Shepp's Photographs of the World

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Excerpt from Shepp's Photographs of the World: Consisting of Photographic Views of Cities, Street Scenes, Public Buildings, Cathedrals, Mosques, Churches, Temples, Observatories, Castles, Homes of Noted People, Private and Public Apartments in Royal Palaces, Universities, Colleges, VolcanoesNo attempt has been made to supplement the plates with elaborate descriptions, for the Simple reason that each subject has been selected with a view to having it explain itself. One does not require descriptions of what one can see, at the same time, a brief note attached to each picture establishes its identity and furnishes a clear summary of its character, and, where necessary, of its historical associations or its standard of importance in the world's existence. With these notes as suggestions, and the pictures of the actual scenes before him, the reader has only to turn to any of the many accessible books of reference for the amplification of the minor details of his stock of knowledge, and so complete his trip around the world as if he were making it, guide-book in hand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.