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Chapters: Daniel Defoe, Brook Taylor, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Elizabeth Needham, George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter, Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, Mary Astell, James Smith, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Frederik Ruysch, William Aikman, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, Charles Trelawny, José de Antequera Y Castro, Sicco Van Goslinga, John Beaumont, Elizabeth Thomas, Johann Melchior Dinglinger, Lady Barbara Fitzroy, William Stanley, Eudoxia Lopukhina, Samuel Bradford, Daniel Pulteney, Sir William Barker, 5th Baronet, Edward Waddington, George Lockhart, John Craig, Francis Bernard, Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds, Maharaja Chhatrasal, Caspar Commelijn, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrucken, William Morgan (Of Tredegar, Elder), Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, Robert Gordon, David Lloyd, Penelope Aubin, Abd Al-Ghani Al-Nabulsi, Antoine Houdar de La Motte, Henry Holyoake, Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri, Ferdinand Brokoff, Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz, Étienne François Geoffroy, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Repond, Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet, Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex, Frances Norton, Lady Norton, Francis Bird, Blaise Gisbert, Innocent of Irkutsk, Jean-François Leriget de La Faye, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Robert Manning, Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, John Montgomerie, David Murray, 5th Viscount of Stormont, Ned Ward, Ulanara, Empress Jing Xian, Jan Szembek, Giovanni Odazzi, Giovanna Fratellini, Walter Long, Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani, Johann Ludwig Bach, Rowland Ellis, Whitmore Acton, Springett Penn, Jacob Paul Von Gundling, John Roberts, Bartolomeo Letterini, Anthony Beale, Anthony Aston, Andries Pels, François Paul de Neufville de Villeroy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 250. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=204225 ... Read more

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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.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T133789

With a final advertisement leaf, and an errata slip pasted to the blank leaf following p.18.

London : printed for R. Knaplock, 1715. [4],42,[2]p.,18 plates ; 8° ... Read more

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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.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library

T100666

Some plates contain volvelles.A prospectus was issued in 1774.

London : printed for the author; and sold by Messrs. Robson; Dodsley; Becket; Taylor; Richardson and Urquhart; and by the author, 1775. [4],284p.,plates ; 2° ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gladys Aylward, Bruce Forsyth, Brook Taylor, Dave Murray, Karren Brady, Mike Smith, Jay Simpson, Steve Phillips, John Prebble, Joe O'cearuill, Jobi Mcanuff, W.e.w. Petter, Norman Smith, Ömer Rıza, John Beck, Jo Kuffour, David Livermore, Charles Coward, Brian Harvey, Jim Standen, Ray Evans, Malcolm Nokes, David Evans, H.g.h. Kearns, Kevin Nugent, Bobby Graham, Paul Rodgers, Jack Burkett, Jimmy Dimmock, Arthur Sanders, B. J. Wilson, Christine Gilbert, Percy Barton, Tony Marchi, Kelly Johnson, Derek Dawkins, Ron Lewin, Pedro Richards, Alan Mayes, Dudley Benjafield, Fred Channell, Charlie Withers, Chas Hodges, Florence Dugdale, Wally Fielding, Bert Ringrose, Leslie Welch, Albert Cadwell, Arthur Lowdell, John French, Billy Sage, Brian Spillett, Frederick Grace, Walter Alsford, Allan Young, John Clayton Adams, Tony Barber, Eddie Bovington, Jimmy Smy, John Knight, Basil Hoskins, Derek Lampe, Donald M. Ashton, Lee Smelt, Justin de Villeneuve, Les Medley. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Bruce Joseph Forsyth Johnson, CBE (born 22 February 1928), known as Bruce Forsyth, is a British showman and entertainer. He became well-known through the series Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and became a household name in the UK, going on to present television series such as The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right and Strictly Come Dancing. Forsyth was born in Edmonton, North London, the son of Florence Ada (née Pocknell) and John Thomas Forsyth Johnson. His family owned a car repair garage in Victoria Road, Edmonton, and as members of the Salvation Army his parents played brass instruments and his mother was a singer. His great grandfather Joseph Forsyth Johnson (18401906) was a landscape architect who worked in Russia, Ireland and the Unite...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=147505 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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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.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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T133425

With a half-title.The final plate is dated 1757.

London : printed for the author, and sold by R. and J. Dodsley, T. Longman, and H. Piers, [1757?]. [4],vii,[1],35,[1]p.,plates ; 4° ... Read more

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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.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T063341



London : printed for R. Knaplock, 1719. xiv,70p.,13plates ; 8° ... Read more

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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.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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T133639

The second part has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.With a final leaf of directions to the binder.The plates are in two, numbered sequences.

London : printed for the author, by Mess. Francklin and Bunce: and sold by T. Payne; J. Dodsley; T. Longman; R. Horsefield; T. Davies, and J. Robson, 1765. x,69,[1];viii,66,[2]p.,plates ; 1° ... Read more

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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.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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T133638

The second part has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.The dedication is engraved.With a final index leaf with errata on its verso. The E copy is bound in two vols., one for letterpress and the second for plates; this second vol. has extra

London : printed for the author, by R. Francklin; and sold by T. Payne; Messieurs Knapton and Horsefield; Messieurs Dodsley; T. Longman; T. Davies; and J. Gretton, 1761. [6],82;[2],ii,60,[2]p.,plates ; 1° ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Alexis Claude Clairaut, John Arbuthnot, Thomas Simpson, Brook Taylor, Robert Simson, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, John Sinclair, John Playfair, Jean Bernoulli, Matthew Stewart, Robert Smith, John Machin, Guillaume le Blond, John Craig, John Keill, John Leslie. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Alexis Claude Clairaut , né le 13 mai 1713 à Paris où il est mort le 17 mai 1765, est un mathématicien français. Il est le second d'une fratrie de vingt et un enfants. Son père, Jean-Baptiste Clairaut (1680-1766), enseignait les mathématiques. Il est instruit par lui en cette matière, apprenant à lire dans les Éléments d'Euclide. Il se montre d'une précocité telle qu'à l'âge de douze ans il écrit un mémoire sur quatre courbes géométriques. À treize ans, il lit devant l'Académie des sciences un compte rendu des propriétés de quatre courbes qu'il avait découvertes. À seize ans seulement, il finit un traité intitulé Recherches sur les courbes à double courbure qui, lors de sa publication en 1731, entraîne son admission à l'Académie des sciences alors qu'il n'avait pas l'âge légal. En 1731, il obtient une démonstration du fait remarquable dû à Newton que toutes les courbes du troisième ordre sont des projections de cinq paraboles particulières. Il devient membre de la Royal Society le 27 octobre 1737. En 1736, avec Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, il participe à l'expédition en Laponie dont l'objet est d'estimer la longueur d'un degré de méridien. À son retour, il publie un traité Théorie de la figure de la terre (1743), où il démontre le théorème, connu sous le nom de « théorème de Clairaut », qui relie l'aplatissement géométrique f à la surface d'un ellipsoïde en rotation à une quantité cinétique (le facteur ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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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.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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T100663

The 8pp. section is 'A true case, between the author, of a late publication, his printers, and paper merchants', formerly in 'An essay, concerning the publication of works', London, 1777.Some plates contain volvelles.With a list of subscribers.

London : printed for the author; and sold by Messrs. Robson; Becket; Taylor; Dilly; and by the author, 1778. [4],iv,[8],8,296p.,plates ; 2° ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Women have had a profound impact on the choral arts. This groundbreaking volume is a celebration and affirmation of this critical role, both through history and looking into the future, written by thirteen of the most significant voices in the choral profession.

Wisdom, Wit, and Will is a refreshing perspective on the choral field, rebutting conventional attitudes toward conducting and gender, and including distinctive biographies of some of the pioneering female choral conductors. But even more importantly, this book is of tremendous value to anyone seeking fresh insights into the choral conducting profession.

Divided into three sections Our Music, Our Teaching, and Our Lives this book is about creating the best possible experiences for choral conducting students and choral singe rs.

Among just a few examples, Ann Howard Jones discusses Analyzing the Choral-Orchestral Score, Doreen Rao focuses on Feminine Perspectives on Conducting and Teaching Choral Music, and Hilary Apfelstadt enlightens us about Finding Balance: Professional and Personal. This book also includes concise presentations of the score preparation techniques of Robert Shaw, Margaret Hillis, Nadia Boulanger, and many others.

What do women want? They want the same things men want, or should want: exciting musical performances, sensitivity to text, attention to sound learning strategies in rehearsal, solid vocal technique, knowledge of the score, and more.

Wisdom, Wit, and Will is a wonderful resource for anyone who aspires to develop his or her role as a professional and artistic choral conductor and teacher. ... Read more

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One of the shortest plays in Greek drama, The Children of Herakles offers enough action for two or three plays of normal length.But this very richness and complexity have made the play elusive, subject to dismissive readings, and extraordinarily difficult to translate; in consequence, it has suffered from neglect over the ages.This vibrant new translation makes clear that The Children of Herakles is actually a wonderfully well-crafted work of art, a play offering a wealth of rewards to the modern reader.
It is a play about war and the effects of war within the state.Herakles, the legendary hero cursed from birth, was never permitted a triumphant homecoming.Here, his descendants continue the effort to return home, seeking asylum from the persecution of the king who had imposed on Herakles the famous twelve labors.While it pursues concepts of deep moral grandeur, it ends with a denouement of astonishing physical and ethical brutality, and affords Euripides a severe comment on what he believed was the decline of the Athenian character. ... Read more

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Euripides on the age old question of political refugees
"The Children of Herakles" has usually been considered a minor political play by Euripides.First performed in 430 B.C.E. it tells of how the children of Herakles were exiled by from their home by the murderous King Eurystheus of Argos (the one who imposed the famous Twelve Labors on the demi-god) after their father's death.The children and their mother fled from country to country in search of sanctuary until, of course, they came to Athens.At first, the Athenians are reluctant to grant asylum, since Eurystheus might bring political and military strife on the city.But Demophon, King of Athens, agrees to admit them.Indeed, the army of Eurystheus surrounds the city and the oracles declares that the safety of Athens depends on the sacrifice of a virgin.Macaria, one of the daughters of Herakles, offers herself as the sacrificial victim.There is then a surprising twist as Eurystheus is captured and Alkmene, the mother of Herakles, insists that the tyrant be put to death.

The play has usually been considered to be nothing more than a glorification of Athens, but, of course, in more contemporary terms it is worth reconsidering this Greek tragedy as a look at the problem of political refugees.This comes approach focuses on the debate the Athenians have over accepting the refugees.In this context it is not simply that Athens is a great place because it accepts the children of Herakles but rather that doing so is a political action of some significance; historically we know that the Athenians were not as generous as Euripides depicts them, but then we also recognize that the tragic playwright was try to inspire his audience.There is also a clear sense of the refugees as being heroic rather than pathetic, not only because of Macaria's willingness to be sacrificed but simply because they have survived.You can consider every refugee to be a success story because they have survived and made it out of their troubled homeland alive.

"The Children of Herakles" works well as an analog to "Medea," with the one play dealing with the topic of how Athens treated refugees and the other touching on how the city tolerated foreigners. However, as with other plays by Euripides, such as "Trojan War," this tragedy is also a meditation on the effects of war.This is one of the shortest plays in Greek drama, but it is arguably one of the most complex of the plays of Euripides.The play suffers from having a particular character dominate the action or a truly great heroic scene and this is never going to be one of the first Greek tragedies anybody is going to look at (indeed, it apparently was never performed in the United States until just recently).But even if it comes at the end of your study of Euripides, it is still a play worth considering for what it says about the playwright and his attempts to inspire his Athenian audience. ... Read more

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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.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T134042



London : printed for John Ward, 1749. 80p.,13plates ; 8° ... Read more