Contents Of The Harleian Miscellany With An Index

Author : William Oldys
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334919961
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book The Harleian Miscellany, Or a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Vol. 1 written by William Oldys and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Harleian Miscellany, or a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Vol. 1: Interspersed With Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index TH E Practice of publifhing Pamphlets; on the moft important Sub jee'ts, has now prevailed more than two Centuries among us; and, therefor'e, it cannot be doubted, but that, as no large Collections have been yet made, many curious Tracts mui'r have perifhed but it is too late to lament that Lofs; nor ought we to re ect, upon it, with any other View, than that of quickening our Endeavours, for the Prefervation of thofe that yet remain, of which we have now a greater Number, than was, perhaps, ever ama ed by any one Perfon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."