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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    November 2011
    December 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511705984
    9781108017534
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511705984
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.93kg, 816 Pages
    • Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Education
    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, History, Education, Education, History, Theory
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Education
    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, History, Education, Education, History, Theory
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    Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840) was a London-born author and publisher of educational textbooks who used a vast array of pseudonyms, including that of Reverend C. C. Clarke. Phillips' marketing techniques - the systematic borrowing of famous (living or deceased) authors' names for his textbooks, along with the multiplication of easy to produce related educational products - were key to his success. No doubt meant as an accessible encyclopaedia, this 40th edition of 1834 - attributed to Phillips himself - is a surprisingly vast and heterogeneous survey, which compiles natural and man-made curiosities across the world. The Himalayas and Mont Blanc share a chapter with the Peak of Derbyshire; famous rivers lead to mysterious subterranean forests; and Stonehenge is closely followed by St Paul's cathedral. Halfway between reference book and textbook, this richly illustrated volume is a fascinating catalogue of the world's wonders as perceived in the early nineteenth century.

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