A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature : Described According to the Best and Latest Authorities and Illustrated by Numerous Engravings Paperback / softback
by C. C. Clarke
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Education series
Paperback / softback
Description
Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840) was a London-born author and publisher of educational textbooks who used a vast array of pseudonyms, including that of Reverend C.
C. Clarke. Phillips' marketing techniques - the systematic borrowing of famous (living or deceased) authors' names for his textbooks, along with the multiplication of easy to produce related educational products - were key to his success.
No doubt meant as an accessible encyclopaedia, this 40th edition of 1834 - attributed to Phillips himself - is a surprisingly vast and heterogeneous survey, which compiles natural and man-made curiosities across the world.
The Himalayas and Mont Blanc share a chapter with the Peak of Derbyshire; famous rivers lead to mysterious subterranean forests; and Stonehenge is closely followed by St Paul's cathedral.
Halfway between reference book and textbook, this richly illustrated volume is a fascinating catalogue of the world's wonders as perceived in the early nineteenth century.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:816 pages, 40 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/12/2010
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- ISBN:9781108017534
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:816 pages, 40 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/12/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108017534
