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Fifteenth-Century Books: A Guide to their Identification

By: Robert Alexander Peddie

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Fifteenth-Century Books: A Guide to their Identification

By: Robert Alexander Peddie

Antiquæ Libri - The Archaeology of the Book - ATB-1305In this volume Peddie gives a brief account of sources of information on many aspects of fifteenth century books. For such a brief book Peddie provides sources on topics ranging from block prints, woodcuts, engravings, book illustration, maps, initials, printers' marks, colophons, title pages, signatures, water marks, facsimiles, Greek printing, Hebrew printing and music printing. He also outlines bibliographies of national catalogues and general works.

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1300874775

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9781300874775

The History of the Paisley Grammar School

By: Robert Brown

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The History of the Paisley Grammar School

By: Robert Brown

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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710

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3385224780

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9783385224780

Golden Fleece

The Voynich Manuscript and British Intelligence, 1890-1960

By: Robert C. Williams

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The Voynich Manuscript and British Intelligence, 1890-1960

By: Robert C. Williams

The Voynich Manuscript resides in a library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. No one can read the manuscript, break its cipher, or identify its provenance. Nothing like it exists. No one mentions it until 1912. Why? Golden Fleece tells the story of London antiques dealer Wilfred Voynich, his relations with British intelligence, and the provenance of his 1912 cipher. In this book, author Robert C. Williams posits that Voynich’s manuscript was not an early modern find but a modern creation by Voynich himself and others using materials acquired from an antiques warehouse in Florence, Italy. The tale of Voynich and his manuscript suggests a modern hoax comparable to Piltdown Man that combines history, espionage, revolution, and cryptography. About the Author Robert C. Williams is a retired Russian historian who has taught history at Williams and Davidson College and Washington University in St. Louis. He has also served on the boards of Agnes Scott College and Wesleyan University and is a co-founder of History Associates Incorporated. He has a special interest in choral and barbershop singing and his family camp on Kezar Lake in Maine. He and his wife Ann married in 1960 and have three children and four grandchildren. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books, one of which, Russian Art and American Money, 1900-1940, was nominated by Harvard University Press for the Pulitzer Prize.

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Dorrance Publishing

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9798891274020

The Broken Lands

A Novel of Arctic Disaster

By: Robert Edric

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The Broken Lands

A Novel of Arctic Disaster

By: Robert Edric

The Broken Lands-a treacherous labyrinth of ice through which the fabled Northwest Passage was sought for centuries. Cabot, Frobisher, Hudson, Parry and Ross were all defeated, and the names on the maps testify to their despair: Bay of God's Mercy, the Devil's Cape, Savage Isles, and Repulse Bay. Determined to succeed where the rest had failed, Sir John Franklin-"the Lion of the Arctic"-set sail from Greenland in 1845. His two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, were last sighted in August of that year, after which the entire expedition-all 135 men-disappeared. For three years, the two ships were trapped in the Arctic ice. Eventually the slow vise of the ice pack and spoiling provisions proved to be too much. Nothing was heard of Franklin's expedition for over a decade, and only many years later did the world begin to learn of their terrible, agonizing fate. In this enthralling, richly inventive novel, Robert Edric recreates what possibly happened to this doomed expedition.

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1429973331

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Fifteenth-Century Books: A Guide to their Identification

Fifteenth-Century Books: A Guide to their Identification

The History of the Paisley Grammar School

The History of the Paisley Grammar School

Golden Fleece

Golden Fleece

The Broken Lands

The Broken Lands

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