Author: Christian August FISCHER
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Reise von Amsterdam über Madrid und Cadiz nach Genua. Travels in Spain in 1797 and 1798. By Frederick Augustus Fisher or rather, by C. A. Fischer . With an appendix on the method of travelling in that country. Translated from the German
Author: Christian August FISCHER
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
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Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1801-1815
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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Crescendo of the Virtuoso
Author: Paul Metzner
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520377400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
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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: 0520377400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
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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.
A Bibliography of Fishes
Author: Bashford Dean
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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The Annex of the Library of Congress
Author: Martin Arnold Roberts
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Report of the Librarian of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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