A Catalogue of a Curious, Scarce, and Useful Collection of Books, Containing Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes. To which is Added a Select Collection of Prints. ... the Whole Will Begin to be Sold, on Thursday the 31st of July, 1800, ... by John Todd, ... in Stonegate, York, ...

A Catalogue of a Curious, Scarce, and Useful Collection of Books, Containing Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes. To which is Added a Select Collection of Prints. ... the Whole Will Begin to be Sold, on Thursday the 31st of July, 1800, ... by John Todd, ... in Stonegate, York, ...
Title A Catalogue of a Curious, Scarce, and Useful Collection of Books, Containing Upwards of Fifty Thousand Volumes. To which is Added a Select Collection of Prints. ... the Whole Will Begin to be Sold, on Thursday the 31st of July, 1800, ... by John Todd, ... in Stonegate, York, ... PDF eBook
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History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760

History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760
Title History of Windham County, Connecticut: 1600-1760 PDF eBook
Author Ellen Douglas Larned
Publisher
Pages 618
Release 1874
Genre Windham County (Conn.)
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Chronicles of London Bridge

Chronicles of London Bridge
Title Chronicles of London Bridge PDF eBook
Author Thomson
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Pages 542
Release 1839
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Ilkley: Ancient & Modern

Ilkley: Ancient & Modern
Title Ilkley: Ancient & Modern PDF eBook
Author Robert Collyer
Publisher
Pages 442
Release 1885
Genre England
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Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross

Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross
Title Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross PDF eBook
Author William Maziere Brady
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Pages 440
Release 1863
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Fonthill Recovered

Fonthill Recovered
Title Fonthill Recovered PDF eBook
Author Caroline Dakers
Publisher UCL Press
Pages 430
Release 2018-05-16
Genre History
ISBN 1787350452

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Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.

The Cornell Alumni News

The Cornell Alumni News
Title The Cornell Alumni News PDF eBook
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Pages 702
Release 1905
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