Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monsieur Tonson written by John Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fonthill Recovered written by Caroline Dakers and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.

Download or read book Angelica Kauffmann R A written by Dorothy Moulton Mayer and published by Colin Smythe. This book was released on 1972 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by her contemporaries to be one of the greatest and most influential painters of her time, Kaufman's reputation has since fluctuated. Now, with the revival of interest in the neo-classical era, she has regained her true position in the opi

Download or read book Old Kittery and Her Families written by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Walworth County Wisconsin written by Albert Clayton Beckwith and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Goldsmiths and Their Marks written by Sir Charles James Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Disquisitions Upon the Painted Greek Vases and Their Probable Connection with the Shows of the Eleusinian and Other Mysteries written by James Christie and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Murder for Pleasure written by Howard Haycraft and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Genuinely fascinating reading."—The New York Times Book Review "Diverting and patently authoritative."—The New Yorker "Grand and fascinating … a history, a compendium and a critical study all in one, and all first rate."—Rex Stout "A landmark … a brilliant study written with charm and authority."—Ellery Queen "This book is of permanent value. It should be on the shelf of every reader of detective stories."—Erle Stanley Gardner Author Howard Haycraft, an expert in detective fiction, traces the genre's development from the 1840s through the 1940s. Along the way, he charts the innovations of Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the modern influence of George Simenon, Josephine Tey, and others. Additional topics include a survey of the critical literature, a detective story quiz, and a Who's Who in Detection.

Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures written by Sir Robert Strange and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Records of My Life written by John Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Salem N H written by Edgar Gilbert and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book History of Huntington County Indiana written by Frank Sumner Bash and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wrigley s British Columbia Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance written by Stuart W. Pyhrr and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1998 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The re-creation of classically inspired armor is invariably associated with Filippo Negroli, the most innovative and celebrated of the renowned armorers of Milan.

Download or read book American Art Auction Catalogues 1785 1942 written by Harold Lancour and published by Lancour Press. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Download or read book Ruskin and His Circle written by Ada Earland and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: