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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from A Geographical, Historical, and Topographical Description of Van Diemen's Land, With Important Hints to Emigrants, and Useful Information Respecting the Application for Grants of Land: Together With a List of the Most Necessary Articles for Persons to Take Out, Embellished by a Correct View of Hobart Town, Also, a Large Chart of the Island, Thirty Inches by Twenty-Four, With the Soundings of the Harbours and Rivers Jeffreys had a...

Excerpt from The Classic and Connoisseur in Italy and Sicily, Vol. 1: With an Appendix, Containing an Abridged Translation of Lanzi's Storia Pittorica "Italy, " observes Dean Berkley, in a letter to Pope, "is such an exhausted subject, that, I dare say, you would easily forgive my saying nothing about it." If such a remark was applicable in 1717, how much more must it be so now, when, as d'Israeli expresses it, "Travels and Voyages have becom...

Excerpt from The Classic and Connoisseur in Italy and Sicily, Vol. 2: With an Appendix, Containing an Abridged Translation of Lanzi's Storia Pittorica The prince has lately been endeavouring to repair the loss of his statues, and in one of the rooms may be seen an infinity of heads, arms, and legs, all waiting to be an hexed to their respective trunks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic b...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...