William sir ll d smith (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b A Smaller History of Rome . New and thoroughly revised edition by A. H. J. Greenidge, etc.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Smith, William Sir LL.D.; Greenidge, Abel Hendy Jones; br/b/b 1897.br/b/b xxvi, 349 p. ; 8º.br/b/b 9040.ccc.24.br/.…

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. 4to. 23.5 x29 x 10cm. Massive. Elaborate morocco, calf and gilt binding with a metal clasp. [8], 1338, [8], 44. 4, 8, [94], 38pp.Mainly wood-engravings with a few chromolithographs. Entered in the Library of Congress in 1891. This was a joint-edition with other publishers. Binding with moderate wear on bottom edges due to heavy weight but very good elsewhere.Sir William Smith LL.D., (1813-1893): The greatest work in which he engaged was the 'Bible Dictionary' (1860-5), a subject that had been already treated lexicographically by John Kitto [q. v.]; but Smith aimed at a far higher standard of scholarship, and embraced a wider range of topics. He also edited with Archdeacon Cheetham a 'Dictionary of Christian Antiquities' (1875-1880), and with Dr. Wace a 'Dictionary of Christian Biography' (1877-87). His atlas (of which Sir George Grove was the joint editor) was finished in 1875. He produced an elaborately annotated edition of Gibbon, including the notes of Milman and Guizot, in eight volumes in 1854-5. In 1867 he became editor of the 'Quarterly Review,' and retained the post until his death. Under his direction the reputation of the 'Review' was fully maintained.…