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Author | : Edward Wilson-Lee |
Publisher | : Scribner |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2020-03-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1982111402 |
Download The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.
Author | : Stephens (James Francis) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 1829 |
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Download A Systematic Catalogue of British Insects: Being an Attempt to Arrange All the Hitherto Discovered Indigenous Insects in Accordance with Their Natural Affinities. Containing Also the References to Every English Writer on Entomology, and to the Principal Foreign Authors. With All the Published British Genera to the Present Time. By James Francis Stephens Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : F. Weaklin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Download An attempt to catalogue and classify a ... collection of books Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
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American national trade bibliography.
Author | : Ernst Steiger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
Download Specimen of an Attempt at a Catalogue of Original American Books Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Ernst Steiger |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2019-02-18 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780331147766 |
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Excerpt from Specimen of an Attempt at a Catalogue of Original American Books: With Index of Subject-Matters My aim in the following pages has been to attempt a partial Specimen of a compendious, descriptive Catalogue of Original American Works. The necessity for a similar complete. Catalogue need not be dwelt upon. 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.
Author | : United States. Superintendent of Documents |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2606 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Download Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Kobi Yamada |
Publisher | : Compendium Publishing & Communications |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2021-02-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781970147285 |
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How will you know what's possible if you don't try? This is a story for anyone who has ever felt like a beginner, or had doubts, or worried they weren't good enough. It's a story for those who have experienced the pain of trying something new and not having it turn out as they had hoped. Written by New York Times best-selling author Kobi Yamada, this captivating book celebrates the way failure is the just the beginning of the journey. With alluring black-and-white illustrations and a powerful message, this beautiful tale is about how failure has so much to offer--lessons that help us learn, grow, and discover all the amazing things we can do.
Author | : Georges Perec |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780984115525 |
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Author | : Don Thompson |
Publisher | : Aurum |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2010-09-25 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1845136519 |
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Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting No.5 1948 sell for $140 million? 'The $12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shar'k is the first book to look at the economics of the modern art world, and the marketing strategies that power the market to produce such astronomical prices. Don Thompson talks to auction houses, dealers, and collectors to find out the source of Charles Saatchi’s Midas touch, and how far a gallery like White Cube has contributed to Damien Hirst becoming one of the highest-earning artists in the world.