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Cox´s Fragmenta II: Further Folios from History
Simon Murphy
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Hardback. Cox's Fragmenta II Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 120 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
A presumptuous bear imposing on a coachful of ladies, how to behave in the British Museum, the dangers of dallying with a black-eyed girl and the Royal Navy's inaugural biscuit machine are just some of the masterpieces of understated journalism collected by Francis Cox and contained in his Fragmenta. At ninety-four volumes, Cox's scrapbook has to be one of the largest collections of journalistic ephemera ever. For sixty years during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries he accumulated articles on everything from duels to playhouses, and foreign travel to warfare. Following on from the success of the first volume, ... Read more
A presumptuous bear imposing on a coachful of ladies, how to behave in the British Museum, the dangers of dallying with a black-eyed girl and the Royal Navy's inaugural biscuit machine are just some of the masterpieces of understated journalism collected by Francis Cox and contained in his Fragmenta. At ninety-four volumes, Cox's scrapbook has to be one of the largest collections of journalistic ephemera ever. For sixty years during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries he accumulated articles on everything from duels to playhouses, and foreign travel to warfare. Following on from the success of the first volume, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752465074
SKU
V9780752465074
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About Simon Murphy
Simon Murphy has taught in South Africa and America, and now lives in London.
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