The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries ...
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Library of Congress W012533 Running title: A dialogue between father and son. Attributed to Puckle in the Dictionary of national biography. First edition, London, 1711, has title: The club, or A dialogue between father and son. "In all your glory memento mori."--p. [136]-159. Running title: Death. "List of subscribers."--p. [3-4]. Index, p. [5-7]. Philadelphia: Printed by and for Samuel Longcope, no. 147, Spruce Street, M.DCC.XCVIII. [1798]. [9], 14-159, [1] p.; 12
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; Rebound in fine burgundy leather, gilt ruled. Fine binding and cover. [9], 14-159, [1] p. The 1st American ed., from the 4th British ed. Minor marginal fray to original end pages. "In all your glory memento mori."--P. [136]-159. Running title: Death. "List of subscribers."--P. [3-4]. Evans 34426. Early American Imprint.
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Solid binding. Quarter leather worn at head and heel and edges of spine. Lower half of back corner and an inch or sow of front worn through. Corners worn through. Some color of covers worn off. Dark stain to bakc cover at lower front corner. Owner info. in front matter. Other than age-toning, interior fairly good. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
