Craik, Pursuit of Knowledge, 1845 vol.1, illustrated
"The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties; Illustrated by Anecdotes, In Three Volumes. Vol.I", A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author, [George Lillie Craik], published by Charles Knight, London in 1845, illustrated with woodcuts.
Contents of this volume:
CHAPTER I: Page Introduction. Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pascal; Prince Rupert; Montgolfier. Self-Education.
CHAPTER II: Strength of the Passion for Knowledge.Pythagoras; Archimedes; Leibnitz; Galileo; Heyne
CHAPTER III: Humble Station no Obstacle. Epictetus; Protagoras; Cleanthes; Hauey; Winckelman; Arnigio; Duval.- Affectation of high Birth. Bandinelli; Scaliger - Men proud of their low Origin. Protogenes; Baudouin; Gelli. Obscure Origin. Metastasio; Haydn; Opie; Parini; Prideaux; Saunders; Linnaeus; Lomonosoff; B. Jonson; the Milners; John Hunter - Application of Examples.
CHAPTER IV: Artists rising from the lower to the higher branches. B. Cellini; Q. Matsys; Ibbetson; Kent; Towne; Kirby; Schiavoni; Hogarth; Sharp; Thew; Caslon.Late Learners. Cromwell; Sir W. Jones; Cato Censor; Alfred; Moliere; Valerianus; Vondel, Pitot; Paucton; Ogilby.
CHAPTER V: Early Age of Great Men. Short Term of their Lives. Newton; Gregory; Torricelli; Pascal; Cowper; Burns; Byron; Sydney; Otway; Collins; Mozart; Raphael; Correggio; Politian; Mirandola
CHAPTER VI: Self-educated Men. T. Simpson.
CHAPTER VII: Self-educated Men continued. E. Stone, J. Stone. - Pursuit of Knowledge and Business united. Cicero; Jones; Caesar; Sully; Scipio; Polybius; Frederick II.; De Thou; More; Selden; Hale; Grotius
CHAPTER VIII: Literary Pursuits of Soldiers.- Descartes; B. Jonson; Buchanan; Cervantes. - Of Sailors. Dampier; Davis; Drury; Falconer; Giordani; Fransham; Oswald; Columbus; Cook; Vancouver; Collingwood
CHAPTER IX: Literary Pursuits of Merchants. Solon; Guys; D. North; Ricardo
CHAPTER X: Literary Pursuits of Booksellers and Printers. Gesner; Aldus Manutius, Paul, and Aldus the Younger; R. Stephens; H. Stephens; Scapula; Colinaeus; Badius; Froben; Oporinus; Ruddiman; Bowyer; Nichols; Richardson
CHAPTER XI: Booksellers and Printers continued. W. Hutton; R. Dodsley; Almon; Cruden; the Panckouckes; Rothscholtz; Bayford; Ames; Herbert; Paterson. - Literary Pursuits in other Trades. Walton; Defoe; Lillo
CHAPTER XII: Self-educated Men continued. Ferguson. - Influence of Accident in directing Pursuits. Rennie, Linnaeus; Vernet; Caravaggio; Tassie; Chatterton; Harrison; Edwards; Villars; Joly; Jourdain; Bandinelli; Palissy
CHAPTER XIII: Early Life of Franklin
CHAPTER XIV: Life of Franklin continued
CHAPTER XV: Account of Franklin's Electrical Discoveries
George Lillie Craik (1798-1866) was a Scottish writer and literary critic.
He was educated at the University of St. Andrews, and went to London in 1824, where he wrote largely for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In 1849, he was appointed Professor of English Literature and History at Belfast. Among his books are "The New Zealanders" (1830), "The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties" (1831), "History of British Commerce" (1844), and "History of English Literature and the English Language" (1861). He was also joint author of "The Pictorial History of England", and wrote books on Edmund Spenser and Francis Bacon. His "Sketches of Popular Tumults: Illustrative of the Evils of Social Ignorance" (1837) included an account of the Gordon Riots in which he wrote that many rioters "drank themselves literally dead, and many more, who had rendered themselves unable to move, perished in the midst of flames", and may have influenced Charles Dickens' depiction of the riots in "Barnaby Rudge" (1841).
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Condition Report: Hard boards, original embossed cloth, gold stamped spine [some cloth wear]; 3.3/4" x 6"; "G.W. Birdi [?], Feb-7 1846" is pen-written inside cover; front endpaper is missing, 244 pages + 8-page publisher’s catalog, several wood-cut illustrations, good++ condition.
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"The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties; Illustrated by Anecdotes, In Three Volumes. Vol.I", A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author, [George Lillie Craik], published by Charles Knight, London in 1845, illustrated with woodcuts.
Contents of this volume:
CHAPTER I: Page Introduction. Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pascal; Prince Rupert; Montgolfier. Self-Education.
CHAPTER II: Strength of the Passion for Knowledge.Pythagoras; Archimedes; Leibnitz; Galileo; Heyne
CHAPTER III: Humble Station no Obstacle. Epictetus; Protagoras; Cleanthes; Hauey; Winckelman; Arnigio; Duval.- Affectation of high Birth. Bandinelli; Scaliger - Men proud of their low Origin. Protogenes; Baudouin; Gelli. Obscure Origin. Metastasio; Haydn; Opie; Parini; Prideaux; Saunders; Linnaeus; Lomonosoff; B. Jonson; the Milners; John Hunter - Application of Examples.
CHAPTER IV: Artists rising from the lower to the higher branches. B. Cellini; Q. Matsys; Ibbetson; Kent; Towne; Kirby; Schiavoni; Hogarth; Sharp; Thew; Caslon.Late Learners. Cromwell; Sir W. Jones; Cato Censor; Alfred; Moliere; Valerianus; Vondel, Pitot; Paucton; Ogilby.
CHAPTER V: Early Age of Great Men. Short Term of their Lives. Newton; Gregory; Torricelli; Pascal; Cowper; Burns; Byron; Sydney; Otway; Collins; Mozart; Raphael; Correggio; Politian; Mirandola
CHAPTER VI: Self-educated Men. T. Simpson.
CHAPTER VII: Self-educated Men continued. E. Stone, J. Stone. - Pursuit of Knowledge and Business united. Cicero; Jones; Caesar; Sully; Scipio; Polybius; Frederick II.; De Thou; More; Selden; Hale; Grotius
CHAPTER VIII: Literary Pursuits of Soldiers.- Descartes; B. Jonson; Buchanan; Cervantes. - Of Sailors. Dampier; Davis; Drury; Falconer; Giordani; Fransham; Oswald; Columbus; Cook; Vancouver; Collingwood
CHAPTER IX: Literary Pursuits of Merchants. Solon; Guys; D. North; Ricardo
CHAPTER X: Literary Pursuits of Booksellers and Printers. Gesner; Aldus Manutius, Paul, and Aldus the Younger; R. Stephens; H. Stephens; Scapula; Colinaeus; Badius; Froben; Oporinus; Ruddiman; Bowyer; Nichols; Richardson
CHAPTER XI: Booksellers and Printers continued. W. Hutton; R. Dodsley; Almon; Cruden; the Panckouckes; Rothscholtz; Bayford; Ames; Herbert; Paterson. - Literary Pursuits in other Trades. Walton; Defoe; Lillo
CHAPTER XII: Self-educated Men continued. Ferguson. - Influence of Accident in directing Pursuits. Rennie, Linnaeus; Vernet; Caravaggio; Tassie; Chatterton; Harrison; Edwards; Villars; Joly; Jourdain; Bandinelli; Palissy
CHAPTER XIII: Early Life of Franklin
CHAPTER XIV: Life of Franklin continued
CHAPTER XV: Account of Franklin's Electrical Discoveries
George Lillie Craik (1798-1866) was a Scottish writer and literary critic.
He was educated at the University of St. Andrews, and went to London in 1824, where he wrote largely for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. In 1849, he was appointed Professor of English Literature and History at Belfast. Among his books are "The New Zealanders" (1830), "The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties" (1831), "History of British Commerce" (1844), and "History of English Literature and the English Language" (1861). He was also joint author of "The Pictorial History of England", and wrote books on Edmund Spenser and Francis Bacon. His "Sketches of Popular Tumults: Illustrative of the Evils of Social Ignorance" (1837) included an account of the Gordon Riots in which he wrote that many rioters "drank themselves literally dead, and many more, who had rendered themselves unable to move, perished in the midst of flames", and may have influenced Charles Dickens' depiction of the riots in "Barnaby Rudge" (1841).
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) --------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-6 weeks) --- $22.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $27.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original embossed cloth, gold stamped spine [some cloth wear]; 3.3/4" x 6"; "G.W. Birdi [?], Feb-7 1846" is pen-written inside cover; front endpaper is missing, 244 pages + 8-page publisher’s catalog, several wood-cut illustrations, good++ condition.
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