The London Directory Of 1677

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527735422
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book The Little London Directory of 1677 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little London Directory of 1677: The Oldest Printed List of the Merchants and Bankers of London; Reprinted From the Exceedingly Rare Original; With an Introduction Pointing Out Some of the Most Eminent Merchants of the Period It has, indeed, been fo in all time. From Homer's catalogues down to the knightly no menclature of the Roman de la Rofe, and other long-breathed poems of the middle ages from the Battle-abbey Roll of the conqueror's chiefs at Hafiings, and from that of King Henry's army at Agincourt to our modern muflers, fuch documents elucidate acceptably the courfe of military heroifm. The conjee ture is as ingenious, as it is jufi, lately made about Sbakafpeare'r early life, that the Ad miralty books, with their myriad of feamens' names, may give his in fome royal lhip, and fo account for his perfeét fea phrafes. 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.