Leadership with John Ryan

Oct 28, 2022 | Videos

John Ryan present our Leadership catalogue which presents five centuries of print history, alongside significant manuscript and striking visual material. Revolutionaries and radicals, premiers and presidents, royalty and military commanders, founders of religions, and leaders of expeditions, are joined by those who appraised leadership and opined on the leaders’ proper actions.

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Peter Harrington, William Reese Company, and James Cummins Bookseller, with the assistance of Horden House, jointly present the celebrated David Parsons collection of early travel books. This second catalogue brings together an impressive collection of printed works and manuscripts that document pivotal chapters in the discovery of Asia, including the early exploits of explorers like Marco Polo and Vasco Da Gama.

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