W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, April 1859 — John Shaqi
W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, April 1859W. Kent and Co.
History
W. Kent & Co's Annual Catalogue, April 1859
W. Kent and Co.
Publishers' catalogs -- England -- London; W. Kent and Co. -- Catalogs
=The Ball Room Preceptor= and Polka Guide.
=Ball Room Polka=, with Music and Figures.
SCIENTIFIC WORKS, ETC.
=Lectures on the Great Exhibition=, and its Results on the Arts and
Manufactures. Delivered before the Society of Arts, by some of the most
EMINENT MEN of the day. In Two Series, price 7s. 6d. each, neatly bound
in cloth.
=Suggestions in Design=; including Original Compositions in all
Styles, with Descriptive Notes for the use of Artists and Art Workmen,
containing nearly 600 Hints for Workers in Metal, Wood, Ivory, Glass,
and Leather, the Potter, Weaver, Printer in Colours, Engraver,
Decorator, &c. By LUKE LIMNER. 4to, 16s. cloth.
=Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art=; exhibiting the most important
Discoveries and Improvements of the Year, and a Literary and Scientific
Obituary. By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A., Editor of "The Arcana of Science."
Fcp. 8vo, 5s. cloth.
*** This work is published annually, and contains a complete and
condensed view of the progress of discovery during the year,
systematically arranged, with Engravings illustrative of novelties in
the Arts and Sciences, &c. The volumes, from its commencement in 1839,
may still be had, 5s. each.
"This book does for us what we have not done for ourselves--it
stores up every useful bit of information to be found in the records
of learned societies or announced through scientific and news
journals."--_Globe._
"Ably and honestly compiled."--_Athenæum._
=The Literary and Scientific Register and Almanack= for 1859; with
an ample Collection of Useful Statistical and Miscellaneous Tables.
Dedicated, by special permission, to H.R.H. the Prince Consort. By
J. W. G. GUTCH, M.R.C.S.L., F.L.S., late Foreign Service Queen's
Messenger. Price 3s. 6d. roan tuck.
"As perfect a compendium of useful knowledge in connection with
Literature, Science, and the Arts, as it is necessary everybody should
have acquaintance with. It is, in short, a little volume which will
save the trouble of hunting through many books of more pretension,
and supply off-hand what, without it, would require much time and
trouble."--_Times._
DICTIONARIES.
=Webster's Quarto Dictionary, unabridged=; containing all the Words
in the English Language, with their Etymologies and Derivations. By
NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. Revised by Professor GOODRICH. With Pronouncing
Vocabularies of Scripture, Classical, and Geographical Names. New
Edition, carefully printed in a large 4to volume, 31s. 6d. cloth; 42s.
calf.
*** The only _complete work_. All the octavo editions are Abridgments.
"All young persons should have a standard Dictionary at their elbow;
and while you are about it, get the best: that Dictionary is Noah
Webster's, the great work unabridged. If you are too poor, save the
amount from off your back, to put it into your head."
"We can have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion, that this is
the most elaborate and successful undertaking of the kind which has
ever appeared."--_Times._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account