Word: 16th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Paris last week, in a reception room of the Polish Embassy, 17 prominent Poles met as a newly formed National Council of the Polish Government-in-Exile. Council members sat in two rows facing each other, just as in the 16th-Century Polish Senate. President Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz appeared in formal morning dress. Premier General Wladyslaw Sikorski in full uniform with decorations. No member of the old Polish Parliament or the old Polish Government which in September fled in haste and disgrace from Warsaw was present...
Among the 2,742 items of first-editions or editions of special interest are rare issues of the work of Martin Luther, an almost complete collection of books tracing the history of lyrics and hymnology in Germany during the 16th century, thirty first-editions of Goethe, and the complete thirty-three volume works of Frederick the Great which were produced for and belonged to the Emperor Frederick...
...authorities stated. Many of the books will never again be on the market. Its availability here will be of particular value not only to scholars interested is the history of German literature and art, but also to students of the Renaissance interested in the comparison of trends in the 16th and 17th centuries, it was explained
...pondering the evidence for 45 minutes, the jury found him guilty, and the judge promptly sentenced him to two years in prison on each of two counts, a $2,000 fine. Pending appeal, Comrade Browder remained free on bail, left the courtroom to attend a Communist commemoration of the 16th anniversary of Lenin's death...
...program will include "Diferencias sobre el Canto del Caballero," written by Antonio de Cabezon in the 16th century; three sonatas by Padre Antonio Soler; three selections from the suite "Iberia," by Isaac Albeniz; and the modern "Distant Saraband" by Joaquin Rodriguo...