The Literary Museum; Or, a Selection of Scarce Old Tracts (Paperback)


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: ++++Huntington LibraryN019229The editor's dedication signed: F. G. Waldron. Published in parts, most of which have separate titlepages; contents include: 'De preclaris mulieribus', 1789; 'A delicate diet', 1789; 'Dispersed poems, by Spenser', 1792; 'The period of mourning', 1789; 'The works of Ben. Jonson'; 'The ceremonies for the healing .. ', 1789; 'THe office of consecrating cramp-rings', 1694; 'Onne mie Maister Lydgate'; 'The new Arcadia'; 'The king in the country', 1789; 'Roscius Anglicanus', 1789. The order of binding may vary.London: printed for the editor, 1792. 11pts.; 8

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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: ++++Huntington LibraryN019229The editor's dedication signed: F. G. Waldron. Published in parts, most of which have separate titlepages; contents include: 'De preclaris mulieribus', 1789; 'A delicate diet', 1789; 'Dispersed poems, by Spenser', 1792; 'The period of mourning', 1789; 'The works of Ben. Jonson'; 'The ceremonies for the healing .. ', 1789; 'THe office of consecrating cramp-rings', 1694; 'Onne mie Maister Lydgate'; 'The new Arcadia'; 'The king in the country', 1789; 'Roscius Anglicanus', 1789. The order of binding may vary.London: printed for the editor, 1792. 11pts.; 8

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Gale Ecco, Print Editions

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United States

Release date

June 2010

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June 2010

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Dimensions

189 x 246 x 18mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

338

ISBN-13

978-1-170-00683-2

Barcode

9781170006832

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1-170-00683-3



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