Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Revised and Amended : a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature to which is Added Biographies of Living Subjects, 96 Colored Maps and Numerous Illustrations, Volume 7Belford-Clarke Company, 1890 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 3869
... remained for twenty - five years under the tutelage of the United States , but on July 26 , 1847 , it was declared independent . In 1848 it was recognized as a sovereign state by Great Britain , which aided it in various ways , and by ...
... remained for twenty - five years under the tutelage of the United States , but on July 26 , 1847 , it was declared independent . In 1848 it was recognized as a sovereign state by Great Britain , which aided it in various ways , and by ...
Page 3872
... remained the prerogative of the church , and for the next four or five centuries the collecting and multiplication of books were almost entirely confined to the monasteries . Sev- eral of the greater orders made these an express duty ...
... remained the prerogative of the church , and for the next four or five centuries the collecting and multiplication of books were almost entirely confined to the monasteries . Sev- eral of the greater orders made these an express duty ...
Page 3874
... remained . The library retains the copyright privi- lege conferred upon it in 1709. The number of volumes in the library is computed to amount to 265,000 ; of the special collections the most important are the Astorga collection of old ...
... remained . The library retains the copyright privi- lege conferred upon it in 1709. The number of volumes in the library is computed to amount to 265,000 ; of the special collections the most important are the Astorga collection of old ...
Page 3876
... remained under state con- trol . Two copies of every book published within the kingdom must be deposited here . The incunabula and block books form an important series . There is a gen- eral classified catalogue in writing in 295 folio ...
... remained under state con- trol . Two copies of every book published within the kingdom must be deposited here . The incunabula and block books form an important series . There is a gen- eral classified catalogue in writing in 295 folio ...
Page 3893
... remained more than twenty years , and during this period wrote and published the three great works upon which his fame as a writer chiefly rests - the Manual of Political Ethics ( 1838 ) , Legal and Political Hermeneutics ( 1839 ) , and ...
... remained more than twenty years , and during this period wrote and published the three great works upon which his fame as a writer chiefly rests - the Manual of Political Ethics ( 1838 ) , Legal and Political Hermeneutics ( 1839 ) , and ...
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