Distinguished men of modern times
1838
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Imprint:
London : Charles Knight & Co., 1838.
Collation:
4 v. : ill. ; 8vo.
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Notes:
"The collection of memoirs of Distinguished men of modern times is a republication of the memoirs in the Gallery of portraits, published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In this edition the memoirs have been chronologically arranged ; and some few errors have been corrected. The lives of Catharine of Russia, of Madame de Stael, and of Mrs. Siddons, which appear in the Gallery of portraits, are here omitted."--Notice, at end of v. 4.Spine title: Distinguished men.At head of title: Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.Vols. 2 and 4 are spine labelled 920.01 D64.
Contents:
Contents : v. 1. Dante to Raleigh--v. 2. Lord Bacon to Leibnitz--v. 3. Lord Somers to Hunter--v. 4. Gibbon to Wilberforce.
Citations:
References: Morbey, 83.
Dewey class:
920.01
Language:
English
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2372272
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