| Originally published in c.1870 in Ireland by William Mackenzie. This series of sixteen volumes is the work of over 100 contributors worldwide, who come from various professions such a Professors, Reverands, Baroness, authors, University Principals and College Presidents, and a Barrister. They have compiled this 'encyclopedia' of leading men of the age. It consists of memoirs of distinguished men, of all ages and nations (not confined to the UK by any means), and includes many photographic portraits. Sample entries:
APEL, Friedrich August Ferdinand, a German lawyer, brother of Johann August, born at Leipzig, 1768, died in 1830.
CABALLERO, Joseph Antony, Marquis, a Spanish Statesman, born in 1760. On the accession of Ferdinand VIII, in 1808, he was made president of the council of finance; but having joined Murat's party, and become a firm adherent of Joseph Bonaparte, he was on the downfall of Napoleon, compelled to retire to Bordeaux. In 1818 he was sentenced by Ferdinand to perpetual banishment, but was recalled in 1820 by the constitutionalists. He died at Salamanca in 1821. The CDs contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original books. The data on each CD is completely self-contained, and requires no installation. Pages are bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, and printed if required. Please read carefully: If the CDs are for use in a Society or Public Library you will need a library licence, this price is five times the full retail price. You will then be issued with a library certificate for the product. The publishers terms do not allow users to publish their products or extracts on the internet. Also terms also exclude using these products to provide a lookup service, or the reselling of disks. |
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