Curiosities of LiteratureGood Press, 2023 M12 28 - 1966 páginas Curiosities of Literature is a three volume anthology gathered by British scholar Isaac D'Israeli. The work contains countless anecdotes about historical persons and events, unusual books, and the habits of book-collectors. It offers a diversified miscellany of literary, artistic, and political history, of critical disquisition and biographic anecdote._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ |
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