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8%OFFPeter Le Pag Renouf - The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf 1822-97: Dublin 1854-1864 - 9781900621908 - V9781900621908
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The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf 1822-97: Dublin 1854-1864

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Description for The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf 1822-97: Dublin 1854-1864 Hardcover. Volume three of a collection of surviving letters written by Peter le Page Renouf covering his varied career from his days as a student in Oxford until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This volume covers Renouf's years in Dublin. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 b&w plates. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 485.
Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. The letters in volume three cover Renouf's years in Dublin. He had been invited by John Henry Newman to be a lecturer in French at the opening of the Catholic University, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781900621908
SKU
V9781900621908
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Reviews for The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf 1822-97: Dublin 1854-1864
"This four volume collection of letters is now complete and will be a lasting monument to Renouf ... Professor Cathcart applies his scholarship with great attention to the details of matters ecclesiastical as well as Egyptylogical ... the writer of the letter is identified, the text to each letter is set out and notes appear at its foot ... each ... Read more

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