Venerated readers and subscribers of this blog,I apologize for not posting for a while. My husband had a motorcycle accident and is in hospital for I don't know how long. Therefore I have many other things on my mind and hope you come back for new posts, when I'm again able to write...Thank you very very much,...
Samstag, 19. März 2011
Mittwoch, 9. März 2011
William Russell's The History of Modern Europe
While doing some research I stumbled upon William Russell (1741-1793) and a series of books on the history of Europe from the 5th to the 18th century.I found them both in English and in a German Translation from 1822 by Johann Friedrich Zöllner (1753-1804). The original English title reads as follows:"The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and a View of the Progress of Society From the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763: in a Series of Letters From a Nobleman to His Son Volume: 6 General Books"[publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1822...
English-Austrian Treasures for Sale
Again I found a little treasure, which is for sale actually. So if you have leftover money, this is something you would want to invest in...The publishing house of Franz Anton Schraembl in Vienna published Pocket Calendars and maps. One of the year 1788 is now for sale at abebooks for the pin money of 314€. It also contains some 200 pages of the German translation of William Russell's "History of Modern Europe".Furthermore there are antique maps of England and Wales of the year 1787 for sale at mapmogul.com.This is a large wall map assembled...
I love Wikisource...
... and Google Books, because I'm surprised anytime I find something new, or old, in that case.Still researching diary- and calendar-writing, Wikisource offered a long list of calendars, Almanacs, for instance the Musenalmanach, which was published by many a publisher and under many a name.Quite a number of them are available at GoogleBooks and what would I love more than getting instant access to a historical source, that was digitalized... Very convenient. Many 18th and 19th century calendars are available, for instance the Musical...
Dienstag, 8. März 2011
The Diaries of a Bavarian Minister in 18th Century Munich
In preparation for new Leyland posts, I was researching the way how people kept diaries and calendars in the 18th century. That is how I stumbled upon the 38 diaries of a Bavarian politician of the 18th century: Johann Maximilian Emanuel von Preysing (1687-1764; Google did not translate the article well, sorry). He was member of a very old and powerful Bavarian family and had a successful career.But the really interesting thing is what remained of him: his diaries covering the years 1717 to 1763 - 38 books alltogether. Here's an...
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