Men of taste : from Pharaoh to Ruskin / by Martin S. Briggs.
Publication details: London : B.T. Batsford, [1947].Description: viii, 232 p : ill., ports ; 22 cmISBN:- (Hbk.)
- 23 707.9
- N8410 .B7
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Non-Loanable Book | Library | Reserve | 707.9 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 000445211 |
Bibliographical footnotes and index.
Contents: Rameses II.--Pericles, ruler of Athens.--Hadrian, Roman emperor.--Justinian I, Byzantine emperor.--Charlesmagne.--Henry III of England.--William of Wykeham.--Cosimo del Medici.--Pope Julius II.--Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII of England.--Francis I of France.--Cardinal Richelieu.--Louis XIV of France.--John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys.--The first Duke of Marlborough and his Duchess.--Lord Burlington.--"Beau Nash at Bath."--Horace Walpole.--Napoleon the First.--"The First Gentleman in Europe" (George IV)--"Albert the Good."--Lord Grimthorpe.--John Ruskin and William Morris.
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