Various Books New Editions at the Locograph Press
A long list of new and popular volumes offered by publishers at Piccadilly. The items include two volume sets priced around 6s and 5s, biographies, histories, fiction, and notable works by Bacon, Defoe, and Fre derick the Second, with detailed descriptions of bindings, editions, and plates.
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D.” Atv Thay A . Bickers
Lococrapsic Press
Poe
Bend-street
Piccadilly
Ramo
Rome Marmrace
Cartwright
Snow
Boses
Alberta
Lavinia
Hermitage
Norman
Bertha
Anderson
Anprdson
Great Britain
Francis Lord Bacon
St. Alban
Wirtu
Derham
Frederick the Second
Prussia
A.F. DE Suhm
Saxony
Berlin
Petersburgh
Robinson Crusoe
DE Foe
Anecdotes of Artists and Smibert Portraits
Passages recount Salvator's Rome illness and a maid turned mistress anxious for a priestly absolution. It highlights George Smibert as one of few American painters to stay home, noting his portraits of western indigenous people and a verse inscription for Reverend John Chickley in New England.
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Price
House of Pat
Octave
France
United States of America
United States
Etienne Claviere
Ang
P. Brissqt DE Warville
Salvator
Rome
Paradise
George Smibert
England
Xefte
Metropolis
George Smitert
Hemisphere
George
Magnificent Pavilion of Madame du Barre Near Versailles
A lavish royal country house near Tarli, close to Versailles, famed for its opulence and romance. The Pavilion, ivory inlaid furniture and bronze mantles, features a glass canopy portrait of Madame du Barre. Built at enormous cost, funded by Gadelle and royal generosity rather than taxes or Civil List revenue.
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Mad
du Barre
Tarli
Palace of Versailles
Louiss Rerv
Madame du Barre
Louis XV
Biography of Madame Du Barre’s Rise at Louis XV Court
A vivid portrait of Madame du Barre, favored by Louis XV, her marriage to the Count de Barre in 1768, and the court intrigue that followed. It traces her ascent, the calculated influence of her brother-in-law, and the delicate balancing act to keep court rivals at bay while steering ministers and fate.
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Louis XV
Mademoiselle l'Ange
Figueroas
Count de Barre
Madame de Pompadour
Bernis
Bolingbroke
Countess du Barre
Ministers and Game in Satirical Au courant Tale
The Evening Mail piece mocks politics as game hunting with ministers of state as game. It likens bishops to wary targets rarely seen in public and notes Dr Priestley’s failed hunt. Lawyers are labeled plentiful but poor sport. Burke and allies shoot down a covey, yet gains seem scant.
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Burke
Dr. Priestley
St David’s
Swedish Help in Baltic Campaign Alarms Russian Forces
A Swedish officer, Sir Shipngy Smith, and a Swedish party under Sir S. S. join forces with the King to assault batteries and gun-boats. Surrounded by two thousand Russians, they fight through woods to reach the waterside. The King attacks to rescue them, and the English commander’s bold charge inspires panic among the Russians.
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Baltic
Shipngy Smith
Kiye
Swrorn
Wybourg
Sir $.S
Sir S. S
Edinburg arrival of Rear Admiral Keirh Stewart
Saturday arrival of Hon. Keirh Stewart, Rear Admiral of the Blue, in Edinburgh. The Dundee ships sailed Thursday for seal and whale fisheries from that port. Also Saturday figures for Malai bate rles for the week reported as state of bate rles.
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Keirh Stewart
The
Blue
Dundee
State of Baterles
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Ann Sheldon
Archer
Rzmo
LE Diable Boiteux
Lesage
Gaup Passispus
TRG
No. V
Salvator Rosa
John
Matrimonio
Francésco Libero
Evening Mail
She Oisil Solon
Edinburgh
Soutar
Taygew
Lundie
Rodney
Froggat
William Hamreton
Joan Curae
C. — x Main
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