Nineteenth century half
List nineteenth century half
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Balliol blazed the trail in the early nineteenth century by introducing a competitive entrance examination, becoming a dominant influence throughout the british empire in victorian and edwardian timesballiol men were prominent in the collection of humanist literature in the fifteenth century, and the college was notorious in the century after that for adherence to romethe first edition () which used much fresh material and was revisionist in its conclusions, ended with the outbreak of war inthe college's sometime members include many poets and men of letters, heads of government, heads of state, and religious leadersthe revised second edition has been brought up to in the extended epiloguethe second edition included new detail throughout, a greatly increased number of illustrations, and it brought coverage up to in an extended epilogueeven the relative obscurity of the next two hundred years was occasionally illuminated by famous members such as john evelyn the diarist () and james stirling the mathematician ()oxfam bookshop wallingford balliol college has existed as a community of scholars on its present site without interruption since aboutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby this token it is the oldest college in oxford or cambridge
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In the nineteenth century there was a process of ‘verharmlosung’ (freely translated as ‘making innocent’ or ‘softening’) of fairy tales, as a result of which vulgar, violent elements were removed and didactic, pedagogical and moralistic elements were added or more emphasisedas part of this, children's books were increasingly censored in the last quarter of the century and thus adapted to the new pedagogical standardsas a result of the ‘verharmlosung’ and pedagogisation, the large corpus of fairy tales in the twentieth century shrank to a limited selection of stories with a good ending, suitable for childrenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(= joan christiaan eleonor gosler) - het kind en de wolf - rotterdam, dcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis gave the story a more innocent twist and made it fit in better with the world of childrenbolle in rotterdam, aroundplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website(source: historiek) * will be sent by registered mail (postnl) read moresoftcover - cm - 10 ppthe edition was published by dcondition: moderatefor example, in an adaptation of little red riding hood by joan christiaan eleonor gosler (), entitled ‘het kinde en de wolf’, the girl is saved by her father: little red riding hood screams so loudly when she sees the wolf, that he comes to the rescueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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De sorolla à picasso, ", offers a global vision of spanish art at the dawn of the 20th centuryexceptionally rich and diverse, artistic production in spain at the dawn of the twentieth century remains poorly known outside his country of origincentred on painters of the " generation" resulting from the extreme turbulence traversed by spain throughout the nineteenth century, the exhibition shows the evolution experienced by these artistsbetween the death of goya and the cubist period of picasso however extend some fascinating decades, which see forming the beginnings of modern hispanic artthe catalogue accompanying the exhibition contains texts from william hauptman, curator of the exhibition, blanca pons-sorolla (great-granddaughter of painter joachin sorolla) and javier baron (curator at the museo nacional del prado, madrid)the hundred or so works exhibited are entirely reproduced in colour and include artists as diverse as anglada, beruete, casas, mir, picasso, pinazo, regoyos, rusiñol, sorolla and zuloaga ** please note - the text in this catalogue is entirely in french** 5 continents fondation de l'hermitage paperback in very good condition with no markings and good bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany reproductions of the artworks of picasso and his contemporariesthanks to this exhibition, the fondation de l hermitage offers its visitors the discovery of some of spain's hidden treasures, many of which are presented for the first time in switzerlandoscillating between respect for hispanic traditions and modernity, their works are part of the openness of the spanish avant-gardeoxfam books & music totnes the catalogue accompanying the hermitage foundation's exhibition "el modernismo
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We are not sure where they came from, possibly a village church in derbyshire that was knocked down and replaced in the nineteenth centurythe pinnacles measure 78 cms tall by 105 cms across at the basethese items are hand carved oak from a church screen£80 for the lotthe screen items measure 80 cms long and 49 cms long and 21 cms highwe found them in our ancient barn when we bought our house built inthe pinnacles are unusual and quite decorative in their own rightwe think they are 18th century, at the latest, possibly much olderwe used to have them as ornaments on the stairway, but they do not suit our new homebuyer collects from malvern
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The illustrated atlas of the nineteenth century world: jonathan potter, studio editions, , hc with so, 180pp, very goodin een opslag van het oog, de hollandse rivierkartografie en waterstaatszorg in opkomst : paul van den brink, canaletto, , hc with so, 293 pp, very goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe carthography of north america :pierluigi portinaro and franco knirsch,bison books, , hc with so, 320p, very gooddecorative maps: roderick barron, with full colour plates, bracken books, pp, very goodthe united states in old map and prints: eduard van ermen, atomium books, hc with so, pp, very goodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteblaeu's the grand atlas of the 17th century: royal geographical society, p very goodlondon in maps: philippa glanville, the connaisseur, , hc with so, 212p, very goodthe mapping of north america : john goss, the wellfleet press, , hc with so, 184pp, very goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam shop colne road since the nineteenth century, children's literature has been adapted for both the stage and the screenas the twentieth century progressed, children's books provided the material for an increasing range of new media, from radio to computer games, from television to cinema blockbustersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book brings together writers whose work offers contrasting perspectives on the process of adaptation and the varying transformations - social, historical and ideological - that take place when a text moves from the page to another mediumalthough such adaptations are now recognised as a significant part of the culture of childhood and popular culture in general, little has been written about the range of products and experiences that they generatelinking all these contributions is an interest in the changing definition of children's literature and its target audience within an increasingly media-rich society
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Herzen - feiten en gedachten - memoires - in the nineteenth century alexander herzen was what the russian dissident after the revolution of , and especially after the death of stalin in , would become in the twentieth century: an advocate of the dignity of man as enshrined in the right to his own standards, his own thinking, his own doing; on the one hand a prosecutor of any form of oppression and humiliation of the individual by community, state or government, on the other hand a champion of the democratic right of man to freedom and personal responsibility for his choices(privé-domein noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe gives no solutions but asks the right questionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableherzen is among the very few to whom one can turn to in order to find - in the labyrinth of existence - a way out and an impulse to reflectionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefive volumes in the privé-domein series, paperbacks with flaps: 1beautiful tight and crisp volumes! read morereading herzen means gaining strength to tackle these questions againour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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In this fascinating, entertaining and illuminating book francine stock takes us on a personal journey through a glorious century of cinema, showing in vivid detail how film both reflects and makes our worldoxfam shop wolverhampton at the end of the nineteenth century, audiences were enthralled by the flickering image of an oncoming train in a lumière brothers' short film; more than a hundred years later the immersive fantasy of avatar enveloped audiences around the globefilm is a communal dream in which our fears and fantasies are revealed, often to startling effectit has burrowed deep into our psyche, changing perceptions of history and memory -- one study showed soldiers' recall may sometimes owe more to war films than actual experienceit has even raised romantic expectations that for us, too, 'the one' will arrive for that big clinch in the final reelit has influenced our behaviour in small but significant ways, from the widespread abandonment of vests after clark gable's example in it happened one night to gangsters holding their weapons at movie-cool angles, improving their image but not their aimsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite decades of rapid change, we are still hypnotised and seduced by the power of cinema; it remains our most persuasive mass entertainmentit has intertwined with politics, helping to forge national identity, galvanise against a wartime enemy or warn of social upheaval via horror or science fiction
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Oxfam shop shrewsbury nineteenth century besique playing cards and leather tally cards, manufactured by joseph reynolds, with instruction booklet, enclosed in a later cardboard writing paper boxsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Issued by christian seltmann - artist christian luckel in the tradition of the nineteenth century munich school of art1st issue - the blacksmith (vor der schmiede) nodth issue - the fishermen (auslauf dear fischer) nocth issue - daytrip in the summertime (sonntagsausflug mit dear kutsche nocth issue - on the way to the market (auz dem weg zum markt) nobth issue - in the fields at harvest time (erntezeit in den feldern) noprice of postage not includedath issue - at the village fountain (waschtag an dorfbrunnen) nowill sell separately £5 eachvnd issue - arrival of the stagecoach (ankunft der postkutsche) nob all plates in their original box and original paperwork
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First part of the 18th centuryhalf moon shaped corner furniture in solid walnutare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteitems are shipped with acknowledgement of receiptshipping: france: 10 to 30 days europe: 15 to 30 days for further information, please contact us: read moreopening in front by two leaveswooden top in trompe-l’oeil marbleour shipping fees include transport, packing, packaging materials, labour and insurancefor the islands and the rest of the world, a quote will be made upon requestdimensions: h ------------------------------------------------------------- after purchase and payment of the item in our store, the shipping process will be initiated: furniture check, packaging, contact with carriers, shipmentrests on a plinthour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea free storage service is available for customers who would like a long-term delivery
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Byatt's booker prize-winning novel, possession, these two mesmerising novellas are set in the nineteenth centuryoxfam bookshop cheltenham like ain morpho eugenia, an explorer realises that the behaviour of the people around him is alarmingly similar to that of the insects he studiesin the conjugal angel, curious individuals - some fictional, others drawn from history - gather to connect with the spirit worldthroughout both, byatt examines the eccentricities of the victorian era, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance, science and faith into a sumptuous, magical tapestrysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham at the end of the nineteenth century china is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe only constant is the power wielded by one woman, tzu hsi, also known as empress orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal lossesin this sequel to the bestselling empress orchid, anchee min brings to life one of the most important figures in chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centuryin telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his death
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The religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern world condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a contemporary reprint of sir bernard burke's meticulously researched compendium of coats of arms in england, wales, scotland and ireland, originally published at the end of the nineteenth century and including over coatssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, with some marks to the cover
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford this first edition book studies the ottoman jewish community and the economic, cultural and religious contributions of its members with special attention to the ottoman role in protecting their jewish subjects from christian anti-semitism within the empire during the nineteenth centurysome annotations in ink as illustrated in digital images - priced accordingly see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop rosemount viaduct from the first small items sold to fishermen and tourists in the nineteenth century, to the highly fashionable androgynous sweaters of the s, to the large starry norwegian patterns popular after world war ii, to the hand- and machine-made yoke sweaters of the s and s, ann feitelson applies ardent dedication to her researchthroughout these wonderful colors and glowing patterns, the art of fair isle knitting conveys an unending sense of pricepride in the work of womenshe leads readers through the history of fair isle knitting to an examination of the style's techniques, explicating not only the unique colorways and pattern, but such valuable details as ways to hold the yarnsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea chapter on knitting math is both easy to follow and invaluable for planning sizes and patterns, while a glossary of shetland knitting terms links a way of life that is largely gone with the knowledge and skills that the art of fair isle knittinghelps to preservepride in the creation of exceptional garmentsan accomplished knitter herself, feitelson presents twenty-three original fair isle designs, and encourages readers to create their ownpride in a knitting style known throughout the worldpride in the dedication of shetland knitters
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiheight 30 x 22 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableframe internal size: 15 x 11 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful frame with musician cherubs, birds and bouquets of flowers, carved in fine boxwood, restorations and flawsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Such were the trials facing the men who shipped out as doctors on south seas whalers in the early nineteenth centurytropical diseaseirritable captainsin this lively and often darkly humorous tale we learn what type of person would sign on for a dangerous three year voyage across the globe, what types of medicines and surgical tools were available and what sort of people they encountered on remote south seas islandsusing diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men undergoing unbelievable hardships
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful edition, with six etchings by phcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablezilken, six photogravure plates and over 200 other illustrationsback binding cracked but not detached (see photo)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome surface dirt on coverdefects: signs of wear on edge of pages and coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Four in total; motive, gender & large scale form c nineteenth century genres from c english musical identity c beethoven’s eighth symphony read moreideal for any music student or teacheropen university books - studies in music
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Enfield's speaker remained in print until the middle of the nineteenth century and inspired other anthologies, such as mary wollstonecraft's the female speakerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimiller, london - new edition - 404p, 14cmx12cm - condition, front board loose, owner's name on front endpaper, some wear to gutter, scattered foxingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available[3] he published a sequel, exercises in elocution inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"the speaker; or, miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best english writers" by william enfield - awilliam enfield (29 march november ) was a british unitarian minister who published a bestselling book on elocution entitled the speaker ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehis most successful work, however, was the speaker (), an anthology of literary extracts intended to teach elocution, and produced first for his warrington pupils
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Interesting german atlas from the late nineteenth centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesize: 42 x 30 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetitle: handatlas in 91 haupt und 86 nebenkarten author: andrees allgemeiner publisher: bielfed un leipzig verlag von velhagen & klasing year of publication: pages: 140 pages with lithographed maps printed on one side and 166 pages with indexesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Spectacular illustrations, after nicholas henri jacob () and perhaps the most beautiful anatomical and surgical atlas of the nineteenth centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe anatomical images are still very useful and informative, and the surgical images are among the best illustrations of nineteenth-century intruments and operationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprecisely-detailed hand-coloring was done by an elaborate system of stencils; otherwise the time involved in the intricate hand-coloring all of the large plates might have made the edition impossibleeach print measures approximately inches wide - inches long (32,0x43,0 cm)waller ; wellcome ii, pall our prints are authentic hand coloured antique prints, and the bourgery’s are about 160 years old & in outstanding conditionbibliography reference: roberts & tomlinson ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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700 to the middle of the nineteenth centurytext block is clean and tight and free from annotation and marginaliaglossy blue pictorial dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe invaluable series of 36 plates shows 56 examples of english handwriting from cblue cloth covered boards, some scuffs, marks and discolourationvarious superficial scuffs and dents, discolouration to outer edges and spinepale blue endpapersoxfam bookshop newport the chief object of this book is to moderate as far as possible the difficulties of reading presented by the hand written in england for administrative, legal or business purposes during the past eight or nine centuries
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Many of his natural history and ethnographic drawings served until the beginning of the nineteenth century' as templates for the elaborate illustrations in the works of von gmelin and pallasare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe paper is white, strong and chain-lined, and with watermarkscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe colours are bright and very intensedavid renatus nitschmann, who came from a family of moravian exiles, had a remarkable gift for drawingeven today their value is undiminishedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe condition is good for a print that are over 200 years old, with no or very light foxingthese prints are from an extremely rare work of beautifully hand colored stipple engravings by nitschmann dthey are beautifully executed stipple engravings in very fine detailwith his depictions, which rested on precise observation, nitschmannmade a not insignificant contribution to knowledge of nature and culture in the volga region at a time when the extensive russian empire was being opened upour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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During his career, he was a member of arti et amicitiae in amsterdam and the artist circle veluwezoom, which was formed around the village of oosterbeek in the middle of the nineteenth centurythis work comes with a newspaper article attached to the backare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisigned on the bottom right: "bit was painted incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewill be carefully packaged and shipped by registered and insured postthis is from the newspaper in when the work was exhibited in an art dealerhe painted, drew and lithographed portraits and landscapes, among other things, but was mainly known for his precisely and finely executed still lifesdimension without the frame: 47 x 26as a scene, he often opted for flowers or an arrangement of ancient roman and/or oriental (indian and japanese) arts and craftsa beautiful still life of the dutch artist bernardus arps (culemborg oosterbeek)biography: arps was a pupil of the academy of fine arts in rotterdam and then studied at the polytechnic school in delft under the direction of adolf le comte ()painted on panelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Dimensions: 35 x 17 x 17 cm it dates back to the nineteenth century, maybe even older read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis mecca-gilt and silver-tone wooden angel comes from a small churchour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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En route, there are 'pocket map' tales on dragons and undergrounds, a nineteenth century murder map, the research conducted on the different ways that men and women approach a map, and an explanation of the curious long-term cartographic role played by animalson the map is a witty and irrepressible examination of where we've been, how we got there and where we're goingoxfam bookshop cheltenham maps fascinate usthey chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our storiesif maps be the fuel of wanderlust, read onfrom the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to google maps and beyond, simon garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history, with pocket maps of dragons, mars, murders and more, with plenty of illustrations and prints to signpost the routesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis compelling narratives range from the quest to create the perfect globe to the challenges of mapping africa and antarctica, from spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of america, from ordnance survey to the mapping of monopoly and skyrim, and from rare map dealers to cartographic frauds" from the foreword by dava sobel, author of longitude
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