![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: John 1:1]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1455/01/01/pages-from-the-gutenberg-bible-1455-the-1st-pages-of-the-gospels-and-the-beginning-2-640.jpg "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: John 1:1]")
Civliano consuli ac patricio Priscianus salutem
Print shows page of text on weights and measures, with illuminated borders.
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey's - from the original pa...
Print shows King Henry VIII seated with Anne Boleyn in the left foreground and Cardinal Wolsey with other members of the court at a gathering in the background.
The virgin, child and St. John
Print shows the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus with his cousin in the background.
St. John
Print showing Saint John carrying a goblet.
![[The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist] / Quidus Renus, inv [...] fecit.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1600/01/01/the-holy-family-with-st-john-the-baptist-quidus-renus-inv-fecit-640.jpg "[The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist] / Quidus Renus, inv [...] fecit.")
![Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, 1606; graven by William Hole](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1612/01/01/virginia-discovered-and-discribed-sic-by-captan-sic-john-smith-1606-graven-640.jpg "Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, 1606; graven by William Hole")
Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, ...
Map showing Chesapeake Bay area and Indian place names with inset of Powhatan, and a Susquehanna Indian / John Smith.
![[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smith 1606 [?] William Hole.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1624/01/01/map-of-virginia-discovered-and-discribed-sic-by-captain-john-smith-1606-william-640.jpg "[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smith 1606 [?] William Hole.")
[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...
1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council.
Herodiade / Corio. s.
Print shows Herodiade and Salome with the severed head of St. John the Baptist.
![[Illus. title page of The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde, London, 1636 - shows composite of scenes including figures of Ceres and Pomona, full-length portraits of Theophrastus (d. 287? B.C.) and Pedanius Discordies; also bust portrait (of the author?)]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1636/01/01/illus-title-page-of-the-herball-or-generall-historie-of-plantes-gathered-by-640.jpg "[Illus. title page of The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde, London, 1636 - shows composite of scenes including figures of Ceres and Pomona, full-length portraits of Theophrastus (d. 287? B.C.) and Pedanius Discordies; also bust portrait (of the author?)]")
The Virgin, Child, and St. John the Baptist / G.R., In., B.C. Eq.F., 1...
Print shows Mary and infant Jesus with young St. John the Baptist.
![[The Young St. John the Baptist]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1650/01/01/the-young-st-john-the-baptist-640.jpg "[The Young St. John the Baptist]")
[The Young St. John the Baptist]
The Young Saint John the Baptist probably dates to the 1650s like the painting in London mentioned elsewhere. There are also two drawings of Saint John from that period that accord stylistically with this one. ... more
![[Frontis. and title page from The Pilgrim's Progress...by John Bunyan; frontis. shows author dreaming and pilgrims progressing]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1684/01/01/frontis-and-title-page-from-the-pilgrims-progressby-john-bunyan-frontis-shows-640.jpg "[Frontis. and title page from The Pilgrim's Progress...by John Bunyan; frontis. shows author dreaming and pilgrims progressing]")
![[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg, Emperor Leopold I, Sultan Mehmed IV, Kara Mustafa, Count of Waldeck, Elector of Saxony, John III Sobieski, Elector of Bavaria, Charles V Duke of Lorraine]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1685/01/01/siege-and-relief-of-vienna-in-1683-with-portraits-of-ernst-rudiger-von-starhemberg-640.jpg "[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg, Emperor Leopold I, Sultan Mehmed IV, Kara Mustafa, Count of Waldeck, Elector of Saxony, John III Sobieski, Elector of Bavaria, Charles V Duke of Lorraine]")
![[Title page of John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (London, 1690)]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1690/01/01/title-page-of-john-locke-two-treatises-of-government-london-1690-640.jpg "[Title page of John Locke, Two Treatises of Government (London, 1690)]")
![[Title page and page opposite inscribed by John Evelyn to Sir Christopher Wren, of John Evelyn's Acetaria, a Discourse of Sallets. 1699]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1699/01/01/title-page-and-page-opposite-inscribed-by-john-evelyn-to-sir-christopher-wren-640.jpg "[Title page and page opposite inscribed by John Evelyn to Sir Christopher Wren, of John Evelyn's Acetaria, a Discourse of Sallets. 1699]")
![[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1730/01/01/john-wesley-mh-j-faber-fecit-640.jpg "[John Wesley M.H.] / J. Faber, fecit.")
![[John Milton, 1608-1674, bust, facing right, wearing laurel crown]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1734/01/01/john-milton-1608-1674-bust-facing-right-wearing-laurel-crown-640.jpg "[John Milton, 1608-1674, bust, facing right, wearing laurel crown]")
The Life of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Tillotson, late Arch...
Text with head and shoulders portrait of John Tillotson.
Whipping John of Islington
Print shows an interior view of a room in which a man holds a bare-bottomed woman with a pained look on her face on his back as another woman holds up the woman's dress and points to her naked backside; a man, ... more
![A few lines on occasion of the untimely end of Mark and Phillis, who were executed at Cambridge, September 18th for poysoning their master, Capt. John Codman of Charlestown. [Cut] [Boston 1755].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1755/01/01/a-few-lines-on-occasion-of-the-untimely-end-of-mark-and-phillis-who-were-executed-640.jpg "A few lines on occasion of the untimely end of Mark and Phillis, who were executed at Cambridge, September 18th for poysoning their master, Capt. John Codman of Charlestown. [Cut] [Boston 1755].")
![A relation of the misfortunes of the French neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, by John Baptiste Galerm one of the said people. [Philadelphia, 1756].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1756/01/01/a-relation-of-the-misfortunes-of-the-french-neutrals-as-laid-before-the-assembly-640.jpg "A relation of the misfortunes of the French neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, by John Baptiste Galerm one of the said people. [Philadelphia, 1756].")
![A relation of the misfortunes of the French neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, by John Baptiste Galerm one of the said people. [Philadelphia, 1756].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1756/01/01/a-relation-of-the-misfortunes-of-the-french-neutrals-as-laid-before-the-assembly-1-640.jpg "A relation of the misfortunes of the French neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, by John Baptiste Galerm one of the said people. [Philadelphia, 1756].")
![[A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/a-bailiff-and-an-attorney-a-match-for-the-devil-640.jpg "[A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil]")
[A Bailiff and an attorney--a match for the Devil]
A satire on attornies and bailiffs. Lawyer, in his office, holding papers marked, "Middlesex to Wit -- Jno. Doe & Richd. Doe ..."; he converses with a rough man, with a cudgel under his arm, who holds case insc... more
![[Frontis., John Bunyan, head and shoulders portrait, sleeping - in background is his dream of the "Pilgrim's Progress"]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/frontis-john-bunyan-head-and-shoulders-portrait-sleeping-in-background-is-his-640.jpg "[Frontis., John Bunyan, head and shoulders portrait, sleeping - in background is his dream of the \"Pilgrim's Progress\"]")
![Sketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/sketch-of-st-johns-harbour-and-part-of-the-river-640.jpg "Sketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river.")
![A new and true relation, of a little girl in the County of Hartford, at Salmon-Brook in Simsbury who acted in a strange manner supposed to be bewitch’d, in March 1763. Boston Printed and sold [By John Kneeland] at the Head of Milk-Street. 1766.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1767/01/01/a-new-and-true-relation-of-a-little-girl-in-the-county-of-hartford-at-salmon-640.jpg "A new and true relation, of a little girl in the County of Hartford, at Salmon-Brook in Simsbury who acted in a strange manner supposed to be bewitch’d, in March 1763. Boston Printed and sold [By John Kneeland] at the Head of Milk-Street. 1766.")
![[Details of a chronometer designed by John Harrison]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1767/01/01/details-of-a-chronometer-designed-by-john-harrison-640.jpg "[Details of a chronometer designed by John Harrison]")
John Wilkes, Esq.
Print shows John Wilkes, half-length portrait, flanked by Hercules crushing a snake with his foot and Minerva wearing helmet and holding a spear.
John Glyn esqr., member of Parliament for Middlesex
Full-length portrait facing left, standing next to column with Liberty figure.
![A proclamation: Whereas the enemy have invaded this state, and now occupy John's and James Island, and the reduction of this town is undoubtedly their object. [Re. bearing arms] [Charleston, S, C. 177-].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1770/01/01/a-proclamation-whereas-the-enemy-have-invaded-this-state-and-now-occupy-johns-640.jpg "A proclamation: Whereas the enemy have invaded this state, and now occupy John's and James Island, and the reduction of this town is undoubtedly their object. [Re. bearing arms] [Charleston, S, C. 177-].")
Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...
Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... more
![To his Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor general of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice admiral of the same. The humble address of the House of Burgesses. [Williamsburg, 1772] [](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1772/01/01/to-his-excellency-the-right-honourable-john-earl-of-dunmore-his-majestys-lieutenant-2-640.jpg "To his Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor general of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice admiral of the same. The humble address of the House of Burgesses. [Williamsburg, 1772] [")
![To all farmers and tradesmen, who want good settlements for themselves and families, especially those lately arrived, or that may yet come, from Scotland or Ireland [Recommending Central New York] Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, at the New](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1772/01/01/to-all-farmers-and-tradesmen-who-want-good-settlements-for-themselves-and-families-640.jpg "To all farmers and tradesmen, who want good settlements for themselves and families, especially those lately arrived, or that may yet come, from Scotland or Ireland [Recommending Central New York] Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, at the New")
![To His Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor general of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia and Vice Admiral of the same: The humble address of the Council ... [Williamsburg 1772.] [Negative](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1772/01/01/to-his-excellency-the-right-honourable-john-earl-of-dunmore-his-majestys-lieutenant-4-640.jpg "To His Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor general of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia and Vice Admiral of the same: The humble address of the Council ... [Williamsburg 1772.] [Negative")
![To the inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, and parts adjacent. Gentlemen. [Protest of the soap boilers against John Rhea's method of procuring ashes] Philadelphia 15th February 1772.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1772/01/01/to-the-inhabitants-of-the-city-of-philadelphia-and-parts-adjacent-gentlemen-640.jpg "To the inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, and parts adjacent. Gentlemen. [Protest of the soap boilers against John Rhea's method of procuring ashes] Philadelphia 15th February 1772.")
![[Number II.] A letter to the majority of the General Assembly of Liliput. Gentlemen. You may possibly expect that the subject of my last should be continued in this letter ... [Signed] A Freeholder of Liliput. New York: Printed by John Holt, 177](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1772/01/01/number-ii-a-letter-to-the-majority-of-the-general-assembly-of-liliput-gentlemen-640.jpg "[Number II.] A letter to the majority of the General Assembly of Liliput. Gentlemen. You may possibly expect that the subject of my last should be continued in this letter ... [Signed] A Freeholder of Liliput. New York: Printed by John Holt, 177")
"Spiritual milk for American babes, drawn out of the breasts of both T...
Questions & answers.
![To His Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor general of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same: The humble address of the Council. [Williamsburg. 1773.] [Negative P](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1773/01/01/to-his-excellency-the-right-honourable-john-earl-of-dunmore-his-majestys-lieutenant-1-640.jpg "To His Excellency the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor general of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same: The humble address of the Council. [Williamsburg. 1773.] [Negative P")
![To his Excellency the Right Hon. John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same: The humble address of the Council. [Williamsburg, 1774]. [Negative Photost](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/to-his-excellency-the-right-hon-john-earl-of-dunmore-his-majestys-lieutenant-640.jpg "To his Excellency the Right Hon. John Earl of Dunmore, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of the same: The humble address of the Council. [Williamsburg, 1774]. [Negative Photost")
![The following are the names of the persons proposed to be elected as a Committee on Tuesday next, agreeable to the recommendation of the Congress. New York, Nov. 17, 1774 [Sixty names] New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/the-following-are-the-names-of-the-persons-proposed-to-be-elected-as-a-committee-640.jpg "The following are the names of the persons proposed to be elected as a Committee on Tuesday next, agreeable to the recommendation of the Congress. New York, Nov. 17, 1774 [Sixty names] New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].")
![New York, May 11, 1774. The mechanicks of this city are requested to meet, this evening, at 7 o'clock, at the house of David Philipse, in Horse and Cart street, on business of the utmost importance. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/new-york-may-11-1774-the-mechanicks-of-this-city-are-requested-to-meet-this-640.jpg "New York, May 11, 1774. The mechanicks of this city are requested to meet, this evening, at 7 o'clock, at the house of David Philipse, in Horse and Cart street, on business of the utmost importance. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].")
![At a meeting of the True Sons of Liberty, in the City of New-York, July 27, 1774, properly convened; present, John Calvin, John Know, Roger Rumpus, &c. &c. Uc. [15 resolves] By order of the meeting Ebenezer Snuffle, Secretary [New York, 1774].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/at-a-meeting-of-the-true-sons-of-liberty-in-the-city-of-new-york-july-27-1774-640.jpg "At a meeting of the True Sons of Liberty, in the City of New-York, July 27, 1774, properly convened; present, John Calvin, John Know, Roger Rumpus, &c. &c. Uc. [15 resolves] By order of the meeting Ebenezer Snuffle, Secretary [New York, 1774].")
![Extract of the proceedings of the committee of correspondence of this city [Relative to calling meetings of the citizens without approval of the committee.] [Dated] July 8th, 1774. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/extract-of-the-proceedings-of-the-committee-of-correspondence-of-this-city-640.jpg "Extract of the proceedings of the committee of correspondence of this city [Relative to calling meetings of the citizens without approval of the committee.] [Dated] July 8th, 1774. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774].")
![To John Cruger, James Jauncey, James Delancey, and Jacob Walton, Esqrs; The representatives in General Assembly, for the City and County of New-York. Gentlemen: The author of this letter bespeaks a moment of your attention ... [Signed] Aristides](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/to-john-cruger-james-jauncey-james-delancey-and-jacob-walton-esqrs-the-representatives-640.jpg "To John Cruger, James Jauncey, James Delancey, and Jacob Walton, Esqrs; The representatives in General Assembly, for the City and County of New-York. Gentlemen: The author of this letter bespeaks a moment of your attention ... [Signed] Aristides")
![The address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state of America, &c. From the London Gazettee, of February 11. ... [Philadelphia] Printed by John Dunlap [1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/the-address-of-the-lords-and-commons-to-his-majesty-on-the-present-state-of-640.jpg "The address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state of America, &c. From the London Gazettee, of February 11. ... [Philadelphia] Printed by John Dunlap [1775].")
![[Public apology by Robt. & John Murray, NY, 1775]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/public-apology-by-robt-and-john-murray-ny-1775-640.jpg "[Public apology by Robt. & John Murray, NY, 1775]")
[Public apology by Robt. & John Murray, NY, 1775]
Revolutionary War period broadside - no illus.
![Late advices from London. London. Proceedings in the Lower house of assembly. February 20, 1775 … Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet. [1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/late-advices-from-london-london-proceedings-in-the-lower-house-of-assembly-640.jpg "Late advices from London. London. Proceedings in the Lower house of assembly. February 20, 1775 … Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet. [1775].")
![The address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state of America, &c. From the London Gazettee, of February 11. ... [Philadelphia] Printed by John Dunlap [1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/the-address-of-the-lords-and-commons-to-his-majesty-on-the-present-state-of-1-640.jpg "The address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state of America, &c. From the London Gazettee, of February 11. ... [Philadelphia] Printed by John Dunlap [1775].")
![Recantations of Robert Hooper, John Pedrick, Robert Hooper, Jun, George M’Call, Richard Reed and Henry Sanders In Committee of Sayety. Cambridge, May 4, 1775 … Printed and sold in Queen Street [1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/recantations-of-robert-hooper-john-pedrick-robert-hooper-jun-george-mandx2019call-640.jpg "Recantations of Robert Hooper, John Pedrick, Robert Hooper, Jun, George M’Call, Richard Reed and Henry Sanders In Committee of Sayety. Cambridge, May 4, 1775 … Printed and sold in Queen Street [1775].")
![A paraphrase on the second epistle of John, the Round-head, to James, Prolocutor of the Rump-Parliament, in a liberal manner … [Boston? Hills and Hicks? 1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/a-paraphrase-on-the-second-epistle-of-john-the-round-head-to-james-prolocutor-640.jpg "A paraphrase on the second epistle of John, the Round-head, to James, Prolocutor of the Rump-Parliament, in a liberal manner … [Boston? Hills and Hicks? 1775].")
![Committee chamber, New-York. The Provincial Congress of the Colony of New-York, on the 9th of August, instant, passed the following resolves, viz ... [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/committee-chamber-new-york-the-provincial-congress-of-the-colony-of-new-york-640.jpg "Committee chamber, New-York. The Provincial Congress of the Colony of New-York, on the 9th of August, instant, passed the following resolves, viz ... [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775].")
![Orders to be observed during the time of fires by the inhabitants .. [Stringent directions to be observed by the inhabitants and the military] Given at Head-Quarters in Boston, this eighteenth day of November, 1775. [Boston: Printed by John Howe](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/orders-to-be-observed-during-the-time-of-fires-by-the-inhabitants-stringent-640.jpg "Orders to be observed during the time of fires by the inhabitants .. [Stringent directions to be observed by the inhabitants and the military] Given at Head-Quarters in Boston, this eighteenth day of November, 1775. [Boston: Printed by John Howe")
![New-York, Committee-Chamber, May 15, 1775. Resolved that copies of the association be lodged at the following places in the respective wards of this City ... [Signed] Isaac Low, Chairman. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/new-york-committee-chamber-may-15-1775-resolved-that-copies-of-the-association-640.jpg "New-York, Committee-Chamber, May 15, 1775. Resolved that copies of the association be lodged at the following places in the respective wards of this City ... [Signed] Isaac Low, Chairman. [New York: Printed by John Holt, 1775].")
![A vaudevil, sung by the characters at the conclusion of a new farce called the Boston blockade. [Five eight line verse] [Boston: Printed by John House, 1776].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/a-vaudevil-sung-by-the-characters-at-the-conclusion-of-a-new-farce-called-the-640.jpg "A vaudevil, sung by the characters at the conclusion of a new farce called the Boston blockade. [Five eight line verse] [Boston: Printed by John House, 1776].")
![[Title page of "Thoughts on Government" by John Adams, 1776]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/title-page-of-thoughts-on-government-by-john-adams-1776-640.jpg "[Title page of \"Thoughts on Government\" by John Adams, 1776]")
![Philadelphia. January 16, 1776. [Extracts of correspondence between Robert Howe and Lord Dunmore forwarded to the president of the Convention at Norfolk.] [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/philadelphia-january-16-1776-extracts-of-correspondence-between-robert-howe-640.jpg "Philadelphia. January 16, 1776. [Extracts of correspondence between Robert Howe and Lord Dunmore forwarded to the president of the Convention at Norfolk.] [Philadelphia:] Printed by John Dunlap [1776].")
