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Western Travellers in China. Discovering the Middle Kingdom. cover art

Western Travellers in China. Discovering the Middle Kingdom.

This book accompanied the exhibition "Western Travellers in China" held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 28 October 2009-10 January 2010. For centuries, China has aroused considerable interest in the Western world. In this book a selection of 130 volumes from a large collection of trave... More info
Women in revolutionary debate. Female novelists from Burney to Austen. cover art

Women in revolutionary debate. Female novelists from Burney to Austen.

In the later eighteenth and earlier nineteenth centuries novels were believed to have the power to shape and/or change behaviour, and, by implication, affect the political landscape of society on a large scale. The English response to the French Revolution can be traced through a reading of the nove... More info
`Nel mezzo del cammin...`. A Dante Journey through 700 Years of Text and Images. Edited by Livio Ambrogio, English translation by Martin Davies.  cover art

`Nel mezzo del cammin...`. A Dante Journey through 700 Years of Text and Images. Edited by Livio Ambrogio, Eng...

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana within the framework of Europalia 2003 Italia. The catalogue casts an eye over seven centuries of the `fortuna` of Dante as seen in editions of his work. Some of them are important, others are merely curious but they may yet be significa... More info
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