On Friday 9 March, 2007, DP released 15 books in celebration of their 10,000th posting to Project Gutenberg. DP’s 10,000th unique book is;
The Annals of the Cakchiquels, by Daniel G. Brinton 20775
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/0/7/7/20775 ]
[Files: 20775.txt; 20775-8.txt; 20775-0.txt; 20775-h.htm]
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| PREVIOUS DP MILESTONES | ||
| Book# | Released |
Book Title(s) |
| 9000 | 5 Sep 2006 | Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti |
| Kelly Miller’s history of the world war for human rights by Kelly Miller | ||
| Hey diddle diddle and Baby bunting by Randolph Caldecott | ||
| 8000 | 8 Feb 2006 | The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638–1870 by W. E. B. Du Bois |
| 7000 | 24 Jun 2005 | Opúsculos por Alexandre Herculano (Portuguese) by Alexandre Herculano |
| Viage al Parnaso (Spanish) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | ||
| Leabhráin an Irisleabhair-III (Irish) by Various | ||
| 6000 | 2 Feb 2005 | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott by Sir Walter Scott |
| 5000 | 8 Oct 2004 | Too many to list (50), see the threads |
| 4000 | 7 Apr 2004 | Adventures du capitaine Hatteras by Jules Verne |
| 3000 | 15 Jan 2004 | Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton |
| 2000 | 3 Sep 2003 | Hamlet, the “Bad Quarto” by William Shakespeare |
| 1000 | 19 Feb 2003 | unknown |
The above table shows multiple titles when the exact book title is not known.
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