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: ++++British LibraryT074944Dedication signed: Anna L]titia Aikin. A resetting of the first edition (also 1773), with the errata corrected. H3 is a cancel.London: printed for Joseph Johnson, 1773. vi,138p.; 4
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Edition:
1792, Printed for Joseph Johnson, St Paul's Churchyard
Publisher:
Printed for Joseph Johnson, St Paul's Churchyard
Published:
1792
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17881758257
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Seller's Description:
Poor. Printed for Joseph Johnson, St Paul's Churchyard, 1792. Scarce. Leather. No dust jacket. Library discard with usual stamps and paste-ins. Cover has profound shelfwear, spine is heavily worn, front cover is gone, back cover nearly off, heavily scuffed and toned. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned, light foxing. Good reading copy. An important work, excellent candidate for rebinding/restoration. 'A New Edition, corrected, to which is added 'Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade'.
