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The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. This first volume containing the woorthy discoueries, &c. of the English toward the north and norteast by sea ... together with many notable monuments and testimonies of the ancient forren trades, and of the warrelike and other shipping of this realme of England in former ages. Whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the orthern seas and lands situate that way. And lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described.

The principal navigations, voiages, traffiqves and discoueries of the ...

This title was cancelled and in a later issue a new t.p. with various alterations and with date 1599 was substituted for it. On the new t.p. no mention is made of the "victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz,... More

Soupers de la cour.  Vol. 2. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Soupers de la cour. Vol. 2. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Co...

LC set incomplete: v. 4 wanting. Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 321 LAC tnb 2019-03-05 update (1 card)

Soupers de la cour.  Vol. 2. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Soupers de la cour. Vol. 2. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Co...

LC set incomplete: v. 4 wanting. Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 321 LAC tnb 2019-03-05 update (1 card)

Sidereus nuncius - Public domain book scan / engraving

Sidereus nuncius - Public domain book scan / engraving

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: A-C⁴ D⁶ E-G⁴. Contains both woodcut and engraved illustrations; moon illustrations from Galileo's own drawings. Vendor: Jonathan A. Hill.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien experimentes et aprovves, reduits maintenant par lieux communs, & diuises en six liures pour la commodite de ceux qui en voudrot vser.

Les secrets dv seignevr Alexis Piemontois, et davtres avtevrs bien exp...

Title vignette (printer's device). Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 2-21-45 LAC scc 2019-01-03 update (1 card)

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...

ESTC R226995 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2019-02-11 update (1 card)

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...

ESTC R226995 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2019-02-11 update (1 card)

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...

ESTC R226995 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2019-02-11 update (1 card)

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Delights for ladies - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...

ESTC R226995 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2019-02-11 update (1 card)

House - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

House - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Includes index. Signatures: A⁴ B-12¹² N⁸ ²A-B⁶. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-26 no edits (2 cards)

House - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

House - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Includes index. Signatures: A⁴ B-12¹² N⁸ ²A-B⁶. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-26 no edits (2 cards)

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

De re militari. Italy, 14th century

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript on paper. Signatures (with catchwords at end of each): [a-s¹⁰, t²⁺]. Humanistic script. Illuminated initials; headings in red; sepi... More

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in America; in right of the Duke of Montagu, and orders, in the year 1722.

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia...

ESTC T98231 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-06-14 update (1 card) digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten Herrn Americi Vesputii vnter König Ferninando in Castilien vollbracht. Zum andern: Ein gründlicher Bericht von dem jetzigen Zustand der Landschafft Virginien ... Beneben einer Heyrath dess Königs Powhatans in Virginien Tochter, mit einem vornemmen Englischen,

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...

The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten Herrn Americi Vesputii vnter König Ferninando in Castilien vollbracht. Zum andern: Ein gründlicher Bericht von dem jetzigen Zustand der Landschafft Virginien ... Beneben einer Heyrath dess Königs Powhatans in Virginien Tochter, mit einem vornemmen Englischen,

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...

The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten Herrn Americi Vesputii vnter König Ferninando in Castilien vollbracht. Zum andern: Ein gründlicher Bericht von dem jetzigen Zustand der Landschafft Virginien ... Beneben einer Heyrath dess Königs Powhatans in Virginien Tochter, mit einem vornemmen Englischen,

Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...

The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More

Le Proprietaire en francoys. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Le Proprietaire en francoys. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Co...

"... Des p[ro]prietes des choses fut tra[n]slate de latin en fra[n]coys lay de grace Mil.CCCC.lxxij [sic, i.e. 1372] par le co[m]ma[n]deme[n]t de tres puissant et noble prince Charles le quint ... Et le traslat... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs.

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Francisci Draken, qvi peragrato primvm vniverso terrarvm orbe, postea cum ... Iohanne Havckens, ad expugnandum ciuitatem Panama, in Indiam nauigauit ... Secvndo, iter ... Thomae Candisch ... Tertio, duo itinera ... Gvaltheri Ralegh ... nec non ... capitanei Lavrentii Keyms. Qvibvs ... describitvr ... regnum Gviana ... Primo Anglicana lingva sparsim consignata: iam verò in vnum corpus redacta, & in Latinum sermonem conuersa, auctore Gotardo Artvs.

Americae pars VIII. Continens primo, descriptionem trivm itinervm Fran...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 5. Latin. Francoforti] 1595. 1st ed., 1st issue, copy 3. Plates have special t.p.: Tabulae & imagines ad septimam et octavam Americae partem ... The history of Drake's firs... More

The English house-wife, containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman.

The English house-wife, containing the inward and outward vertues whic...

LC copy imperfect: p. 39-41 wanting. Dedication signed: Gervace Marchan. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939; Rec. R.B. 7-10-44. LAC ecr 2019-02... More

The English house-wife, containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleat woman.

The English house-wife, containing the inward and outward vertues whic...

LC copy imperfect: p. 39-41 wanting. Dedication signed: Gervace Marchan. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting, Oct. 6, 1939; Rec. R.B. 7-10-44. LAC ecr 2019-02... More

Cuisinier royal et bourgeois. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Cuisinier royal et bourgeois. - Rare book, public domain, Library of C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift A. W. Bitting Oct. 6, 1939 LAC tnb 2019-03-05 update (2 cards) LAC rwp 2019-03-13 review

Das sechste Theil Americae oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo das dritte Buch. Darinnen erzehlet wirt, wie die Spanier die ... Landschafften dess peruauischen [sic] Königreichs eingenommen ... Sampt einem kurtzen ... Tractätein von den glückhafftigen Inseln.  Mit ... Erklärungen ... Auch einer Landtaffel dess peruanischen Königreichs.

Das sechste Theil Americae oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo das dritte...

Imprint from special t.p. for plates, dated: 1618. The general title is printed within same engr. border as that of 1st ed. Second edition, 1st issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 189; pla... More

The historie of the most renowned and victorious Princesse Elizabeth, late queen of England. Contayning all the important and remarkeable passages of state both at home and abroad, during her long and prosperous raigne. Composed by way of annals. Neuer heretofore so faithfully and fully published in English.

The historie of the most renowned and victorious Princesse Elizabeth, ...

Translation of Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha. Translator's pref. signed: R.N. [i.e. Robert Norton] Six unnumbered pages between p. 104 and 105 (4th group) STC 4500. Kraus, H.P. Si... More

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: [A]-Z⁴, (H₂ lettered G₂), Aa-Zz⁴, ***⁴, Aaa-Ooo⁴. The second and third books were apparently printed by different printers as indi... More

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: [A]-Z⁴, (H₂ lettered G₂), Aa-Zz⁴, ***⁴, Aaa-Ooo⁴. The second and third books were apparently printed by different printers as indi... More

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: [A]-Z⁴, (H₂ lettered G₂), Aa-Zz⁴, ***⁴, Aaa-Ooo⁴. The second and third books were apparently printed by different printers as indi... More

forme of cury: a roll of ancient cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master

forme of cury: a roll of ancient cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, b...

Dedication signed: S. Pegge. Signatures: a² b-e⁴ f² A-U⁴ Y² Z-2B⁴. The portrait of Samuel Pegge is dated 1785. Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 361 ESTC T40042 Also available in digital form on the Library o... More

forme of cury: a roll of ancient cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, by the master

forme of cury: a roll of ancient cookery, compiled, about A.D. 1390, b...

Dedication signed: S. Pegge. Signatures: a² b-e⁴ f² A-U⁴ Y² Z-2B⁴. The portrait of Samuel Pegge is dated 1785. Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 361 ESTC T40042 Also available in digital form on the Library o... More

Ars moriendi., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Ars moriendi., 15th century - Rare book, public domain, Library of Con...

Block book. Printed in black ink on one side of leaves only, so that pairs of printed and blank pages alternately face each other. Schreiber, W.L. Handbuch (3. Aufl.), IV, p. 261, 267-312 (ed. IV A) BM 15th ce... More

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini ..

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato ...

Vols. 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary gilt vellum. Provenance: J. A. de Thou (with his signature) Robert Hoe, Joseph Martini (with their book-plates) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collec... More

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini ..

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato ...

Vols. 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary gilt vellum. Provenance: J. A. de Thou (with his signature) Robert Hoe, Joseph Martini (with their book-plates) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collec... More

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini ..

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato ...

Vols. 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary gilt vellum. Provenance: J. A. de Thou (with his signature) Robert Hoe, Joseph Martini (with their book-plates) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collec... More

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini ..

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato ...

Vols. 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary gilt vellum. Provenance: J. A. de Thou (with his signature) Robert Hoe, Joseph Martini (with their book-plates) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collec... More

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini ..

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato ...

Vols. 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary gilt vellum. Provenance: J. A. de Thou (with his signature) Robert Hoe, Joseph Martini (with their book-plates) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collec... More

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini ..

I quattro libri dell' architettura, ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato ...

Vols. 2-4 have special title-pages. Contemporary gilt vellum. Provenance: J. A. de Thou (with his signature) Robert Hoe, Joseph Martini (with their book-plates) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collec... More

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ...

Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...

Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Francisci Draken ... in die West Indien vnd Americam gethan, neben noch etlichen Figuren ... so beydes in das siebende vnd achte Theil Americae gehören. Item, die Reyse der holländischen Armada in die Insel Gross Canarien , welche ... 1599 ... von Holland ... ausgefahren ...

Additamentvm; das ist, Zuthuung zweyer fürnemmer Reysen ... Herrn Fra...

Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 8. German] Franckfurt, 1599. Copy 1. First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 194. The history of Drake's first voyage is translated from the account by... More

Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. Part I.

Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United S...

Compiled by Baron de Steuben, inspector general of the Continental Army, and assisted by François-Louis Teissèydre. Illustrations drawn by Pierre L'Enfant. Errata note, p. [163-164]. "Explanation of the plat... More

De ludo scachorum., 15th century, Augsburg, Bavaria

De ludo scachorum., 15th century, Augsburg, Bavaria

Leaf [1a]: [I]ch Bruder Jacob von Cassalis ... bin überwunden worden vo[n] der Brüder Gebet wegen ... die mich haben hören predigen das Spil do heysset Schachzabel, das ich douon gemacht hab ditz Buch ... Vn... More

The history of Persia - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The history of Persia - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...

Pedro, not Antonio, Teixeira was the compiler of this work.--cf. Silva, Dicc. bibl. port., Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale, and Brit. mus. Catalogue. A translation, with additions, of Pedro Teixeira's Relaciones... More

Country housewife and lady's director.

Country housewife and lady's director.

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall. ESTC T34242 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-26 update (2 cards)

Country housewife and lady's director.

Country housewife and lady's director.

The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall. ESTC T34242 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-26 update (2 cards)

Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra.Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm [1595]

Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati f...

The first part, originally published in 1585, is composed of three fascicles, each with a special t. p.: Galliæ tabulę geographicæ ; Belgii Inferioris geographicæ tabulę ; Germaniae tabulę geographicæ. The ... More

Scot's discovery of witchcraft

Scot's discovery of witchcraft

Signatures: pi1 A⁴ a⁴ B-2A⁴ 2a⁴ 2*⁴ 2[dagger]⁶ 2B-2G⁴ *² 2H-3E⁴. Wing (2nd ed.) 943 ESTC R19425 Includes bibliographical references. LC copy has bookplate of Eugene L. Bulson. Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna... More

Scot's discovery of witchcraft

Scot's discovery of witchcraft

Signatures: pi1 A⁴ a⁴ B-2A⁴ 2a⁴ 2*⁴ 2[dagger]⁶ 2B-2G⁴ *² 2H-3E⁴. Wing (2nd ed.) 943 ESTC R19425 Includes bibliographical references. LC copy has bookplate of Eugene L. Bulson. Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna... More

Scot's discovery of witchcraft

Scot's discovery of witchcraft

Signatures: pi1 A⁴ a⁴ B-2A⁴ 2a⁴ 2*⁴ 2[dagger]⁶ 2B-2G⁴ *² 2H-3E⁴. Wing (2nd ed.) 943 ESTC R19425 Includes bibliographical references. LC copy has bookplate of Eugene L. Bulson. Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna... More

Traite historique et pratique de la cuisine.  Vol. 2.

Traite historique et pratique de la cuisine. Vol. 2.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-03-05 update (3 cards)

Traite historique et pratique de la cuisine.  Vol. 2.

Traite historique et pratique de la cuisine. Vol. 2.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-03-05 update (3 cards)

Art of cookery - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

Art of cookery - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

ESTC T69536 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC Copy gift of A. W. Bitting Oct. 6, 1939 LAC tnb 2019-02-26 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-03-06 review

Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise, contenant la Virginie, Mary-Land, Caroline, Pensylvania, Nouvelle Iorck, N:Iarsey, N. France, et les terres nouvellement découerte dressé sur les relations les plus nouvelles.

Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise, contenant la Virginie, Mary-Lan...

Relief shown pictorially. Title in upper right corner: Partie orientale de l'Amérique angloise. Hand colored. Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In... More

Amérique septentrionale / Historic map, Library of Congress

Amérique septentrionale / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Prime meridian: [Paris]. Mounted on cloth backing. From his 1658 (i.e. 1660) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Phillips 4260). First state: Lacks shading ... More

Assyria vetvs diuifa in Syriam, Messopotamiam, Babyloniam, et Assyriam /

Assyria vetvs diuifa in Syriam, Messopotamiam, Babyloniam, et Assyriam...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, 2 ancillary celestial hemispheres, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2001-24

[Three maps of the cosmological systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Brahe].

[Three maps of the cosmological systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Br...

Title supplied by cataloger. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy assembled from three separate maps, trimmed and mounted on sheet. LC copy imperfect... More

A new & exact mapp of the island of Jamaica : with ye true and iust scituation of ye severall townes & churches ..

A new & exact mapp of the island of Jamaica : with ye true and iust sc...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 99-56

A map of the improved part of the Province of Pennsilvania in America : begun by Wil. Penn, Proprietary & Governour thereof anno 1681 /

A map of the improved part of the Province of Pennsilvania in America ...

Shows rural landholders' names, lot lines, and proprietary manors. Map content (as of 1687) does not differ from earlier eds. Title from upper border. Statement of dedication at upper left:To the worthey Willia... More

Mare mediterraneum, exhibens oras hispaniæ, galliæ, italiæ, mare hadriaticum, archipelagus, natoliam, ægyptum, levantam, barcam, tripolin, tunetanum, algeriam, fezzam, maurocum.

Mare mediterraneum, exhibens oras hispaniæ, galliæ, italiæ, mare hadri...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Map showing coast of northern Yucatán Peninsula].

[Map showing coast of northern Yucatán Peninsula].

Depths shown by soundings. Pen-and-ink and green watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 547 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Maggs number annotat... More

Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the British Empire therein with the limits and boundaries of the United States as also the dominions possessed in that quarter, by the Spaniards, the French & other European states, the whole compiled from the best surveys and authentic memoirs which have appeared to the present year, 1783.

Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the ...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd as the Act directs 2. Jan. 1783." Includes historic notes. Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson Bays [ca. 1:18,000,000]--A map of ... More

A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey.

A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvani...

Relief shown pictorially. Date and attribution from On the map, 1983. Second state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne. This state differs from the earlier one in lacking the publisher's i... More

Plano de la ciudad de Sto. Domingo y su río.

Plano de la ciudad de Sto. Domingo y su río.

Shows Hispaniola, eastern portions of Cuba and Jamaica, and other adjacent islands. Also shows roads and villages in Hispaniola. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and green watercolo... More

[Collection of nine images including astronomical instruments, celestial charts, and a world map].

[Collection of nine images including astronomical instruments, celesti...

Title devised by cataloger. English, French and Latin. James Ferguson article from Gent. Mag. March 1769. Nine printed images and two panels of printed text mounted on paper within hand drawn frames colored yel... More

Weltkarte des Idrisi vom Jahr 1154 n. Ch., Charta Rogeriana /

Weltkarte des Idrisi vom Jahr 1154 n. Ch., Charta Rogeriana /

Relief shown pictorially. Place names in romanized Arabic. Accompanying text in English. Facsimile. Original version: 1154. Oriented with north to the bottom. Originally printed on 6 sheets, each ca. 47 x 68 cm... More

A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branch of the Susquehanna River; from the Delaware River north to Fort Stanwix.

A Portion of New York from the Hudson River west to the Unadilla Branc...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor on parchment. Area is divided into the various tracts of land with the owners identified. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1079 Available also thr... More

A new and correct map of the world : laid down according to the newest observations & discoveries in several different projections including the trade winds, monsoons, variation of the compass, and illustrated with a coelestial planisphere, the various systems of Ptolomy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe together with ye apearances of the planets &c. /

A new and correct map of the world : laid down according to the newest...

Relief shown pictorially. Insets: The northern hemisphere upon the plane of the Equinoctial -- The northern coelestial hemisphere -- A projection of ye world upon equidistant meridians and parallels -- The nort... More

Plan du Fort Condé de la Mobille, marqué en rouge dans l'Etat quil est presentement 1743, avec la partie de l'augementation [i.e. l'augmentation] proposée, marqué en jeaune [i.e. jaune].

Plan du Fort Condé de la Mobille, marqué en rouge dans l'Etat quil est...

Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Shows Mobile and Fort Condé (later renamed Fort Charlotte), Alabama. "Echelle de cent cinquante toises." Pen-and-ink and watercolor (green, brown, red, yellow). "This Fr... More

North America. Historic map, Library of Congress

North America. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:50,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Degs. west from London." Shows colonies, a few cities and towns, and Indian tribal territory. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 6 Available also through the... More

A plan of the inlets & rivers of Savannah & Warsaw in the Province of Georgia.

A plan of the inlets & rivers of Savannah & Warsaw in the Province of ...

Scale ca. 1:32,000; 220 chains, 80 to a mile & 1/2 mile to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right. Shows area betwee... More

Stadt St. Domingo. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stadt St. Domingo. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "No. 7." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1

Georges Louis le Rouge - Port-Royal de Jamaique.

Georges Louis le Rouge - Port-Royal de Jamaique.

Scale ca. 1:7,700. Oriented with north toward the lower right. From the author's Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale. 1755. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1947 Available also through the Librar... More

An accurate map of the British colonies in North America bordering on the river Ohio.

An accurate map of the British colonies in North America bordering on ...

Scale ca. 1:5,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Text differs from other copy. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 55 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Va... More

Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages et etablissements françois et anglois,

Amérique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages ...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Third impression of 2d French ed. Relief shown pictorially. Title in French and German. Formerly in the collection of the French geographer Henri Vignaud. LC Maps of North A... More

Carte réduite des isles de la Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, et les Saintes

Carte réduite des isles de la Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, et les Sainte...

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "No. 78." Inset: Environs du Fort Louis à l'entree du petit cul de sac de la Guadeloupe. L... More

Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the metropolis of the province of South Carolina.

Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the ...

New York City map shows streets, wharves, ferries, principal buildings, and built-up area. Charleston view is panorama of waterfront and quays with principal buildings lettered for identification (no index pres... More

A map of North America, - Public domain vintage map

A map of North America, - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. "Longit. west from Ferro I." Differs from other copy in coloration. Map is colored in to show the extent of British America, and the Spanish and F... More

Mapa, que comprende la Frontera, de los Dominios del Rey, en la America Septentrional.

Mapa, que comprende la Frontera, de los Dominios del Rey, en la Americ...

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 91 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land granted to George Washington and others.

[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land grant...

Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Has watermarks. Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr... More

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials, on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775.

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American pro...

Scale ca. 1:13,800. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for points of military interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-178... More

A plan of the attack of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, and of the American lines on New-York Island by the King's troops, on the 16th of November 1776.

A plan of the attack of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, and of t...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive index. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1159 Available also through the Library of ... More

A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact description of the shores, creeks, harbours, soundings, shoals, sands, and bearings of the most considerable land marks, from the capes to Philadelphia /

A chart of Delaware Bay and River : containing a full and exact descri...

Scale ca. 1:275,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Shows ship channels. Includes list of subscribers and "Tide table." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt.

[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt.

Scale ca. 1:700,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. In pencil: Montresor, 1776. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows river course from New... More

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