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A handsome book from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: navy cloth over hardback boards with gold details and a sewn binding. With dustjacket.

192 pp. 69 b&w illustrations. Footnotes. Appendix. Index.

An 18th century copperplate illustration, discovered in Oxford in 1929, was used to guide the restoration and reconstruction of several Williamsburg buildings. This information was appreciated but a discovery was made when more copperplates which came to light in 1986 were linked to the 1929 Oxford copperplate.

This book pieces together the mystery of when, how, and why these copperplates were made. The authors link these illustrations to texts written (and to texts now lost) by one of the most prominent Virginians of this period, William Byrd II. Byrd (1674-1744) was a prominent plantation-owner, author, romantic scoundrel, and politician who is generally seen as the founder of the city of Richmond.

These images are of great diversity and shed light on the whole swath of the early American experience. Maps, portraits, elevations of buildings, city plans, panoramic views of cities, botanical drawings, drawings of animals, and more are woven into this book with skill by the authors. The result is a more developed understanding of Byrd as a literary figure and of the politics, science, and perceptions of the early Americans. Finally, the craft and beauty of many of these documentary images should be noted as well!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Bodleian Copperplates and the Holkham Prints
Byrd and the Dividing Line
The Williamsburg Buildings
Byrd's Views of British Politics and the Americas
Byrd's Resources: The Library and His Circle of Friends
Byrd's Perceptions of the Natural World and the Natuarl History on the Illustrations
The Engraver of the Plates ... Read more

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Chapters: People Executed by Ohio, John William Byrd, Jr., Alton Coleman, Jeffrey Lundgren, Cassie Chadwick, Ernest Martin, Capital Punishment in Ohio, Harry Pierpont, Stephen Allan Vrabel, Charles Makley, Richard Edwin Fox, Richard Cooey, John R. Hicks, Wilford Berry, Jr., Willie Williams, Joseph Lewis Clark, Adremy Dennis, Herman Ashworth, Jay D. Scott, Anna Marie Hahn, William Smith, James H. Snook, Darrell Ferguson, Christopher Newton, William G. Zuern, Jr., Kenneth Biros, Rocky Barton, Cincinnati Strangler, Jason Getsy, Gregory Bryant-Bey, Scott Andrew Mink, David M. Brewer, Glenn Lee Benner Ii, Joseph Filkowski. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 91. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cassie L. Chadwick (10 October 1857 10 October 1907) is the infamous name used by a Canadian woman who defrauded several U.S. banks out of millions of dollars by claiming to be an illegitimate daughter and heiress of Andrew Carnegie. Born Elizabeth Bigley 10 October 1857 Eastwood (Canada West), United Province of Canada. Her parents, Dan and Annie worked a small farm in Eastwood. She had three sisters Alice, Mary, Emily, and a brother Bill. Her father worked for the Grand Trunk Railway as a section boss and was often away from the homestead. Betsy, as she was known to her family, was as known to daydream and tell fibs as a child. At the age of 13, Chadwick went to Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. There she opened a bank account with a dubious letter of inheritance from an "unknown" uncle in England and a small amount of cash. While there, Chadwick passed several worthless cheques to various merchants. In 1870, she was arrested in Woodstock for forgery. She was released due to her age and on the grounds of insanity. Following a three year absence from Eastwood, she returned to discover her sister Alice ma...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=351741 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1901. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Examines the extent to which William Byrd's compositional methods conform with the precepts of sixteenth-century musical theorists who described the modes and their use. ... Read more