Author: R. H. Evans (London).
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Languages : en
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Author: Evans, Messrs., auctioneers, London
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Languages : en
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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Donald Kerr
Publisher: Otago University Press
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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"Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century." "Brilliant and inscrutable, Grey, who was in contact with key Victorians from Darwin to Whately throughout his life, played a central role in overseeing the development of British colonies into politically autonomous entities." "Less well known of Grey is that he was an obsessive collector of rare books and artefacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed, establishing 'Grey Collections' in Cape Town and Auckland." "This study, written by a former librarian of the Auckland collection, reveals the genius and magnanimity of an increasingly controversial figure, demonstrating the complex humanity underlying his apparent remoteness. It is the first study on Grey of its kind."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Wilberforce Eames
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 818

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Author: William Younger Fletcher
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Category : Book collectors
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Author: Frand Karslake
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 942

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A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.

Author: Wilberforce Eames
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 646

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Author: Henry Benjamin Wheatley
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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Author: Nicolás Bas Martín
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004359524
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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In Spanish Books in the Europe of the Enlightenment (Paris and London) Nicolás Bas examines the image of Spain in eighteenth-century Europe, and in Paris and London in particular. His material has been scoured from an exhaustive interrogation of the records of the book trade. He refers to booksellers’ catalogues, private collections, auctions, and other sources of information in order to reconstruct the country’s cultural image. Rarely have these sources been searched for Spanish books, and never have they been as exhaustively exploited as they are in Bas’ book. Both England and France were conversant with some very negative ideas about Spain. The Black Legend, dating back to the sixteenth century, condemned Spain as repressive and priest-ridden. Bas shows however, that an alternative, more sympathetic, vision ran parallel with these negative views. His bibliographical approach brings to light the Spanish books that were bought, sold and ultimately read. The impression thus obtained is likely to help us understand not only Spain’s past, but also something of its present.