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Oxfam books & music olney an account of the life and work of john bridges, antiquary bornrare book: £25 0nline see oxfam website for delivery information read more a slightly worn paperback 1st edition, green cover with architectural drawing, ruins of holdenby house, on front, notes about the book & authors on the back
15 €
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His itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, cooxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100shortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julythese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquemost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchbest known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diarieshis observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionthe memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sidesit makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianisma scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextslee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitora scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first time
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There are fold out diagrams and family trees etcarticles / lectures on william claridge obituary stott hill hallcovers are brown -paper and slightly torn on edgesjoseph priestley yeoman-clothier of 17th centurylocal holy wellsand other snippets and articles from earlier sourcesmanningham in reign of james i150 mm x 240 mm 228 g spine a little torn at basepaper inside is glossy finish and pages are untorn and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth new series part xxvplus society's annual reportthe pamphlet has some stamps and markings of the halifax antiquarian society as it is a library copy
14 €
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Acquired in a venetian-florentino antiquaryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit´s an exceptional piece both for its beauty, rarity and its conditionattributed to the dressmaker bendari, active in florence in the 18th-centuryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevenetian chasuble from the 18th centurycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableexceptional collector's piece
119 €
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"a classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue" will appeal those with an interest in lexicography and historical slang, and it would make for a charming addition to any collectionoxfam bookshop brigg first published in , this book is an extensive dictionary of contemporary slang and colloquialisms written by francis grosefrancis grose was an english draughtsman, antiquary, and lexicographerother notable works by this author include: "the antiquities of england and wales", "a glossary of provincial and local words used in england" and "the antiquities of scotland" in good condition complete with dust jacket see oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €