Excerpt from The Care of Books: An Essay on the Development of Libraries and Their Fittings, From the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century Reader in Bibliography, delivered before the University of Cambridge in 1900, I developed the subject still further, extending the scope of my enquiries so as to include the libraries of Greece and Rome. In writing my present book I have availed myself freely of the three works above mentioned. At the same time I have incorporated much fresh material; and I am glad to take this opportunity of stating, that, with the single exception of the Escorial, I have personally examined and measured every building which I have had occasion to describe; and many of the illustrations are from my own sketches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Care of Books: An Essay on the Development of Libraries and Their Fittings, From the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

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John Willis Clark

Architecture

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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, Vol. 2 A death in the family circle at Dent determined Sedgwick's first invitation to his niece Isabella. In February, 1840, his brother John had the misfortune to lose his second daughter, Emma. Sedgwick was deeply af&#64258;icted by the fatal termination of a long illness which does not seem to have been thought dangerous. I greatly pity the father and. Mother, he wrote 1. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Memoirs

The Observances in Use at the Augustinian Priory of Barnwell, Giles: And S. Andrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire; Edited With I Re Edited (Classic Reprint)

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