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Bazaar Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1120

Bazaar Exchange and Mart, and Journal of the Household

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1892
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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World Collectors Annuary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 504

World Collectors Annuary

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Catalogues of Sale
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 262

Catalogues of Sale

  • Categories: Art
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1982-03-24
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Blue Machine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

Blue Machine

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-06-01
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  • Publisher: Random House

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT 'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.' Professor Alice Roberts 'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.' Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water 'Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read.' Dr George McGavin, zoologist, entomologist and broadcaster 'A fascinating dive into the essential engine that drives our world. Czerski brings the oceans alive with compelling stories that masterfully navigate this most complex system.' Gaia Vince, science journalist, broadcaster and author of Nomad Cent...

The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 475

The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works

A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023 “[A] profound, sparkling global ocean voyage.” —Andrew Robinson, Nature A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters. All of Earth’s oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms behind this defining feature of our planet, voyaging from the depths of the ocean floor to tropical coral reefs, estuaries that feed into shallow coastal seas, and Arctic ice floes. Through stories of history, cult...

Répertoire des tableaux vendus en France au XIXe siècle
  • Language: fr
  • Pages: 824

Répertoire des tableaux vendus en France au XIXe siècle

This French-language set presents records of the public sales of paintings in France during the early nineteenth century. The work features more than twenty-one thousand paintings from 240 documented sales during the period, rendering a rich and detailed view of the state of collecting and tastes in France during the Napoleonic period. The work also identifies numerous collectors and dealers for the first time and provides a detailed introduction and commentary on each of the auctions along with an index of paintings by artist.

Biographie Universelle Classique. Biographie Universelle, Ou Dictionnaire Historique, Etc
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 650
Dictionary of Artists
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1478

Dictionary of Artists

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Enchanted Islands
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

Enchanted Islands

In Enchanted Islands, renowned art historian Mary D. Sheriff explores the legendary, fictional, and real islands that filled the French imagination during the ancien regime as they appeared in royal ballets and festivals, epic literature, paintings, engravings, book illustrations, and other objects. Some of the islands were mythical and found in the most popular literary texts of the day—islands featured prominently, for instance, in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso,Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, and Fénelon’s, Telemachus. Other islands—real ones, such as Tahiti and St. Domingue—the French learned about from the writings of travelers and colonists. All of them were imagined to be the ho...