Early Sources in Reference

Edited by Robert Hunt

Andrew Ure (1778-1857), Scottish chemist, scientific writer and professor at the University of Glasgow, was an enthusiast of the new manufacturing systems that were emerging in the nineteenth century.His Dictionary is a well-known and much-used work, which went to several editions. This, a reprint…

Hardback – 1999-09-09
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference

Edited by Louis Moreri

This reference work is a reprint of the 1694 translation of Moreri's classic reference work (originally published in 1674 in French). The two volumes contain a mixture of histiographical, geographical and poetical information. They chronicle the lives and actions of celebrated people from the time…

Hardback – 1999-03-11
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference

By Peter Bayle

Bayle's Dictionary is one of the best known and most influential works of the eighteenth century. Banned in Catholic France on first publication in 1697 it became a bestseller and ran into several editions and translations. Its merciless scientific and philosophical enquiring challenged all…

Hardback – 1997-07-10
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference

Edited by J.H.F. Brabner

This is an authoritative source of detailed information about the cities, towns, villages and hamlets of England and Wales a century ago. Comprehensively researched over a number of years, the information consists of many thousands of entries compiled and evaluated by the relevant local authorities…

Hardback – 1997-04-03
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference

The Encyclopaedia Britannica was the first English-language compendium to be called an encyclopaedia. It was compiled on a completely new plan, alphabetically arranged, combining easy reference to individual items, terms and minor topics, pioneering a new way to organize and disseminate learning.…

Hardback – 1996-12-19
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference

Edited by James Mason, John Timbs, Charles W. Vincent

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.…

Hardback – 1996-09-05
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference

Edited by Robert Watt

The Bibliotheca Britannica is one of the most remarkable examples of bibliographical scholarship in the English Language. This scarce work of reference continues to be an invaluable resource for scholars and librarians who wish to identify early printed materials covering a wide range of…

Hardback – 1995-12-21
Routledge
Early Sources in Reference