vivant Baron DENON
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Languages : en
Pages : 450
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The Original Library of Congress
Author: Anne-Imelda Radice
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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Charleston Library Society ...
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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A Catalog of the Books Belonging to the Charleston Library Society
Author: Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.)
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Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Category : Proprietary libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
Author: William Stevenson (Surveyor.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 674
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Pages : 674
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A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia
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Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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Pages : 1106
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A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia: Jurisprudence
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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A Catalogue Numerical & Alphabetic, of the books in the Subscription Library at Hull ... Together with the laws of the Library; a list of the books presented thereto; and a list of the Subscribers, 1805
Author: Subscription Library (HULL)
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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A Catalogue Of The Books Belonging To The Library Company Of Philadelphia; To Which Is Prefixed A Short Account Of The Institution, With The Charter Laws And Regulations
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Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Pages : 484
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Catalogue of the Books in the Penzance Public Library ...
Author: Penzance (Cornwall). Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Forty Days
Author: John Booker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000451097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c. 1700 –1900 provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to 40 days in a lazaretto to ensure that no symptoms of plague were developing. Quarantine was performed in virtual prisons ranging from mud huts in the Danube basin to a converted fort on Malta, evoking every emotion from hatred and hostility through to resignation and even contentment. Drawing on the diaries and journals of some 300 men and women of many nationalities over more than two centuries, the author describes the inadequate accommodation, poor food and crushing boredom experienced by detainees. The book also draws attention to comradeship, sickness, and death in detention, as well as Casanova’s unique ability to do what he did best even in the lazaretto of Ancona. Other well-known detainees included Hans Christian Andersen, Mark Twain and Sir Walter Scott. Lavishly illustrated, the work includes a gazetteer of 49 lazarettos in Europe and Asia Minor, with inmates’ comments on each. This book will appeal to all those interested in the history of medicine and the history of travel.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000451097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c. 1700 –1900 provides a timely reminder that no traveller in past centuries could return from the East without spending up to 40 days in a lazaretto to ensure that no symptoms of plague were developing. Quarantine was performed in virtual prisons ranging from mud huts in the Danube basin to a converted fort on Malta, evoking every emotion from hatred and hostility through to resignation and even contentment. Drawing on the diaries and journals of some 300 men and women of many nationalities over more than two centuries, the author describes the inadequate accommodation, poor food and crushing boredom experienced by detainees. The book also draws attention to comradeship, sickness, and death in detention, as well as Casanova’s unique ability to do what he did best even in the lazaretto of Ancona. Other well-known detainees included Hans Christian Andersen, Mark Twain and Sir Walter Scott. Lavishly illustrated, the work includes a gazetteer of 49 lazarettos in Europe and Asia Minor, with inmates’ comments on each. This book will appeal to all those interested in the history of medicine and the history of travel.