Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications, in the Various Departments of Literature, Science, and the Arts, 66 volumes
1827, First Edition. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable & Co. Very good copies in the original cloth, with paper-labelled titles to spine. Panel edges and spine bands somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some pages unopened. Light, scattered foxing in places; hinges starting to detach on some copies. Remain generally quite well-preserved; overall tight, bright and strong. Item #411014
Physical description; 66 volumes : plates, illustrations, portraits, frontispieces, folded maps ; 16 cm. Notes; includes vol. 1-3, 6, 7, 10 to 32, 35 to 67, 69, 71 to 74 (of a total of 80 vol.), published from 1827 to 1831. Dedicated to the King. Some volumes contain ads for recently published or upcoming issues, or lists of past issues. Contents; Hall's voyages I-III -- Converts I, II -- Table-talk -- Perils & Captivity -- Phenomenon of nature -- Mariner's Tonga Islands I, II -- Rebellion 1745 I, II -- Robert's adventures -- Schiller's works I, II -- Illustrations of British history I, II -- General Register for 1827 -- Life of Robert Burns -- Life of Mary Queen of Scots I, II --The Pleiad by Wrangham -- Memorials of the late war I, II -- Tour in Germany I, II -- Rebellions 1638-1660 I, II -- Revolutions in Europe III --Cochrane's journey I, II -- Norway, Sweden and Denmark -- Sculpture, painting and architecture -- The Ottoman empire I, II -- Rebellions 1689-1715 -- Conspiracies I, II -- Natural history of Selborne -- An Autumn in Italy -- Life of Oliver Cromwell I, II -- Life of Hernan Cortes -- Chivalry and the Crusades I, II -- History of music -- Life of Sir W. Wallace I, II -- Life of King James I. I, II - Memoirs of Napoleon I-III -- Greek war of independence I, II -- Conquest of Peru -- The knights of Malta I, II -- Residence in Normandy -- Switzerland, France and the Pyrenees I, II -- American ornithology II, IV -- Memoirs of Josephine -- Civil wars of Ireland, I, II. Subjects; Constable, Archibald (1774-1827). Miscellanies. Non-fiction. Libraries of useful knowledge. Non-fiction 19th century. General knowledge.
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