The Auto Biography Of John Britton F S A Part I

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Gale and the British Library
ISBN 13 : 9781535811767
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Auto-Biography of John Britton, F. S. A. Part I written by John Britton and published by Gale and the British Library. This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Auto-Biography of John Britton, F. S. A., Honorary Member of Numerous English and Foreign Societies: In Three Parts, Viz. Part I, Personal and Literary Memoir of the Author; Part II, Descriptive Account of His Literary Works; Part III, (Appendix) Biographical, Topographical, Critical, and Miscellaneous Essays The Chronological List of my literary works at the end of the Appendix, and a similar table attached to the Descriptive Account, will show at once the extent and nature of those published writings, and will be found useful to future Antiquaries, Biographers, and Book Collectors. It will be Seen by these that my anxious attention has been chie y given to Topography, Archaeology, Biography, and the Fine Arts. In these pursuits I have travelled over nearly the whole of England and part of Wales; and have employed numerous draftsmen in measuring and delineating objects of antiquity, as well as in sketch ing landscape scenery, for the purpose of engraving and publication. 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."