Cox's Fragmenta: An Historical Miscellany
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Erotic misdemeanors in an Irish bean-field andthe recipe for a frog barometer fresh from the French court are included in this collectionof the funniest and most bizarre news stories printed in the 18th and 19th centuriesAparrot convicted of heresy and burnt at the stake in Spain, and a Dutch stage effect for ejecting a wig (by means of a spring) during "Hamlet's" ghost scene are just some of the masterpieces of understated journalism collected in this Fragmenta. At97 volumes, Cox's scrapbook has to be one of the largest collections of journalistic ephemera ever. For60 years during the late 18th and early 19th centuries he accumulated articles on everything from duels to playhouses, and foreign travel to warfare. Simon Murphy has selected the most amusing and bizarre to create an historical miscellany which will intrigue and delight."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0752463292
ISBN13:9780752463292
Release Date:September 2011
Publisher:History Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.3" x 6.7"
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