General Catalogue of the Library of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Authors
Title | General Catalogue of the Library of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Authors PDF eBook |
Author | Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1032 |
Release | 1917 |
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British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Title | British Museum Catalogue of printed Books PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 1895 |
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Title | Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum PDF eBook |
Author | British Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 962 |
Release | 1946 |
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ISBN |
General catalogue of printed books
Title | General catalogue of printed books PDF eBook |
Author | British museum. Dept. of printed books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 1931 |
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The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Title | The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900 PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 956 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN |
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Title | General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955 PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1238 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | English imprints |
ISBN |
Crescendo of the Virtuoso
Title | Crescendo of the Virtuoso PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Metzner |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2024-07-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520377400 |
During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.