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Book/Printed MaterialThe world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted; This work of 1628 is the first edition of the earliest detailed account of the voyage around the world by Sir Francis Drake in 1577-80. It includes a frontspiece with a portrait of Drake and a double-globed map of the world. Drake's was the second successful circumnavigation, after that of Ferdinand Magellan in 1519-22. Setting out with five ships and 160 men, Drake used…- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Fletcher, Francis - Drake, Francis
- Date: 1628
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Book/Printed MaterialFrancisci Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Historia vitae & mortis, sive, Titulus secundus in Historiâ naturali & experimentali ad condendam philosophiam : quae est Instaurationis magnae pars tertia
Historia vitae & mortis, sive, Titulus secundus in Historiâ naturali & experimentali ad condendam philosophiam | Historia vitae & mortis | Titulus secundus in Historiâ naturali & experimentali ad condendam philosophiam Signatures: A-2F⁸. 2A4, 2C6 blank. LC copy has bookplate of John Dane. Inscription of Elizabeth Wells Gallup on lower free endpaper. Item no. 83 of the Fabyan Collection. STC (2nd ed.) 1156 Gibson, R. Bacon, 147 LAC ecr 2018-10-15 update (3 cards)- Contributor: George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) - Bacon, Francis - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1623
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Book/Printed MaterialNew essayes, or, Observations divine and morall : colled out of the Holy Scriptures, ancient and moderne writers, both diuine and humane, as also out of the great volumne of mens manners, …
New essayes | Observations divine and morall Re-issue (with cancel t.p.) of: Observations divine and morall. [Amsterdam : Successors of G. Thorp, 1625]. Signatures: A²(-A1+A1) B-2T⁴. LC copy has bookplate of Theo. L. DeVinne. STC (2nd ed.) 21113 LAC tnb 2019-02-07 no edits (2 cards) LAC ecr 2019-02-19 review LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-02-25- Contributor: Robinson, John - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1629
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Book/Printed MaterialWanli er shi er nian Shanxi xiang shi lu : yi juan
萬曆二十二年陝西鄉試錄 : 一卷 | Ming Wanli er shi er nian Shanxi xiang shi lu | Wanli 22 nian Shanxi xiang shi lu In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 十一行二十五字. Eleven lines, with twenty-five characters per line. 不著編輯人姓氏。是科中試者凡七十人，此本稍殘，僅存六十五人。此六十五人中，廷試中試者十五人，可見此科人材之盛。如史記事王徵盛以弘米萬鍾，復於文學政事，別有建樹。此本當刻於諸君成大名以後，蓋在啟禎間矣。卷內有：「困學齋主人心賞」印記。沈季友(序).- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Shen, Jiyou
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialZhi fang wai ji : liu juan, juan shou yi juan
職方外紀 : 六卷, 卷首一卷 / The Zhifang waiji (Chronicle of foreign lands) is a concise geography of the world, the first of its kind written in Chinese. The Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci produced a map of the world in Chinese in 1584. The map, which followed Western principles of cartography then unknown in China, underwent several revisions between 1584 and 1602. Ricci's fellow priests Diego de Pantoja and…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Ricci, Matteo - Aleni, Giulio - Yang, Tingyun - LI, Zhicao - Ye, Xianggao
- Date: 1623
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Book/Printed MaterialShakespeare as put forth in 1623. A reprint of Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Original Copies. Published in 3 parts, 1861, 1863, and 1864. A reprint in type in reduced size(including t.p. with Droeshout portrait and the dedication and the preface of John Heming and Henry Condell) The paging and signatures of the original have been retained. There are also continuous paging and signatures at the bottom of the pages to represent the reprint. A poem signed T. Seward (not…- Contributor: George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) - Heminge, John - Condell, Henry - Shakespeare, William
- Date: 1623
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Book/Printed MaterialThe compleat gentleman. Fashioning him absolute in the most necessarie and commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie, that may be required in a noble gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the … Added engraved title page on which the date has been altered, apparently in ms., to read 1627. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2599 English short title catalogue, S114314 LC copy: Provenance: Bookplates of Henry Howard and Howard C. Levis. LAC ddw 2022-06-08 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-08- Contributor: Peacham, Henry - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Howard, Henry Bowes - Constable, Francis - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1627
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Book/Printed MaterialBrief on behalf Gregorio Garreta in the case filed against Monserrat Puiguert concerning the estate and properties of Juan Cicera, a merchant of the village of Tremp. [Ca.1624]. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Jurisdiction covered: Spain. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). Document in Latin.- Date: 1624-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialShan hai jing : shi ba juan
山海經 : 十八卷 / | Nan shan jing | Title on title page: You tu Shan hai jing | You tu Shan hai jing Shan hai jing (Classic of the mountains and seas) is a Chinese classic text describing mountains, regions within and beyond the seas, and mythic animals. The author or authors and the date of composition are unknown. During the Jin dynasty (265-420) the renowned historian Guo Pu (276-324) wrote annotations to it. His name appears in the original title of this work. The names of…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Guo, Pu - LI, Wenxiao - Jiang, Yinghao
- Date: 1628
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Book/Printed MaterialChu ci : er shi juan, juan shou yi juan
楚辭 : 二十卷, 卷首一卷 / | Title on spine of case: Qi shi er jia pi ping Chu ci ji zhu | Qi shi er jia pi ping Chu ci ji zhu Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. September 17, 1940 580875. 是書就朱熹《集註》而廣之，凡分四集。 This book supplements 'Chu ci ji zhu' by Zhu Xi, and was divided into four parts. 八冊二函. Eight volumes in two cases. 明天啟六年忠雅堂刻本 四周單欄 白口 無魚尾 眉批雙行四字 版匡高20.6寬13.0公分. 九行二十一字 註文雙行字同 上註雙行四小字. Nine lines, with twenty-one characters per line; notes in paired lines of twenty-one characters per line;…- Contributor: Zhong Ya Tang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Jiang, Zhiqiao - Jiang, Shilin - Huang, Ruheng - Zhu, XI
- Date: 1626
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Book/Printed MaterialDa cheng li yue ji : 5 juan
大成禮樂集 : 五卷 | Li yue ji Based on the 14th century work Da cheng ya yue; reflects musical works of the Weinan Region. The compiler of this work was Shi Jishi, the editor his disciple, Shi Zuo. Shi Jishi received his jin shi degree during the Wanli reign (1573-1620) and was the magistrate of Jiexiu and Yuci. Later he became a censor and a vice minister. While in Jiexiu, he…- Contributor: Wang, Shao - LI, Weizhen - Chen, Yao - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Nan, Qizhong - Xu, Gao - Chen, Yingyuan - Shi, Zuo
- Date: 1622
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Book/Printed MaterialMr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies | Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies | Comedies, histories & tragedies | Comedies, histories, and tragedies | Shakespeare's first folio | Shakespeare first folio | First folio of Shakespeare First folio ed.; first issue. Dedicatory epistle signed: Iohn Heminge, Henry Condell. Portrait of Shakespeare on t.p. engraved by Martin Droeshout. Colophon: Printed at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623. Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸(A1+chi1) A-2B⁶ 2C² a-g⁶ [superscript chi]2g⁸, h-x⁶ [par.]-2[par.]⁶ 3[par.]1 2a-2f⁶ 2g² [superscript 2chi]2g⁶ 2h⁶ 2k-3b⁶. Printed in 2 columns. Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books…- Contributor: Blount, Edward - Shakespeare, William - Smethwicke, John - Jaggard, Isaac - Wright, Richard - Heminge, John - Condell, Henry - Jaggard, William - Aspley, William - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Droeshout, Martin
- Date: 1623
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Book/Printed MaterialChong xiu liang Zhe cuo zhi : er shi si juan
重修兩浙鹺志 : 二十四卷 / | Title on title page: Liang Zhe chong xiu cuo zhi | Liang Zhe chong xiu cuo zhi Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. July 28, 1948. 十二冊二函. Twelve volumes in two cases. 明崇禎間刊本 四周單欄 白口 單魚尾 版匡高21.1寬14.5公分. 九行二十字. Nine lines, with twenty characters per line. 1948年7月28日入藏, Order #95670, 入藏號不詳。 明王圻撰。圻字元翰，上海人，嘉靖乙丑進士，官至陝西布政司參議。明史文苑傳附見陸深傳中，是書圖說二卷，詔令一卷，鹽政十三卷，職官表一卷，列傳一卷，奏議二卷，藝文三卷，於浙中鹺務紀錄頗詳。四庫提要以其非經久之制，列入存目。王圻(序)萬曆甲寅(1614).- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Qi
- Date: 1628
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Book/Printed MaterialJinling tu yong : yi zhuan
金陵圖詠 : 一卷 / History and geographic features of the city of Nanjing, with illustrations and annotations. This book was compiled by Zhu Zhifan of the Ming dynasty. Down through the ages, the famous sites of Jinling (Nanjing) have been called "Eight Views" or "Sixteen Views." Zhifan broadened this list to make 40 scenes, which he had Lu Shoubai paint (the 40th scene has a colophon by Lu…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Zhu, Zhifan
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialIl Transilvano, dialogo sopra il vero modo di sonar organi, & istromenti da penna Title within floreated borders. La partie 2 a pour titre: Seconda parte del Transilvano, dialogo diviso in quattro libri. Comprend des compositions de G. Diruta, C. Merulo, A. Gabrieli, G. Gabrieli, L. Luzzaschi, A. Romanini, P. Quagliati, V. Bell'hauer, G. Guami, A. Mortaro, G. Fatorini, A. Banchieri. LC Copy: Ex libris: Bishop, John, 1818-1890. Conserved; 000618 1972 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment…- Contributor: Diruta, Girolamo
- Date: 1625
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Book/Printed MaterialJinling tu yong : yi juan, fu Jin ling gu jin tu kao yi juan, Ya you bian yi juan
金陵圖詠 : 一卷, 附金陵古今圖攷一卷, 雅遊編一卷 / In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift in memory of Nelson Trusler Johnson October 18, 1954. 明天啟間刻本 四周單欄 白口 黑單魚尾 匡高21.2寬14.4公分. 九行二十字. Nine lines, with twenty characters per line. 明朱之蕃輯。按金陵名蹟，相沿稱八景，或十六景，之蕃廣為四十景，屬陸壽柏景為一圖，第四十景有壽柏題記。而係以沿革與題詠，手書上版。末有杜士全和詩，亦之蕃手書者。附刻二種：一為金陵古今圖攷，陳沂撰；一為金陵雅遊編，余孟麟原題，焦竑朱之蕃和，亦並為之蕃所寫刻。之蕃退隱金陵，頗以山水文酒自娛，與焦竑顧起元等相唱和，葉向高序雅遊編，所謂：「佳辰美景，遠勝招歡，巖壑畢搜，篇章迭奏，琳瑯金石之韻，被於山川，足令三謝讓徽，二陸避響」者，是也。陳氏圖攷四庫存目著錄，天啟以前已一再翻刻，今又有中社影印本。自序 天啟三年(1623)[圖詠]，陳沂(序)正德十一年(1516)，朱之蕃(識)天啟四年(1624)[以上圖攷]，葉向高(序)[雅遊編].- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Ye, Xianggao - Chen, Yi - Zhu, Zhifan
- Date: 1624
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Book/Printed MaterialDong shan yu mo : wu juan
東山餘墨 : 五卷 / October 30, 1939 522981. Description based on online resource. 明天啟間刻本 左右雙欄 白口 黑單魚尾 九行十八字 原本版匡高19.1寬13.0公分. 九行十八字. Nine lines, with eighteen characters per line. 原題：「德平東山居士葛引生稿」。引生字長白，號東山，山東德平人。葛守禮長子，邑廩生，未第而卒。引生之卒也，張鹵刻其制藝為東山論草三卷。又五十年，其孫如麟，始收拾殘稿，刻為餘墨五卷。引生濡染於家學者深，雖在少作，均綿密有法度。康丕揚(序)天啟元年(1621)，葛如麟(序)天啟元年(1621).- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Kang, Piyang - Ge, Yinsheng - Ge, Rulin
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialEssay des merveilles de natvre, et des plvs nobles artifices. Piece tres-necessaire, à tovs cevx qvi font profession d'eloqvence, par René François [pseud.] Added t.-p., engr.- Contributor: Binet, Etienne
- Date: 1622
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Book/Printed MaterialA briefe remembrance of all the English monarchs : from the Normans conquest, vntill this present. Imperfect: portraits wanting. English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) S2917 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1471 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: Ex libris Howard C. Levis. Also has engraved armorial bookplate "Frederic Perkins, Chipstead Place, Kent" mounted on front paste-down. LAC ecr 2019-09-06 update (2 cards) LAC ddw 2022-02-23 update (1 card)- Contributor: Taylor, John - Holland, Compton - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Perkins, Frederick
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialLi xue zong zhi : san shi liu juan
理學宗旨 : 三十六卷 / Biographies of eighteen Confucian scholars from the Song to the Ming Dynasty, excluding scholars of the Yuan Dynasty -- their names, birthplaces, and selections of their works.- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Cai, Xianchen - Guo, Lianghan
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialBen chao jing sheng ren wu kao : yi bai shi wu juan
本朝京省人物考 : 一百十五卷 / | Ben chao fen sheng ren wu kao | Title on spine of case: Guo chao jing sheng fen jun ren wu kao | Guo chao jing sheng fen jun ren wu kao Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 原本九十六卷十二函. Original volume, ninety-six volumes in twelve cases. 十行二十字. Ten lines, with twenty characters per line. 原題：「南直督學御史西浙過庭訓纂集，門人蘇松備兵副使南郡熊膏參閱，男過銘盤過銘盂過銘盤寧國府學生員嚴弘志仝訂正」。按平湖縣志：「庭訓字爾韜，號成山，萬曆甲辰進士，授江陵縣知縣，陞雲南道御史。天啟辛酉，督學南畿，官止人物小傳，分編於各該京省分郡之下。每傳氧者至十餘萬言，略者不數十行或數行，始於洪武，下至萬曆初元。其業經物故，並見聞有據者，方為採入。或採實錄，或採家乘野史，或從吾學編列卿記名臣言行錄獻徵錄與各省通志等書採出，凡北直十卷，南直三十一卷，浙江十五卷，江西十三卷，福建六卷，湖廣八卷，河南十卷，山東五卷，山西陝西各四卷，四川廣東各三卷，廣西雲南貴州各一卷。卷內有：「李印鶴年」，「子和」兩印記。毛一鷺(序)，自序，陳繼儒(序) 熊膏(序).- Contributor: Xiong, Gao - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Chen, Jiru - Mao, Yilu - Guo, Tingshun - Yan, Hongzhi
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialArte de canto llano, con entonaciones comunes de coro y altar, y otras cosas diuersas, como se verà en la tabla. En todo va acentuado el punto con la letra, y algunas … Previously published (without the "Cantos llanos diuersos") as the first part of the author's Arte de musica theorica y pratica. Valladolid, 1592. The musical examples are in plainsong notation. "Cantos llanos diuersos": p. 36 [i.e. 88]-164+. LC copy imperfect: one leaf before p. 7 and all after p. 164 wanting.- Contributor: Catholic Church - Montanos, Francisco De
- Date: 1625
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Book/Printed MaterialXuan ze tian xing mi qiao ; Xuan ze di li mi qiao : er huan
選擇天星秘竅 ; 選擇地理秘竅 : 二種 / | Title on cover of case: Xuan ze tian xing mi qiao di li mi qiao | Xuan ze tian xing mi qiao di li mi qiao The preface to "Xuan ze tian xing mi qiao" by Lu Wangming says that author Gan Lin gave him these two works, first one, then the other; Chen Jiru says in his preface to "Xuan ze di li mi qiao" that he cherished and privately preserved this edition after its printing; a donation by Zhang Yizhong of Shaanxi Sheng provided the funds necessary to…- Contributor: Lu, Wangming - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Chen, Jiru - Liang, Tingdong - Gan, Lin
- Date: 1628
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Book/Printed MaterialXin xiu Chengdu Fu zhi : wu shi ba juan
新修成都府志 : 五十八卷 / Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 二十四冊四函. Twenty-four volumes in four cases. 明天啟元年刻本 四周單欄 白口 黑單魚尾 匡高24.9寬15.0公分 全書高28.7寬18.2公分. 九行二十字. Nine lines, with twenty characters per line. 版心鐫刻工"朱應禮、汪文士、吳良、劉兆"等. 明馮任修、張世雍等纂。按是志多因舊文，如「藝文」舊有楊慎纂本，而藝文志遂占全書之半，未免有失輕重。蓋新纂修者僅一篇成都紀，體例一如方志中之「大事表」。末一條云：「泰昌元年十二月馮任重修成都府志，開館于什邡，以縣令謝奇舉領之」，即修此志事也。卷內有：「四明盧氏抱經樓藏書印」。今為海內外惟一孤本。薛敷政(序)天啟元年(1621)，朱燮元(序)，戴燝 (序)天啟元年(1621)，馮任(後序)[殘].- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Xue, Fuzheng - Zhu, Bianyuan - Feng, Ren - Dai, Jing - Zhang, Shiyong
- Date: 1621
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Book/Printed MaterialPortraits already used in Taylor's Brief remembrance ... 1621. A made-up volume; title devised from manuscript note on leaf preceding the first portrait. Set of plates are unsigned except for first plate portrait signed P. Stent, excudit and next to last portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, signed Compton Holland excudit. Manuscript note: Plate 11: Edmund III is missing. Appended is a series of 7 engravings with collective title on first plate: The 7…- Contributor: Taylor, John - Fillian, John - Holland, Compton - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Stent, Peter - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1621
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