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A History of Booksellers
Henry Curwen (1845–1892) was a journalist and author who became editor of the Times of India. First published in 1874, A History of Booksellers aimed at providing an informative …
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792–1855) was an acclaimed surveyor and explorer of Australia. After attending the University of Edinburgh Mitchell joined the British Army in …
A sketch of the life and writings of Robert Knox, the anatomist
Among the ablest anatomical teachers of his day, Robert Knox (1791–1862) also busied himself with the study of zoology and ethnology. Prepared by his pupil and colleague Henry …
Typographical Antiquities
When this work was published, its original author had been dead for fifty years. As the title page explains, the work of Joseph Ames (1687–1759) was considerably augmented by …
A Century of the English Book Trade
Edward Gordon Duff (1863–1924) was a bibliographer and librarian with a particular interest in early printed books. He was librarian of the John Rylands Library, Manchester, from …
The Works, Literary, Moral, and Medical, of Thomas Percival, M.D.: Volume 1
A physician and medical reformer enthused by the scientific and cultural progress of the Enlightenment as it took hold in Britain, Thomas Percival (1740–1804) wrote on many topics, …
Reminiscences of Literary London from 1779 to 1853
This volume brings together extensive recollections of authors, publishers, auctioneers and booksellers from 1779 to 1853, based on the author's personal acquaintance with the …
Dissertations on Malaria, Contagion and Cholera
When this book was first published in 1832, England was caught in a cholera pandemic that had already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. It was commonly held …
The Catalogue of the Library of the Wisbech Museum
Wisbech in north Cambridgeshire was a wealthy port in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and was home to bankers, writers and influential social reformers including Thomas …
The Sources of Archbishop Parker's Collection of Mss. at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served …
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Jesus College
M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served …
A Treatise on the Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the Years 1793–4–5–6
In 1793, the Caribbean island of Dominica fell victim to the deadly yellow fever virus. The British physician James Clark (c.1737–1819), who practised on the island for many years, …