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Additional authors

1. Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
2. Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661
3. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
4. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
5. Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
6. Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
7. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
8. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
9. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895
10. Schanilec, Gaylord
11. Hill Press (Baltimore, Md.), publisher

Description

1. [1] leaf, [2] pages, [1] leaf, 73, [1] pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Alternative title

1. Short essays

Subject

1. Essays

Genre/Form

1. Essays.

Contents

1. What is truth? / Francis Bacon -- The good schoolmaster / Thomas Fuller -- On the English government / Jonathan Swift -- The stage coach / Samuel Johnson -- Of society and civilisation / Thomas Paine -- Old china / Charles Lamb -- Sounds / Henry David Thoreau -- The dark mirror / John Ruskin -- A liberal education and where to find it / Thomas Henry Huxley.

Call number

1. Rare Books 20-1174

Note

1. "Wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec ... Printed on dampened laid Lana paper with Washington and Albion presses at the Hill Press, Stephen Heaver, prop., & bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery in an edition of 125"--Colophon.

Provenance (note)

1. Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Stephen Heaver, Jr."

Binding (note)

1. Bound in quarter green cloth with green paper boards; white printed paper label laid on upper board and spine.

Title

1. Provocative and philosophical essays from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / written by Bacon Swift [and others].

Imprint

1. Baltimore : Hill Press, 1998.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Provenance

1. Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Stephen Heaver, Jr." NN

Binding

1. Bound in quarter green cloth with green paper boards; white printed paper label laid on upper board and spine. NN

Local note

1. Copy in Rare Books 20-1174 is no. 28 of 99 copies.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection

Added author

1. Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. What is truth?
2. Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. Good schoolmaster.
3. Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. On the English government.
4. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Stage coach.
5. Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. Of society and civilisation.
6. Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834. Old china.
7. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Sounds.
8. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Dark mirror.
9. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. Liberal education and where to find it.
10. Schanilec, Gaylord, wood engraver.
11. Hill Press (Baltimore, Md.), publisher.

Cover title

1. Short essays

Research call number

1. Rare Books 20-1174