@davidpendleton.bsky.socialDelighted to announce that my new article is out now in The Trafalgar Chronicle! ⚓️
📖 “As a Hound to the Haunches of a Deer: HMS Countess of Scarborough: The Forgotten Ship of the Battle of Flamborough Head”
Published by 1805Club.
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #18thCentury
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@annamthane.bsky.socialLook forward to October!
Here is a list of new #non_fiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for next month:
regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
@pavementgeology.bsky.socialThis is the Black Castle (Arnos Castle) in Bristol built c. 1750 from blocks of cast slag from copper smelting works. Visited by Horace Walpole, it doesn’t get more gothic than this! And they serve snakebite and black #urbangeology #gothic #18thCentury
@annamthane.bsky.socialEnjoy reading in September!
Here is a list of new #non_fiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month:
regency-explorer.net/new-releases/
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@elementaladam.bsky.socialJoin my students and I for a #BHM26 event exploring the life & writing of Ignatius Sancho, including his letters to Laurence Sterne.
12 October 2026, 6–7.15pm
Free to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-hist...
The first 20 to book get a free printed copy of our edition. #18c #18thCentury
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialL'ART DE LA VERRERIE 1718 GLASS MAKING ENAMEL CERAMICS GEM STONES Blancourt
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #crafts #arts #glass #glassmaking #enamel #pigments #ceramics #mirrors #chemistry #gemstones #minerals #bookauction
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@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialSome of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.socialThomas Pennant's (1726-1798) body of work spanned natural history, antiquities and travel. To celebrate his tercentenary, we've added his correspondence and catalogues to our Digital Special Collections: buff.ly/ZFULOe0. #Manuscripts #18thCentury #HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfNaturalHistory
@mrshekenway.bsky.social@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialSome of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialLead has been mined in Derbyshire since the Romans were here. Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek, this diary from John Naylor, provides a surprisingly readable glimpse of the life of an 18th century lead miner near Bakewell.
@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 1789 HISTORY ANTIQUITIES 2v MAPS ENGRAVINGS Brand COAL
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #Newcastle #history #culture #traditions #Georgian #engravings #trade #environs #map #bookauction
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@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialANTONY VAN LEEUWENHOEK 1798 MISCROSCOPICAL DISCOVERIES 1st BLOOD ORGANISMS
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #science #discoveries #blood #organism #miscroscope #sciencehistory #Leeuwenhoek #firstedition #bookauction
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@wisdompedlars.bsky.socialSome of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week.
Auctions end Sunday, from 8pm (UK time)
#antiquarian #bibliophile #history #BookTwitter #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #18thcentury #rarebooks #bookcollecting #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompe...
@defoesociety.bsky.socialNew Publication Alert
Farr, Jason S.. The Deaf Resonances of Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Stanford University Press, 2027.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC #defoesociety