zachs w (3 resultados)

Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm, xiv, 226 pp. From the blurb - "This is the first biography of Gilbert Stuart, an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, His bold challenge to the ideas of David Hume, his innovative style of literary criticism and his passionate defence of Mary Qpeen of Scots were controversial and well known in his day but have since been forgotten, This study incorporates Stuart's own writings, manuscript sources and contemporary accounts to recount the life of a rebellious and idiosyncratic man. In this enjoyable biography Stuart's career is located within the context of eighteenth-century literary and political history. Zachs sets out the development of Stuart's controversial approach and describes how he retumed to his native Scotland, after gaining hard won recognition on London's Grub Street. The periodical Stuart founded did not succeed, but it established a critical approach which was taken up by nineteenth-century reviewers. His brand of historical writing anticipated the romanticism of the next generation. After failing to earn the acclaim he believed was his due, Stuart ended his life a disappointed man, steeped in alcohol and suffering physical and mental self-destruction yet still fighting his adversaries to the end." Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

Cloth, cover illustration, 8vo, xvii, 433, [4] pp, 48 plates. Checklist with 1063 entries. From the blurb - "The vivid and fascinating story of the founder of one of London's major publishing houses. Draws on a uniquely rich archive to paint a new and clearer picture of the book trade during a critical period of its history. A remarkably complete record of both John Murray's business career (1768-1793) and his private life is preserved in the archive of the London publishing house which still bears his name. Dr Zachs fully exploits this material to chart Murray's success in the competitive book trade - success achieved by his imaginative use of the many new practices which were revolutionising the industry. The accounts of Murray's negotiations with authors and other traders, and the details of how he produced and marketed his publications, lay bare the fundamental economics of the book trade. Simultaneously, Dr Zachs tells the story of a remarkable life. Murray was a complicated man, honest and hypocritical, self-serving and generous, a constant schemer capable of considerable spontaneity, a strait-laced libertine. Married twice (to sisters), the father of an illegitimate son for whom he had lifelong affection, he was anything but conventional. Both fascinating narrative and work of scholarship, this volume offers many telling insights into the cultural history of its period. It also includes a comprehensive checklist of Murray's titles, with detailed information about their publication." Contents include: Early years; Thirty-two Fleet Street, at the Sign of the Ship; The eighteenth-century book trade; Dealing with authors; The London trade; Trade outside London; The Irish trade; Family matters; Diversity and specialisation; A litigious and disputatious nature; Periodical publications; The politics of a bookseller; Later years. Checklist of Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.

Paperback. Condición: New.