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Printmaker James Caulfield (1764-1826) spent much of his career
publishing illustrated books about 'remarkable persons'. He began
his first series around 1788 and continued it sporadically from
1790 to 1795, with books on a similar theme continuing to appear in
the first decades of the nineteenth century. More than forty years
after his death, this collection of biographies (produced in
collaboration with Henry Wilson (fl. 1820-30)) was republished in
1869. The edition's introduction explains that the renewed interest
in these characters comes from the fact that 'we have nearly lost
all, and are daily losing what little remains of, our
individuality'. The vignettes, accompanied by engravings of each
individual, describe a wide-ranging group - from the man who died
aged 152 to a 'remarkable glutton' to a woman who lived on the
smell of flowers - their only common factor being that they were in
some way 'wonderful'.
Title: Historical Remarques and Observations of the Ancient and
Present State of London and Westminster ... Illustrated with
pictures ... ingraven on copper plates ... The fourth
edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the
development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights
include the development of language, political and educational
systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents
periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion
into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of
new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++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: ++++
British Library Burton, Richard; Caulfield, James; Crouch,
Nathaniel; 1810. 178 p.; 4 . G.5225.(2.)
Title: The High Court of Justice: comprising memoirs of the
principal persons who sat in judgment on King Charles the First and
signed his death-warrant, together with those accessaries excepted
by Parliament in the bill of indemnity.Author: James
CaulfieldPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++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: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04099400CollectionID:
CTRG02-B848PublicationDate: 18200101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Includes memoirs of the three judges, Goffe, Whalley,
and Dixwell, who fled to America. Includes index.Collation: xi,
112, 4] p., 23] leaves of plates: ill., ports.; 28 cm
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