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A scientist would refer to a specific citation either in order to support her own work, or to challenge the citation’s conclusions. A writer may simply pick up a book, smell it, and sit down to write, without even opening it (my thanks to Anne Bennett, the kind lady who sent me the 1777 edition of Pope’s Iliad, which I’ve never read, but which smells great and inspired bits of several scenes in Voyager). A writer may read an authoritative reference, and then merrily disregard everything it says.
Looking over the headings in this section, I came to the conclusion that this bibliography ought really to be subtitled “Etc.” (This isn’t really a proper bibliography; it’s a compost heap, and I’m not sure there are any rules for the organization of compost heaps.) As it is, references are grouped according to the main area of interest into which they fall—but since ideas know no bounds, there will undoubtedly be a bit of overlap here and there.
Consequently, while the list of herbal guides—for instance—could certainly be included in the “Natural History (Etc.)” heading, I have instead included them in the “Medicine” section, since virtually all herbal guides deal with the medical aspects of the herbs described. A few books seemed to fall equally into either of two sections; in these cases, I generally included the title in both sections, to make it easier for people to find specifically what they may be looking for.
N.B.: All references are as complete as possible, which in some cases is not very.
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: GENERAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, BACKGROUND, ARTIFACTS, ETC.
Collins Encyclopedia of Antiques. London: Tiger Books International.
Great Britain: A Bantam Travel Guide. New York: Bantam Books.
Alexander, William, and George Henry Mason. Views of 18th Century China: Costumes, History, Customs. London: Studio Editions, 1988.
Allcott, Kenneth. Eighteenth-Century Prose, 1700–1780, Vol. III. Baltimore: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1956.
Andrews, E.W., et al. Journal of a Lady of Quality, 1774–1776. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939.
Andrews, William. Old Time Punishments. Williamstown, MA.: Corner House Publishers, 1985.
Big Road Atlas Britain: New Computer Mapping. The Automobile Association-Fanum House, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2EA.
Heritage: The British Review, Vol. 28. (June/July 1989).
Historical Atlas of the World. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1980.
The House of Parliament, The Palace of Westminster. Hampshire: Pitkin Pictorials, Andover, 1992.
Illustrated Walks in London. Andover, Hants: Pitkin Pictorials, 1990.
Mini Great Britain Road Atlas. A to Z Publications.
Pigot & Co.’s British Atlas: Counties of England. London: Garamond Publishers Ltd., 1990.
Realm: The Magazine of Britain’s History and Countryside, vol. 40 (Aug/Sept. 1991).
Scalamandre Guide to Passementerie. Threads, vol. 33 (Feb/Mar. 1991).
The Wall Chart of World History: From Earliest Times to the Present. Dorset Press, 1988.
Atterbury, Paul and Lars Tharp, eds. The Bulfinch Illustrated Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 1994.
Atton, Henry. The King’s Customs, Vols. I and II. New York: A. M. Kelley, 1967.
Baigent, Michael, et al. The Temple and the Lodge. New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 1991.
Bamford, Paul Walden. Privilege and Profit: A Business Family in Eighteenth-Century France. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.
Boswell, James. Boswell’s London Journal, 1762–1763. London: The Reprint Society, 1952.
Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, vols. I and II. New York: The Heritage Press, 1963.
Head, Barclay V. British Museum Dept of Coins and Medals: Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia. Bologna: A Forni, 1964.
Brownstone, David and Irene Franck. Timelines of War: A Chronology of Warfare from 100,000 B.C. to the Present. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 1994.
Bruce, George. The Paladin Dictionary of Battles. Edison, N.J.: Hunter Publishing, Inc., 1986.
Burl, Aubrey. Megalithic Brittany.