The Calendar of Nature; Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons, Educated at Warrington and Many Other Principal Academies in England; And Reprinted for the Use of the Young Ladies and Gentlemen
The Calendar of Nature; Designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons, Educated at Warrington and Many Other Principal Academies in England; And Reprinted for the Use of the Young Ladies and Gentlemen
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: ++++ Harvard University Houghton Library N001740 Dedication signed: J. Aikin. Warrington: printed by W. Eyres, for J. Johnson, London, 1784. vii, [1],82, [2]p.; 12
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Add this copy of The Calendar of Nature; Designed for the Instruction to cart. $706.99, fair condition, Sold by Resource Books, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from East Granby, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1784 by W. Eyres, for J. Johnson.
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Fair. Warrington [England]: W. Eyres, for J. Johnson, 1784. Scarce first edition [1784] of this nature book written for children. Three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettered red spine label, additonal spine decoration in gilt, vii, [2], 2-82, [1], [1p. publisher's ad]. Covers heavily worn and rubbed, lower spine end chipped, joints chipped and covers holding by cords, text block sound, large chip front front free endpaper, lower corners of final two text pages creased, pages lightly age-toned but clean, rear free endpaper absent. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.
