The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. Essays, on Subjects of Literature, the Fine Arts and Manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of Rare and Curious Books and of the Book Sales in this Country, from the Close of the Seventeenth Century. III. Royal Institution. Analyses of the Lectures Delivered Weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the Principal Pictures Exhibited ... V. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807, Band 1Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall Longman, Hurst, 1807 |
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... reader . It is a letter On the Causes that affected the Progress of Antient Art . Sir , As in the useful but arduous task you have undertaken , you propose F to pay particular attention to the pre- sent state of THE DIRECTOR. ...
... reader . It is a letter On the Causes that affected the Progress of Antient Art . Sir , As in the useful but arduous task you have undertaken , you propose F to pay particular attention to the pre- sent state of THE DIRECTOR. ...
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... letter on a subject of practical mechanics , by Davies Giddy , Esq . M. P. F. R. S. to the President : On Thursday , 22d January , the election of a Secretary , in the room of the late Dr. Grey , of the British Museum , came on , when H ...
... letter on a subject of practical mechanics , by Davies Giddy , Esq . M. P. F. R. S. to the President : On Thursday , 22d January , the election of a Secretary , in the room of the late Dr. Grey , of the British Museum , came on , when H ...
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... letter from a corres- pondent upon the subject . Description of the Statue . ACHILLES is represented kneeling on his left knee ; the thigh being supported on that side by his shield thrown ob- liquely on the ground , and grouped as an ...
... letter from a corres- pondent upon the subject . Description of the Statue . ACHILLES is represented kneeling on his left knee ; the thigh being supported on that side by his shield thrown ob- liquely on the ground , and grouped as an ...
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... phrase ) to the black letter collector . There were a few mezzotint impressions of his portrait struck off , but not , I believe , for sale , my tribute of respect to living excellence in this department Bibliographiana . 85.
... phrase ) to the black letter collector . There were a few mezzotint impressions of his portrait struck off , but not , I believe , for sale , my tribute of respect to living excellence in this department Bibliographiana . 85.
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... insertion of their names was a mere matter of business and necessary detail ; while it gave notoriety , it excited emula- tion . WE are amused at page 23 with a long ac- count of a letter's miscarrying , addressed to the fly Postscript .
... insertion of their names was a mere matter of business and necessary detail ; while it gave notoriety , it excited emula- tion . WE are amused at page 23 with a long ac- count of a letter's miscarrying , addressed to the fly Postscript .
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