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These are some of the surprises of collecting. There are also the curiosities. Frederick William of Prussia collected giants Caps and head-dresses, locks and wigs, gloves and waistcoats, garters and stockings, snuff-boxes and walking-sticks, have each attracted the attention of collectors of more modest requirements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
