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Book/Printed MaterialCeremonies et coutumes religieuses de peuples idolatres representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard : avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses. Half title reads: "Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde." This work was published 1723-1743. According to Brunet, this work (2 pts. in 1 v.) was issued as the 3rd and 4th v. of the (9 v.) larger work, which was edited by J.F Bernard and others. "Tome premier, premiere partie qui contient les ceremonies religieuses des peuples des Indes Occidentales";…- Contributor: Bernard, Jean-Frédéric - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Picart, Bernard
- Date: 1723
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Book/Printed MaterialHistoire de la conquete de la Floride, ou, Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans la découverte de ce pays par Ferdinand de Soto
Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans la découverte de ce pays par Ferdinand de Soto | Vol. 2 has title: Histoire de la Floride, ou, Relation de la conquete de ce pays par Ferdinand de Soto, seconde partie | Relation de la conquete de ce pays par Ferdinand de Soto, seconde partie | Histoire de la Floride, ou, Relation de la conquete de ce pays par Ferdinand de Soto, seconde partie A translation of La Florida del Ynca, 1605. An earlier edition of Richelet's translation was published in 1670 under the title Histoire de la Floride. As in the 1709 edition of the present title, vol. 2 is dated 1707. Palau y Dulcet (354839) and Sabin (98748) list the 1711 edition with a variant imprint: Imprimé à Lille, & se vend a Paris : Chez…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Vega, Garcilaso De La - Richelet, Pierre
- Date: 1711
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Book/Printed MaterialDescripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790. … The astronomer Antonio León y Gama is sometimes considered the first Mexican archaeologist. His description of the discovery of the "two stones" -- the Coatlicue and Sun Stone (a massive sacrificial stone and calendar) -- emphasized the sophistication and high scientific and artistic achievements of the Aztecs in a way that both responded to and further quickened the stirring of Mexican nationalism in the…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - León Y Gama, Antonio De
- Date: 1792
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Book/Printed MaterialThe history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards Translation of: Historia de le conquista de Mexico; first Spanish edition, Madrid, 1684. In five books; books I-II, III-IV, respectively, paged continuously; one plate printed on double leaf. Signatures: [a]², b²(-b2), c-d², B-2T², A², ²B-3R², ²A-2P². Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 318693 Sabin 86487 ESTC T135491 Kislak accession no.: 1990.018.00.0001- Contributor: Townsend, Thomas - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Woodward, Thomas - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Solís, Antonio De
- Date: 1724
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Book/Printed MaterialConfession del Theniente Coronel Don Antonio Remirez de Estenòz, sargento mayor, que fue de la Plaza de la Habana, empezada à 12. de septiembre de 1763. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Caption title. D3 is a stub, with a folded table pasted onto it. The recto is numbered 21, the blank verso is unnumbered. Signatures: A⁴ B-C² D⁴(-D3). Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 260814 LC copy has dealer description laid in. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Kislak accession no.: 1994.022.00.0006.- Contributor: Remirez De Estenòz, Antonio - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1763
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Book/Printed MaterialDescription geographique des isles Antilles possédées par les anglois Added engraved t.-p.: Déscription géographique des isles Antilles possedées par les anglois. Sçavoir la Jamaique, la Barbade, Antigue, Montserrat, S. Christophle [sic], Nieves, l'Anguille, et les Vierges, isles Lucayes et Bermudes. Pour joindre aux cartes de ces isles qui ont eté dressées au Depost des cartes et plans de la marine. Pour le service des vaisseaux du roy, par ordre de M. le Marquis…- Contributor: Didot, François-Ambroise - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
- Date: 1758
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Book/Printed MaterialAn account of the expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico : with the reduction of Guadelupe, and other the Leeward Islands, subject to the French King, 1759
Half title: Account of the expedition to the West Indies | Account of the expedition to the West Indies Signatures: [A]-N⁴ (last 2 leaves blank). BN vol. 57, col. 320 Sabin vol. 7, p. 166, # 266628 ESTC T18834 Errata at end. With a French translation of the same work: Relation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales, contre La Martinique. A Birmingham : Imprimé par Jean Baskerville, pour G. Steidel, 1762. Usually issued together. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Baskerville, John - Gardiner, Richard
- Date: 1762
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Book/Printed MaterialRelation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales, contre la Martinique : avec la reduction de la Guadelupe, et autres Isles Sous Vent, appartenant au roi de France, en 1759
Half title: Relation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales | Relation de l'expedition aux Indes Occidentales Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-M⁴ (last 2 leaves blank). BN vol. 57, col. 320 Sabin vol. 7, p. 166, # 266629 ESTC T46690 Usually with Baskerville's edition of the author's original English: An account of the expedition to the West Indies, against Martinico. Birmingham : Printed by John Baskerville for G. Steidel, 1762. Usually issued together. LC Copy 1, F2151.G24, bound separately. Has paper label mounted…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Baskerville, John - Gardiner, Richard
- Date: 1762
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Book/Printed MaterialA new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority : containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain … This compilation of British navigators' accounts of their voyages around the world covers the famous voyages of Sir Francis Drake and Captain James Cook, as well as expeditions by George Anson, John Byron, Samuel Wallis and Philip Carteret, and Constantine Phipps (Lord Mulgrave). In 1740-44, Anson led a three-year-and-nine-month mission that raided Spanish commerce off the coast of Peru before returning to England via…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Anderson, George William
- Date: 1786
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialOrderly book of the 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot, AMs orderly book of the British 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot while stationed in Haiti during the expedition against the French in the West Indies. Written at headquarters, Port-au-Prince, and elsewhere. There apparently is some evidence to suggest that the volume is written in the hand of the British commander-in-chief, General Sir Ralph Abercromby.- Contributor: Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 66th (Berkshire) - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Abercromby, Ralph
- Date: 1796
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWilliam Perry sea journals, Journals of two voyages, the first with caption: Journal of a voyage in the ship Jamaica, William Sherry, from Montego Bay bound to London (18 July-15 Oct. 1797). The second with caption: Journal of a voyage from Jamaica to England in the Minerva, Rob Hardy, Mast. of Bristol. First journal includes 7 sketches of coastlines, three colored tables of signals, three lists of signals,…- Contributor: Perry, William - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1797
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Photo, Print, DrawingColeccion de estampas copiadas de las figuras originales, que de medio y baxo relieve, se manifiestan, en estucos y piedras, en varios edificios de la poblacion antigua nuevamente descubierta en las immediaciones …
Binder's title: Coleccion de estampas | Coleccion de estampas The ancient Mayan city of Palenque is located on a natural shelf in Mexico's Chiapas State. It flourished as the seat of a powerful royal court in the 7th century AD, but was abandoned in the 9th century and reclaimed by the forest. It was discovered in the mid-1700s by villagers from nearby Santo Domingo do Palenque. In 1787, King Charles III of Spain…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Almendariz, Ricardo - Río, Antonio Del
- Date: 1787
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialRelacion de las ceremonias ... de los Indios de la provencia de Mechoacan, 18th century In his prologue, the author says his intent in writing the book was "to conduct an investigation among these new Christians to determine what had been the nature of their beliefs, customs and government...." The text contains numerous watercolors depicting village life, religious ceremonies, and warfare among the Indians, and portrays several scenes of Indians practicing cannibalism. Although some ritual cannibalism did exist in…- Contributor: Mendoza, Antonio De - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 17??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialEnglish military report on St. Augustine, with plans and views of St. Augustine Castle, the Spanish watch tower on Anastasia Island, and Matance's Fort,
Plan & view of St. Augustine Castle and Matance's Fort | Plan and view of St. Augustine Castle and Matance's Fort Manuscripts with detailed watercolor views and a plan of the Spanish fort at St. Augustine, Fla., written by an Englishman, apparently a first-hand witness, three years after the failed attempt of Governor Oglethorpe to capture St. Augustine's main fort, at a time when Englishmen were barred from Spanish Florida. Includes a south prospect of St. Augustine Castle; plan of St. Augustine Castle; north prospect…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1743
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CollectionGeorge Washington papers, Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, accounts, military papers, and other papers documenting Washington's relations with the Continental Congress, his command of the Continental Army, his presidency, and other aspects of his career. Correspondents include John Adams, Samuel Adams, Theodorick Bland, Jonathan Boucher, Elias Boudinot, John Burgoyne, Edward Carrington, Charles Carroll (1737-1832), Jonathan Dayton, Robert Dinwiddie, William Duer, David Forman, Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Gates, Mordecai Gist, William…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Washington, George
- Date: 1762
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