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"shakespeare" identified in edward de vere, the seventeenth earl of oxford j condition: overall condition good, tight binding, all pages clean and intact with no notes or markingsthomas looney culturally important work examining the contention that shakespeare's plays and poems were written by edward de vereoriginator of the oxfordian theory, jsee oxfam website for delivery information read more466 pp, softcover with frontispiece and blank pages at the beginning of the book bearing portrait of edward de vere reproduced in black and white and university of california ex libris stampsthis is a  print-on-demand edition, hence some pages are marred by black ink marks and the title on the front cover is slightly blurredthomas looney argues his case with a wealth of historical detail in a book that will be of interest to shakespearian scholars and historians alikehowever, pages are somewhat yellowed and corners of cover curled
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativepresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the periodcovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy
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Part two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storea study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itpart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printtwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhis edition is from
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Age: seventeenth to eighteenth centuryyou are extremely welcome to come and have a good lookapproximately: 20 feet, 13 inches wide york sandstone
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock twenty-four italian songs and arias of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries arranged for the medium high voice and piano very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecover and pages clean and tightly boundschirmer's library of musical classics volumeslight damage from label at top right corner of cover and very slight marking on back cover
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Volumes 1 and 2 of this famous book about the history of the dutch republic in the seventeenth centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storetwo title pages and one engraved title page, also with a full-page portrait of the author leti ()some pages are loose or cutplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableespecially in the second part, quires are sometimes tannedsieges, battles, maps and plans are missing, which means that some pages of text are also missingincluding 55 other engravings and etchings of costumes, portraits, nobles, princes, queens and emperors
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Such decorations are characterised by a rather naive hatching and almost never have the expertise of a proven artist; however, the unknown draughtsman (if it was only one) strives to vary the compositional schemes and shows an uncommon imagination: he associates elements with volutes of still seventeenth century taste with almost rocaille motifs, grotesque masks with animals existing in nature (such as owls, mice and rabbits), fearful or ridiculous invented monsters with weaves of branches, roots and leavesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store96 watercolour drawings, made on full page in pen, brush, ink and brown watercolour: 95 are large elements framing the titles of the treatises included in the codex and the chapters that make up the treatises; another full-page drawing is a schematic depiction of a philosophical reasoning, enriched with plant ornaments and a half human figurespine with five raised bands; fillet pane with central fleuron and dotted friezes on the inner corners, all printed in goldconsidering the content of the pages, it is not unlikely that the volume contains study texts in use at a monastery or conventthe rare and interesting volume includes various writings of philosophy and theologycoeval full brown spotted leather bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki302 sheets handwritten in pen in italics with texts in latincatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo small loose sheets: one, made in pencil, pen and brown ink and left unfinished, it bears the drawing of a rustic portal with telamons; the second has a pen drawing with watercolouring delineated on one side, which depicts a noble coat of arms within a baroque frame: truncated, in the upper section of a tower (or door?) with three battlements, in the lower one a six-point star; the shield is surmounted by a helmet facing left; the loose sheet with the coat of arms bears, on the back, a printed text (datable around the xviii century) which refers to a "congregation" of rivoli (city now in the province of turin)a theological treatise on the spirit, which also dwells on angels) and an institutio moralisin excellent condition; limited retouches to the binding; slightly browned interiorsome ornate initials; beautiful tailpieces drawn in pen with friezes, natural and landscape elementsother than arguments of logic and metaphysics, the codex includes a compendium pneumatice (ired sprayed edgesthe main reason for interest of the book lies, perhaps, in the rich ornamentation, with a pleasant and whimsical effect
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Two (2) figurines in seventeenth century clothes dimensions: height 12our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storein good condition, no shortcomingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiboth need to be cleanedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available5 cm total weight 686 grams silver fineness hallmark 800 in a circle and silversmithâs hallmark 23 alall solid silver
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seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppsmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jsun wear on spine of dust jacketvolume ii: susan higman (edvolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark jeach volume is a clothbound hardcover with dustjacket and b/w illsixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppbibliographical info and an indexour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemillard architectural collectionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume iv: frances kianka (edfifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppvolume iii: susan higman (edsixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableitalian and spanish booksnorthern european booksmillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washington
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The bible texts all seem to be from the dutch authorised version from the seventeenth centurythe edition has two variant title pages; one (like this copy) with and the other without mention of âsecond editionâhis bookseller's address was âop de cingel bij de appelmarktâ; in he lived on 't water for a short timehowever, the front cover is loosening and the back cover is missingschorschâ, a collector of emblem bookson the opposite page is a print with a quote from the psalms on which the image is basedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiberge, delin: et schulp;â the book starts with a dedication to kornelis kalkoen (), schepen of amsterdamon the blank page of the marbled front endpaper is, in pencil, a phrase from the song of solomon (6:10) written in english: âwho is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sunâ (see pictures)in the last twenty pages there is a spot at the bottom right (see pictures) the book consists of 150 contemplations and as many copper engravingsbelow this quote, a contemplation is included under the title âzielzuchtâ(by the way: many psalms are said to have been written by king davidgedicht en zamengestelt door kornelis zweerts met hondert en vyftig printverbeeldingen versierteach of the 150 contributions occupies two pagesfor instance, the vierde harpzang (pthe binding is not so good(11) an additional illustrated title page with a print, also by pieter van den berge (signed with âpwijnman (): nieuw nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek(2) followed by a message to the reader (11) and seven poems (by aon the inside is an ex-libris including coat of arms, âbibliotheque iâ (see photos) sweerts (cornelis of kornelis), later written as zweerts, which spelling has been preserved by his descendants, born in amsterdam 20 febthere are, however, small errors in the exact reference to the psalmslater leather binding - [xxxii]301 pptwede druk naukeurig door hem zelf nagezien en vertertt'amsterdam, by jacob ter beek, boekverkooper bezyden de beurs, in de gekroonde bybelon one page is a quote from both the old and new testament and from the apocryphaat the end of the book there is a 3-page overview in which the back list of the printer is shown: âregister van boeken die by jacob ter beek gedrukt of te bekomen zyn, beneffens veele andererotgans, among others) written in response to this bookour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeâ) condition: the bookblock is in excellent conditionhe was a son of hieronymus sweerts and on 10 january he became a member of the amsterdam bookseller's guildplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe chosen verses and images will sometimes still be very recognisable today, as with the seventh harp song: âhy valt in den kuil voor anderen gegraevenâ (see photos)[iii] - cm this is the second edition of a beautiful collection of emblems from the end of the golden age11) is accompanied by a text that says verse 9, but this is actually verse 6 in the dutch translation) below the quote from psalms is an explanation of the image with a concluding observation in capitalskornelis zweerts - zede- en zinnebeelden over koning davids harpzangen: nevens daar op toegepaste zielzuchtenthe spine is in fine condition with beautiful motifs and the titlethe binding is from a slightly later time, late 18th / early 19th century, just like the marbled endpapersrare collection of 18th-century emblemscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabledied in maarssen 23 march, buried in amsterdam in the nieuwe kerk 29 march , was a poet, playwright and publisherclean, solid and crisp and with gilt edgesthe frontispiece is by pieter van den berge, signed at the bottom with âpin addition to âdavids harpzangenâ he also has many other publications to his name, such as: jacoba van beijeren, erfgravin van holland (); apollo en dafne (); tafereel der deugden en ondeugden () en boertige en ernstige minnezangen in
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The sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later developmentsome page edge and board wear, jacket is cuthe speaks with conviction and vigour about issues including religious tolerance and intolerance and the conflict between church and state; he closes with a plea for unity the churchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe protestant tradition stems mainly from luther, calvin, and the sectariansafter him calvin, with his remorseless logic, may seem an unsympathetic figure; but here he is shown in his proper light as the great statesman and doctrinarian of the young churchluther was the revolutionary genius; because of his acute sense of paradox his teaching is difficult to understand, but dr whale's summing-up makes it a good deal easieroxfam bookshop carlisle first published in , this book was intended to offer a new interpretation of early protestantism and, against this background, a searching treatment of modern religious issues
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the ashmolean museum's collection of french porcelain is remarkable both for several individual pieces from famous collections, and also for the way in which it demonstrates the development in porcelain in france from the late seventeenth century onwardssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecloud, chantilly, mennecy and villeroythis book illustrates and discusses in detail over fifty of the most attractive, rare and important pieces in the collection, from eight known factories, including vincennes/sévres, staileen dawson is a curator in the department of medieval and later antiquities at the british museum
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In the atlas of disease, sandra hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the aids epidemic in the s and the recent devastating ebola outbreakthe atlas of disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new an innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world's most deadly pandemics and epidemicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in history diseases covered: airborne: diphtheria; influenza; leprosy; measles; scarlet fever; sars; smallpox; tuberculosis (tb) waterborne: cholera; dysentery; typhoid insects and animals: malaria; plague; typhus; yellow fever; zika human to human: polio; ebola; hiv and aids; syphilis  crucially, the atlas of disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patternsthese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless lives
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"the marchioness of brinvilliers: the poisoner of the seventeenth century; a romance in old paris" by albert smith and illustrated by john leech london: richard bentley & son, - first thus uk edition - 313p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original binding with gilded figure on front board, some wear to boards and spine middle, some soiling on front endpapers, foxing, one plate loose, all 15 leech plates presentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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By the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedchapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this periodin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchywith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionthe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centurya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth century
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An account of the animals used by the british and commonwealth armies from the seventeenth century to the present day with a description of their equipmentotherwise the book is in very good condition with the hard cover showing very little wearthere is a little foxing to the top edges of the pages but internally the pages are clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket and plastic coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a very small tear to the plastic cover on the spine and there is slight bumping to the top corners and top of the spine of the dust jacket and plastic coverfully illustrated with over 100 photographs and diagramsfirst published , this version reprinted
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Oxfam bookshop skipton draws together a rich variety of music from oriental, medieval and renaissance composers to the beginning of the seventeenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginal dustcover, binding tight and pages cleansigned 'joyce l collins' by a previous owner
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A history of french dramatic literature in the seventeenth century ii (johns hopkins, ); rougier, francis lour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeset amidst neroâs persecution of christians in 1st century rome, two boys from syracus, mĂ©linte and palmĂ©de, visit rome where they fall in love with two girls: mĂ©linte with ariane and palmĂ©de with her maid Ă©picharisfrom the work of jean desmarets de saint-sorlin (), lâariane de monsieur des marets conseiller du roy et controlleur general de lâextraordinaire des guerres de novveav rĂ©vevĂ«, et avgmentee de plusieurs histoires par l'autheur, et enrichie de plusieurs figuresplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigaston, richelieu's desmarets and the century of louis xiv (); lancaster, hcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemeanwhile mĂ©linteâs friend palmĂ©de proves to be arianeâs lost brother and has, as a result, stature enough to marry Ă©picharis, whom he loves all alongthe book is written in the manner of dâurfeâs more famous astrĂ©e, to which it is indebted for themes, narrative techniques, atmosphere, and elements of characterizationâ (hall, 110)the author jean desmarets de saint-sorlin was a french poet, dramatist, and novelist, who was born and died in parisintroduced as a slave belonging to ariane, Ă©picharis proves to be the long-lost sister of the hero mĂ©linteâjean desmarets de saint-sorlinâ in the catholic encyclopedia iv (new york: robert appleton, )
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Herman moll (c) moll was one of the most important figures in the english map trade in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centurieshe worked hard, had a substantial output of cartographic material, as engraver, mapmaker or publisher, such that one might assume that he had assistants or apprentices to help, but there is no evidence of this, and, after his death in , the âmoll firmâ disappears without traceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki]; an actuall survey of the road from london to the lands-end [much of his career was spent as a jobbing engraver for mapmakers and publishers, particularly in the book trade for people like james knapton, providing the maps for their travel accountsin moll commenced work on his most famous publication, âthe world describedâ, a collection of two sheet maps of the worldit was one of the most famous english atlases of the eighteenth century, and long-lived; the atlas was completed in ; the maps, in other hand, were still being advertised for sale in]; a pocket companion of ye roads of ye north part of great britain called scotland [it seems likely that he came from germany, possibly bremen, and was in london byshortly after the pitt atlas project failed, moll tried to establish a business as a mapmaker, or âgeographerâ as he termed himself, but was unsuccessfulhis son gilles hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, henderina amelia moll, is little more than a name on a will]; an actuall survey of the north west road from london to holy head &cour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemoll first appears in as an engraver working on moses pittâs âthe english atlasâ with sir robert hooke, one of the patrons of the project]; and a further five road mapsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeach map leaf 29]; () an actuall survey of the road from london to bath [7cm, and with chamfered or canted angles and laid down within a conserving paper framean album of 12 two-page engraved maps delineated in contemporary hand-colouring, comprising: a pocket companion of ye roads, of ye south part of great britain, called england and wales [it was the availability of an engraver that gave the impetus to so many publishers to commission maps for publications, and may account for some of the success of such publications]; an actuall survey of the rod from london to aberistwith (sic, aberystwyth) [moll later claimed that he was employed by prince rupert to assist themcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevery handsomely done tootwentieth-century blue morocco gilt over marbled boards, endpapers marbled en suite]; an actuall survey of ye road from london to sthowever, very little is known about his background
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Publisher: headline book publishingfirst edition with dust jacket in used condition1st page has initials and date of sept 89 in blue inkauthor: ellis peters
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"english sacred poetry of the sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" selected by willmott george routldge, london - new edition - ill by various incl gilbert and engraved by brothers danziel - 419p, 25cmx20cm - condtion: good, gift inscription to ffep, some foxing, complete with all illustrations, housed in mylar coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available1 "the poets of the nineteenth century" by rev robert aris willmott george routledge, london - first thus edition - 394p, 20cmx15cm - condition; good, original binding with some wear and rubbing, some page foxing, some scribbling and inscription endpapers
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The work is a treatise on the theories of the famous french philosopher and scientist of the seventeenth century renĂše descartes by a jesuit native of rouenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storetext in french; woodcut typographic friezesthe work, of anti-libertine stance, is interesting in particular for the treatment of cartesian theories on emptiness and "heavenly mechanics"tipped-in: a woodcut plate depicting the moon, printed on a folded sheet, repeated three timesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicoeval havana-coloured full leather binding; on the spine, red tag with tile and author at the top, then a lozenge decoration among the friezes, all printed in gold; faded red edgescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe first four parts of the work were first printed in , while the fifth and final part was first printed in the edition under consideration heregabriel daniel was best known as a historian of the kingdom of france, but he also wrote controversial and popular works on descartes and pascala copy in good condition; traces of wear to the binding; a small tear along the vertical folding line on one of the three tipped-in plates depicting the moonin the text, about twenty small woodcut scientific illustrations, some of them with re-use of the same woodcut matrices( numbered pages, including the cover page
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The three novels, published by oxford university press, are: pennington's seventeenth summer, published the beethoven medal, published pennington's heir, publishedthe three novels cover the life and school career of teenager pennington, and are aimed at a 'young adult' readershipthe volumes are in very good condition, with very good unclipped dust jackets protected by mylar coverssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop sevenoaks a set of three first edition novels by k m peyton featuring the character patrick pennington
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âde betoverde wereldâ (the world bewitched) led to one of the most extensive polemics in the second half of the seventeenth centurynowadays, together with the work of spinoza, the book is considered a representative of the so-called âradical enlightenmentâ, the early dutch forerunner of the enlightenmentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeaccording to bekker, good or evil spirits (bekker did not deny their existence) did not affect the lives of human beingsin the netherlands, bekker was taken to court by opponents and deposed from the ministry inbekkerâs questioning of the devilâs existence was a bridge too far for manythe 4 books in 1 volume, each with its own title page, are in excellent conditionin this book bekker disputes the existence of sorcery, magic, possession by the devil and the devil himselfthis book was very influential in the fight against the belief in sorcery and was translated into german, french and englishhis free interpretation of the bible and his criticism of the authorised version were particularly met with resistance from the established churchparchment with beautiful patinaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikialso, seemingly paranormal events should not be linked to sorcerycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablebekker was a theologian and preachercondition: very goodalso in the following centuries the book continued to attract attentionthe bookblock is in near mint condition, without notes or tears and virtually without age discolourationthis deventer edition is the most complete edition of the âbetoverde wereldâ
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Beginning with the kennans' life of unmitigated poverty in scotland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, an american family details the kennan family's passage to america and the hardships they faced as early settlers in connecticut and massachusetts, "the epitome of the backcountry family of the most remote northern fringes of new england life" he adroitly captures life in colonial times and in the period following the revolutionary war, and chronicles the major events of a nation's early history with the rare intimacy of a family member reflecting on his forebearsnow in his late nineties, kennan turns an eye to a matter closer to his heart in an american family: the kennansgraceful yet revealing, it is a cherished reminder of three hundred years of a nation's history through the eyes and words of one of america's most remarkable sonssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefilled with lively and sometimes haunting vignettes collected from archives and libraries across new england, an american family is a fascinating detective story and brings to fruition a family memoir begun by kennan's grandfather nearly a century agohis prophetic american diplomacy influenced several generations of cold war policy makers, and sketches from a life, one of the most lyrical accounts of a life in public service ever written, chronicled his extraordinary diplomatic career spanning more than half a centuryas a consummate statesman and prolific writer, kennan has distinguished himself as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth centuryembarking on a genealogical journey spanning several decades, he traces the roots of the kennan family back more than five generations, discovering a family history that has all the makings of a classic american storykennan has forged one of the most illustrious careers in the annals of american letters and politicsoxfam shop dumfries accompany george kennan as he explores his family's roots in the american past
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Oxfam bookshop preston jacob jordaens (), together with rubens and van dyck, was one of the great flemish baroque masters of the seventeenth centurylarge coffee-table book presented in a cardboard slipcasebut unlike rubens and van dyck, jordaens was not a court painter, nor was he a member of the aristocracy or intellectual elitesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis monograph includes a fully-documented account of the artist's life and the stylistic and thematic development of his work as a painter and a draughtsmanhis entire working life was spent in the bourgeouisie, he was a popular and successful artist, his commissions ranging from altarpieces to tapestry design, and from portraits to allegorical ceiling-pieces
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Oxfam bookshop brigg the seventeenth book in the beloved noprecious ramotswe and grace makutsi's friendship is tested by a curious case: a client who left botswana thirty years ago and remembers little of her pastcan mma ramotswe and mma makutsi move beyond their differing views to solve the case and bring harmony to the agency? see oxfam website for delivery information read more1 ladies' detective agency series the one with the woman who lost her pastthe quest for the truth takes the detectives in very different directions - but what if they are both wrong? meanwhile, fanwell adopts a stray dog, mr polopetsi becomes entangled in a tricky business deal and violet sephotho could be running for a prestigious award
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It also shows how special worship became a recurrent focus and expression of religion and political contention during the seventeenth centuryspecial worship since the reformation, in three volumes, provides the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship and for each of the annual commemorationsit contains texts and commentaries which reveal the origins of special occasions of national worship during the reformation in both england and scotland, the development of fast days and wartime prayers later in the sixteenth century, and what we know about the origins of special national worship in irelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop nether edge since the sixteenth century, the governments and established churches of the british isles have summoned the nation to special acts of public worship during periods of anxiety and crisis, at times of celebration or for annual commemoration and remembrancethese special prayers, special days of worship and anniversary commemorations were national events, reaching into every parish in england and wales, in scotland and in irelandnational prayersthey had considerable religious, ecclesiastical, political, ideological, moral and social significance, and they produced important texts: proclamations, council orders, addresses and - in england, wales and ireland - prayers or complete liturgies which for specified periods supplemented or replaced the services in the book of common prayeredited by natalie mears, alasdair raffe, stephen taylor and philip williamson (with lucy bates)many of these acts of special worship and most of the texts have escaped historical noticethe first volume, special prayers, fasts and thanksgivings in the british isles , has an extended introduction to the three volumes and a consolidated list of all the occasions of special worship
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Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the worksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop beverley this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilisation as we know itthis work was reproduced from the original artefact, and remains as true to the original work as possible
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the revolt of naples in was one of several contemporaneous revolts and revolutions which have been grouped together by historians as manifestations of a "general crisis of the seventeenth century"see oxfam website for delivery information read more concentrating not on the city of naples itself but on the countryside, it has new and important things to say about landlord-peasant relations, rural banditry, and the workings of spanish rule in southern italy rosario villari's account of the background to this revolt, first published in and now at last available in english, has established itself as essential reading for all those interested in the origins and character of these seventeenth-century revolts
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