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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) is a digital collection of books published in Great Britain during the 18th century. [1] [2] Gale, an education publishing company in the United States, assembled the collection by digitally scanning microfilm reproductions of 136,291 titles. [1] [3] Documents scanned after 2002 are added to a second ...
Internet based search interface for the Burney Collection digital archive. The Burney Collection consists of over 1,270 17th-18th century newspapers and other news materials, gathered by Charles Burney, most notable for the 18th-century London newspapers. The original collection, totalling almost 1 million pages, is held by the British Library.
William Congreve was born in Bardsey Grange, on an estate near Ledston, West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] Although Samuel Johnson disputed this, it has since been confirmed by a baptism entry for "William, sonne of Mr. William Congreve, of Bardsey grange, baptised 10 February 1669" [i.e. 1670 by the modern reckoning of the new year]. [3]
The ESTC began life as the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue, with the same abbreviation, covering only 1701 to 1800.Earlier printed works had been catalogued in A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave's Short Title Catalogue (1st edn 1926; 2nd edn, 1976–91) for the period 1473 to 1640; and Donald Goddard Wing's similarly titled bibliography (1945–51, with later supplements and addenda ...
Portrait of Pole painted in the manner of Van Dyck. [a] Arms of Pole of Shute: Azure semée of fleur-de-lys or, a lion rampant argent [2] [3]Sir William Pole (1561–1635) of Colcombe House [4] in the parish of Colyton, and formerly of Shute House in the parish of Shute (adjoining Colcombe), both in Devon, was an English country gentleman and landowner, a colonial investor, Member of ...
He was the son of William Lovelace of Hurst, Berkshire.He was the grandson of Francis Lovelace, son of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace.Despite being born into an aristocratic family, the 3rd Baron Lovelace had weakened the family's fortunes through gambling, leaving John heavily in debt.
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Music Library Digital Scores Collection: 17-19th century 45 Manuscript musical scores dating from the 17th through 19th centuries—mostly 17th and 18th century operas, opera excerpts, and other vocal music. University of Washington: Music Manuscripts Online: classical: 900 High-quality images and descriptions of music manuscripts.