The 16th to the 18th century
List the 16th to the 18th century
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Oxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuryin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endswithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsthe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
80 €
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Oxfam books & music totnes secular buildings from the 11th to the 17th centurypen inscription see oxfam website for delivery information read morekings lynn archaeological survey volume 1 very clean copy in very good dustjacket
19 €
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2 oil lamps with original suspension hooks from the 18th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiheights including suspension hook 24 and 30 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableboth are in good, used conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe small one is of bronze and the big one is from brassour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Furthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todayoxfam bookshop wallingford in the closing years of the 18th century, the old polish state paid the price of over 100 years of ungovernability in political extinctionbringing together polish scholarship previously inaccessible to english-speaking readers, the author examines the economy, the society and the institutional structure of early modern poland and analyzes her loss of national sovereignty in the light of poland's lack of political centralization and dynastic strengthbetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the very time that monarchial absolutism seemed to be collapsing in western europe, the dismemberment of the polish "noble democracy" affirmed absolutism's triumph in the eastnot only does this book illuminate a much neglected area of european history, and assist those trying to make sense of poland's heritage, it also provides much comparative material for students of early modern history in general
29 €
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Dutch school of the 18th century the attack of a dutch boat by an english boat drawing, gouache on paper no signature drawing: 18 x 24 cm old oak frame: 32 x 39 cm good condition 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 websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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This hand crafted trinket boxes is anglo indian dates to the 16th century each piece hand crafted it's got shellac inlay and q stunning elephant design read more
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The reference to 18th century coinsexploration and colonization were the hallmarks of the 18th century
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Padlock, turned forged iron latch from the 18th centurydimensions: 35 x 17 cmthe key opens the lock perfectly but it isn't original
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A late victorian or very early 19th century book of french engravings, with 97 illustrated engravings would make excellent framed prints, the book is in mint condition for age and been carefully stored ÂŁ25 posted
25 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham vyvyen brendon's evocative, at times heart-tugging book, runs from the 18th century and the east india company, through the afghan wars, the indian mutiny and the more settled era of the queen empress, and culminates in the conflict leading to britain's hurried exit inits subject is the young progeny of traders, soldiers, civil servants, missionaries, planters, engineers and what should be done with themand then there were the children educated in indiathen there were the children born of anglo-indian marriages and affairssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreuntil the coming of air travel these children often only saw their parents every few yearssent back to britain they were often reviled as 'darkies', 'a touch of the tar-brush'brendon reveals appalling stories of abuse at the hands of servantswhat frequently unites brendon's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and interviews, she portrays children who had to discipline themselves to adapt (often ingeniously) to unfamiliar cultures, far away from family and forced to spend termtime in boarding schools and holidays with unfamiliar families
3 €
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Oxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiiit covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe voyage to australia and tahitias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbackssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery small tear to spine on volume iiall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadaappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discovery
34 €
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The costumes were also very rich and exuberant, especially la traviata, set in the 's and the 18th century costumes for la cenerentolapdf copy of welsh national opera autumn programme, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedhas photos and relevant informed articles about the productions of war and peace by prokofiev, la traviata by verdi, and la cenerentola by rossiniall performances received excellent reviews both for the singing, orchestral playing and the sets which were extremely colourful
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Children's music & audio storieswe ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationaction & adventurewe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possible
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Oxfam bookshop st albans since the 18th century the eccentric and flamboyant beltran family have ruled their desolate andean valley lydia sinclair, 17 and newly married to the last of the line, finds herself engrossed in pursuing the tragic history of her husband's ancestorssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The contributions made by george iii to architectural design during his reign in the 18th centuryroyal collection enterprises limitedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardbackin very good condition
9 €
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Oxfam shop tooting french-language history of interior design at the end of the 18th centuryin fair condition - spine is heavily worn at top, covers are fully unbound and some of the first pages have come loosesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresmall stain in bottom left of front cover
18 €
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Tracklist: side 1: band 1: gluck (orfeo ed euridice) che faro senza eurdice band 2: gluck (orfeo ed euridice) che puro ciel band 3: cherubini (medea) medea, o medea band 4: gluck (alceste) divintes du styx side 2: band 1: pergolesi (la serva padrona) stizzoso, mio stizzoso band 2: gluck (elena e paride) o del mio dolce ardor band 3: handel (guilio cesare) piangero la sorte mia) band 4: paisiello (nina, pazza per amore) il mio ben quando verra format: 10" vinyl see oxfam website for delivery information read moreconducted by alexander gibsonoxfam shop london road brighton teresa berganza with the orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden
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104 in d (london) performed by the orchestra of the 18th century conducted by franz bruggen100 in g (military) and nosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans a recording of haydn's symphony no
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Dimensions: h a similar 17th century piece is to be found in the collection of the victoria & albert museum, london: mare 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 websiteuk/item/o/coffer/ read moredomed lid with original fastener closurevery rare hammered iron chest with tapestry cabochonshttp://collectionsbeautiful work of brassware with a landscape in reliefour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The pups were born on the 21st may and will be ready to leave from the 16th julywe will only be allowing them to go to the best homes, so please do your research on the breedphone calls only, texts will not be answeredthe puppies will go to their new forever homes vaccinated, wormed (every 2 weeks since birth), microchipped, with a bag of puppy food and a blanket with their mother’s scent on itboys - £ girls - £ not cocker spaniel, cockapoo, labrador, golden retriever, dachshund, visla, weimaraner, dalmationthe dam (bella, 3 year old) and sire (barney, 1 year old) are both family pets and are inseparablevisits will be welcome from the 5th july and both bella and barney will be in attendancewe are delighted to open our waiting list for our 12 beautiful dalmatian puppies - 7 dogs & 5 bitchesboth of them love nothing more than to cuddle up with you on the sofathe advert will be constantly updated and more pictures can be provided on requestas a safety precaution and to protect ourselves, bella, barney and their pups, we will request a copy of photo id before providing our address for any potential visits
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Through this manuscript an entire and essential aspect of the practice of liturgical signing at the beginning of the 14 century comes back to life see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans the painstaking care with which the music was written down permits us to effect a striking parallel between the theory and its practice
21 €
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A ÂŁ10 deposit (non refundable) payable through bacs reserves the bunny of your choice with balance payable on collectionplease note that i have determined the sexes to the best of my experiencemy baby rabbits can be seen with both parents and are handled daily so are very tamemum is a chocolate butterfly mini lop (oreo) and dad is a himilayan mini lion lop (muffin)***please be sure to spend a lot of time researching owning a pet rabbit before carefully considering getting onethese bunnies are looking for their 5* forever home and will come with changeover food, a care sheet and birth certificatei have left 3 beautiful mini lop bunnies, 1 boy and 2 girls
50 €
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England, late 19th centuryelegant and functionalthe table top is manufactured from a single piece of woodbeautiful weathered patinaslight signs of usein original and authentic conditionwalnut tilt top table in good and original condition
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Mahogany table from the end of the 19th century, with extension mechanism in perfect condition
177 €
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Oxfam shop abergavenny an opportunity to own this rare set of 4 linen-backed, 2 miles to one inch maps and accompanying booklet, south wales and the border in the fourteenth century by william rees, professor of the history of walesthe maps, which have the stamp of the history department of the university of southampton, have been drawing-pinned to a board at some stage and one has a minor tear to one edge but otherwise all are in very good conditionthe card covers have slight damage and some pages of have been annotated lightly in pencilthe four maps each unfold to 70cm x 90cmsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe booklet is 24cm x 15cm
99 €
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Part memoir - drawing on her own experiences, both adverse and encouraging, as a depressive and an alcoholic - and part guide or companion, this book brings burton's anatomy of melancholy into the twenty-first century' whilst the overall structure of sunbathing in the rain moves from dark to light, telling the story of lewis's recovery, its different strands allow a variety of tones and subjects to be explored, from the profound to the frivolousfor it will have two voices, one calling from the valley of despair, the other from a safer, calmer new place'depression is internal snowthe flakes whirl around like motes in the water around your personal shipwreckfor above you, if only you can reach it without getting the bends, are sunshine, laughter on a yacht, the clink of plates as a lunch of steaming fish is handed roundpractical hints on how to get better (diet, read hello!, helpful pieces of music) are alongside striking quotations, ranging from sentences on crisp packets, to prayers, from russian orthodox writings on silence to collections of slangsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe quicker you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in lifethe suffering depressive needs help from outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective that makes life possible againalongside a paragraph about the proper relationship between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the therapeutic value of nail varnishthis unique book offers itoxfam bookshop cheltenham 101 ways to climb out of the slough of despond - a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depression
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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 outbreakoxfam 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 historythe 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 morethese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless lives 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 patterns
10 €
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Good overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powerthis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismwhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifeits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agethe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spine
20 €
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At the beginning of the fourteenth century anarchy in italy led to the capital of the christian world being moved from rome for the first and only time in historyand at the centre of the picture is avignon itself, as it grew from being a relatively insignificant town on the rhĂ´ne to become, albeit briefly, one of the great capitals of the worldit was a critical moment, and it resulted in seven successive popes remaining "in exile" for the next seventy yearsthis is a portrait sketch of that eraillustrated in b&wdustwrapper clean, small mark of glue left by old label on back boardsmall marks to pageblockthe city chosen to replace rome was avignonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand depending on where you stood at the time they were seventy years of heaven, or of hell opinions invariably ran to extremes, as did the behaviour of the popes themselvesoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , signal books
3 €
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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
2 €