The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author : British Library
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Reference
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Author : British Library
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Reference
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Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher :
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 1959
Category : English imprints
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Author : University of London. Library
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Page : 170 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Archaeology
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Author : University of London. Library
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Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Archaeology
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Page : 712 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Books
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Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Page : 596 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
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Page : 502 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Coins
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 1967
Category : English imprints
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Author : Archibald Billing
Publisher : London : Bell & Daldy
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Cameos
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In addition to his medical practice, lecturing and teaching at the London Hospital, and his publishing of several medical works, the Irish physician Archibald Billing (1791-1881) was also an amateur artist and antiquarian. Beginning with the works of ancient Greece, for him the highest pinnacle of civilization, Billing discusses the use of engraved gems, putting cameos and intaglios in the context of contemporary monumental sculpture, and tracing the history of carving in miniature back to the seal-stones of the Egyptians and Assyrians. He also considers the types and qualities of mineral used in making jewellery, from semi-precious pebbles through to diamonds, and he describes the techniques of cutting precious stones. The work concludes with a translation of the autobiography of the Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (1784-1855), who became chief medallist at the Royal Mint.
Author : Archibald 1791-1881 Billing
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781371743079
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