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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 2
"The Idler" and "The Adventurer"
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 9
Volume 9: A History of the Work of Redemption
In 1739 Jonathan Edwards preached a series of thirty sermons in his church at Northampton, Massachusetts—sermons based on one scriptural passage, Isaiah 51:8. Apparently Edwards later intended to develop this discourse into a...
Young Mr. Turner
The First Forty Years, 1775–1815
A definitive new biography, deftly interweaving an account of Turner’s early life with profound scholarly and aesthetic appreciation of his work A complex figure, and divisive during his lifetime, Joseph...
Richard Parkes Bonington
The Complete Paintings
Only twenty-five at the time of his death in 1828, young Richard Parkes Bonington nevertheless was a seminal figure in the development of modernism in nineteenth-century French painting. This catalogue raisonné of his oil...
The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn
Facsimile Edition and Reader's Guide
A deluxe sleeved set that includes a facsimile republication of a classic work on Louis Kahn and an accompanying volume of new writings by colleagues, architects, and the Kahn familyThe Notebooks and Drawings of...
Birds of Northern South America
An Identification Guide, Volume 1: Species Accounts
Winner of the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) for Nature GuidebooksThe two companion volumes of this extensive and detailed guide make a groundbreaking contribution to bird guide literature:...
The General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1769
Volume 2: 1768-1769
This is the second and final volume of James Boswell’s general correspondence for the years 1766 to 1769. The richly diverse collection includes the texts of letters between Boswell and 123 correspondents, beginning when...
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More
Volume 4, Utopia
Although numbers as Volume 4, this is the second of the Complete Works to appear, following The History of King Richard III. The Latin text is based on the editions of 1516, 1517, and 1518, fully collated and with the...
Rumphius’ Orchids
Orchid Texts from "The Ambonese Herbal"
A feast for orchid enthusiasts, botanists, historians, and biodiversity researchers alike, Rumphius’ seventeenth-century study of tropical orchids is now available in English for the first time...
The Frederick Douglass Papers
Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 2: My Bondage and My Freedom
With the publication of My Bondage and My Freedom in August 1855, former Maryland slave Frederick Douglass became the first black person to join a very select company of Americans to publish a second and...