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Book/Printed MaterialNew curiosities in art and nature, or, A collection of the most valuable secrets in all arts and sciences, as appears by the contents
New curiosities in art and nature | Collection of the most valuable secrets in all arts and sciences, as appears by the contents "Translated into English from the seventh edition. Printed this last year in French, in which is near one half more than any former edition. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added a supplement by the translator." Signatures: A-2A⁸. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2572 English short title catalogue, T106315 LC copy has the bookplate of Howard C. Levis. Copy 2 Conserved; 002207.16…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Lémery, Nicolas - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1711
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Book/Printed MaterialThe school of wisdom, or, Repository of the most valuable curiosities of art & nature
School of wisdom | Repository of the most valuable curiosities of art & nature | Repository of the most valuable curiosities of art and nature Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2622 National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NS 0269642 (vol. 529, p. 434) LC copy: Provenance: Ex libris Howard C. Levis. LAC ael 2021-03-04 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-13 update (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1770
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Book/Printed MaterialThe school of wisdom, or, Repository of the most valuable curiosities of art & nature
School of wisdom | Repository of the most valuable curiosities of art & nature | Repository of the most valuable curiosities of art and nature Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2621 English short title catalogue, T128783 National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NS 0269643 (vol. 529, p. 434) LAC ddw 2022-06-13 create (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number or copy number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-13- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1776
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Book/Printed MaterialThe school of wisdom and arts; being a complete repository of what is most curious in art and nature "... Containing, I. A survey of man, with sublime Reflections on his most noble Part, the Soul. II. A particular Description of the Structure of the Human Body; and the wonderful Properties of the Eye described. III. Astronomy, Oratory, Politeness, and Morality. IV. A Review of the Creation, viz. Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insect; their Industry, Sagacity, &c. V. Of the Globe: Gravity, Air,…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Phorson, William - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1783
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Book/Printed MaterialLexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art but the arts themselves
Lexicon technicum | Universal English dictionary of arts and sciences | Binder's title: English dictionary of arts and sciences Imprint of v. 2 lists Dan. Brown and 7 others. Vol. 1 not numbered. Both volumes are unpaged. Signatures: v. 1: [A]² a-c⁴ B-2H⁴ 3A-3Z⁴ 5A-7N⁴ 7O² (7O2 blank); v. 2: [a]² b⁴ *-3*² A-B⁴ C⁴ (C1+[par.]a-[par.]t²) D-P⁴ Q² 3A-3O⁴ 3P² 3Q-3S⁴ 3T² 3V² 3U-3X⁴ 3Y² 5A-5Z⁴ 7A-7G⁴ 7H², ²A-N² O1, ³A-2G² [dagger]C-[dagger]D² chi² a-m² n1. The conjugacy of chi1 and chi2 could not…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Harris, John
- Date: 1704
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Book/Printed MaterialThe art of etching and engraving In: The Universal magazine of Knowledge and pleasure. London. v. 3 p. 178-183. National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NS 0362869 (vol. 535, p. 268) LAC knj 2019-09-26 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-08-09 update (1 card) NUC pre-1956 lists call number AP3 .U5 vol. 3 for copy of entire issue and NE835 .S35 Copy 3. Detached for Rosenwald copy. Check general shelflist. Multiple copies…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Sculptor
- Date: 1748
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment ... v. 1-2; Jan. 1784-May 1785.
Wit's magazine | Library of Momus Monthly. Frontispiece and 4 of the plates in volume 1 engraved by William Blake. Thomas Holcroft, editor. No more published. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1830 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 98 English short title catalogue, P1902 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2021-03-02 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-13…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Blake, William - Holcroft, Thomas - Harrison and Co. (London, England) - Saner, James
- Date: 1784
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Book/Printed MaterialThe doctrine of morality; or, a view of human life, according to the Stoick philosophy. Exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the Celebrated Monsieur Daret, Engraver to the Late …
Doctrine of morality | View of human life, according to the Stoick philosophy Parallel French and English texts. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1738 English short title catalogue, N8945 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: T. Baskerfeild ; Howard C. Levis LAC scc 2018-09-24 update LAC ddw 2022-03-31 update (1 card)- Contributor: Bettesworth, Arthur - Hooke, John - Baskerfeild, Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Pemberton, John - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Gomberville, M. Le Roy (Marin Le Roy) - Batley, Jeremiah - Clay, Francis - Fayram, Francis - Bell, E. - Symon, Edward - Daret, Pierre - Rivington, Charles - Darby, John
- Date: 1721
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Book/Printed MaterialElements of morality, for the use of children, with an introductory address to parents. Translated from the German of the Rev. C. G. Salzmann. Illustrated with fifty copper plates. In three volumes … The 'Advertisement' in volume 1 signed [by the translator] on page iv: Mary Wollstonecraft. Part of the plates engraved by William Blake after Chodowiecki. Cf. Keynes. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1832 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 104 English short title catalogue, T134900 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC aaa 2018-11-16…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Blake, William - Johnson, Joseph - Wollstonecraft, Mary - Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf - Crowder, J. (John) - Chodowiecki, Daniel
- Date: 1791
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Book/Printed MaterialManá del alma; o, Exercicio facil y provechoso para quien desea darse de algun modo à la oracion
Maná del alma | Exercicio facil y provechoso para quien desea darse de algun modo à la oracion Translation of La manna dell'anima, the February part; 2d volume of a 12-vol. Spanish edition. Meditations on liturgically oriented selections from the Bible; texts of the selections in Latin and Spanish. LAC ecr 2019-01-29 update (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Segneri, Paolo
- Date: 1751
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Book/Printed MaterialPhysica sacra, iconibvs æneis illus
Physica sacra, iconibvs æneis illustrata | Physica sacra, iconibus aeneis illustrata "Catalogus auctorum eorumque scriptorum in hoc opere commemoratorum" : v. 1, p. [11]-[36] Original design and duplicates of plates 44 and 234 laid in. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1560 LC copy has bookplate of Lord Arundell of Wardour. LAC ecr 2019-02-04 create (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-03-07 update (1 card)- Contributor: Pfeffel, Johann Andreas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob
- Date: 1731
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Book/Printed MaterialNeu-vermehrt und vollständiges Gesang-Buch zur Uebung der Gottseligkeit, in 750 Psalmen und Gesángen Herrn D. Martin Luthers und anderer gottseliger Lehrer ... welche anjetzo sämmtlich in denen evangelishen Kirchen in Pennsylvanien und … Without music. Printed and bound (in stamped and color vellum) in Germany? Cf. Quarterly journal of the Library of Congress, v. 22, 1965, p. 191. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1789 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC aaa 2019-02-11 update (2 card) LAC rwp 2019-02-14 review LAC ddw 2022-06-16 update (1 card) LC Review of…- Contributor: Baisch, Ernst Ludwig - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States
- Date: 1774
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Book/Printed MaterialDes armoiries sur les bréviaires et les choses saintes Caption title. For authorship and probable place and date of publication, cf. L. Bertrand. Hist. litt. Comp. de Saint-Sulpice. LC copy has bookplate of Bibliotheca Lindesiana. LAC brd 2019-01-18 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-08-24 update (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Bibliotheca Lindesiana - La Tour, Bertrand De
- Date: 1777
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Book/Printed MaterialLa messe pascale Parts of the liturgical text (introit Christus surrexit, et al.) are at variance with the Roman missal. Frontispiece portrays Louis XV. Approbation by ecclesiastical censor (p. 124) is dated 3 Apr. 1770. L.C. copy does not include royal privilege of 27 Apr. 1770. Cf. Cioranescu. Bibl. litt. fr. 18e s. Latin liturgical text (Ordinary of the Mass with Easter proper) and French metrical paraphrase…- Contributor: L'héritier, Alexandre Joseph - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church
- Date: 1772
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church : according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter … Engraved throughout. Imprint reads: London, Engraven and printed by the permission of Mr. John Baskett printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1717. Sold by John Sturt engraver... L.C. copy imperfect: movable disk on p. v wanting (supplied in photocopy) "Books and plates engraven and sold by John Sturt": p. [167] Contemporary gold-tooled black morocco. Provenance: I. White, New Coll., Ox. (bookplate); Arthur Haddaway.…- Contributor: Church of England - Sturt, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1717
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Book/Printed MaterialA specimen of the unrelenting cruelty of Papists in France, and the unshaken faith & patience of the Protestants of that kingdom: now entering upon the seventieth year of their persecutions Evans 7795 LAC aaa 2019-03-04 no edits (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-03-07 review- Contributor: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1756
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Book/Printed MaterialClavis diplomatica, tradens specimina veterum scripturarum, nimirum alphabeta varia, compendia scribendi Medii Aevi, notariorum veterum signa nonnulla curiosa, una cum alphabeto instrumenti et abbreviaturis, singula tabulis aeneis exhibita: qvibus praemittuntur introductiones necessariae, … Includes: Jo. Mabillonii Commentatio de variis scripturarum veterum generibus [De re diplomatica I, 9]; B. G. Strvvii Dissertatio de criteriis manuscriptorum; Observatio de significatione literae C, quae in ipsa diplomatum antiquorum fronte posita cernitur. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2482 LAC aaa 2019-03-11 update (2 card) LAC rwp 2019-03-12 review LAC ddw 2022-06-01 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call…- Contributor: Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Struve, Burkhard Gotthelf - Mabillon, Jean - Baring, Daniel Eberhard
- Date: 1737
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Book/Printed MaterialCalendrier solaire, perpétuel et universel The calendar consists of 24 tables printed on 12 fold. sheets. LAC aaa 2019-03-28 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2019-04-02 review- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Ruelle, (Alexandre)
- Date: 1789
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Book/Printed MaterialThe academy of armory: or, A display of heraldry ... containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick, with the instruments of …
Academy of armory | Display of heraldry In 3 pts. each with special half-title and seperate pagination. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2559 English short title catalogue, N29183 LC copy: Provenance: Bookplates of Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart. and Howard C. Levis. LAC aaa 2019-03-25 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-06 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-06- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Brooke, Thomas - Holme, Randle
- Date: 1701
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Book/Printed MaterialParentalia, or, Memoirs of the family of the Wrens : viz., of Mathew bishop of Ely, Christopher dean of Windsor, &c. but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren ... In which is contained, …
Parentalia | Memoirs of the family of the Wrens Nos. 121-124, 160-180 omitted in paging. Engraved dedication "To the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow". Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2650 English short title catalogue, T145737 Catalogue of the famous library of printed books, illuminated manuscripts, autograph letters and engravings collected by Henry Huth, 8197 LC copy 1 has library label: "Ex musæo Huthii". LC copy 1 bound in red morocco by F.…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Huth, Henry - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Huth, Alfred Henry - Wren, Christopher - Wren, Stephen - Angell, Samuel - Bedford, Francis - Ames, Joseph - Onslow, Arthur
- Date: 1750
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Book/Printed MaterialHistoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux indes
Atlas title: Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre : dressé pour l'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux indes Vol. 1: xvi, 741, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates ; v. 2: [4], viii, 485, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates ; v. 3: xv, [1], 629, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates ; v. 4: [4], viii, 770, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates. Includes indexes. Errata: v. 1-4: p. [1] at end. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1606 List…- Contributor: Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Moreau, Jean Michel - Bonne, Rigobert - Pellet, J.-L. (Jean-Léonard) - Cochin, Charles Nicolas - Raynal, (Guillaume-Thomas-François) - André
- Date: 1780
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Book/Printed MaterialThe regal and ecclesiastical antiquities of England; containing, in a compleat series, the representations of all the English monarchs, from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth. Together with many of the … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1762 English short title catalogue, T109574 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has bookplates of Francis Palmer, John T. Beer and Howard C. Levis. LC copy signed binding: "Cary Binder Wakefield" and armorial stamp of Francis Palmer. LAC ddw 2022-04-05 update (1 card)- Contributor: Strutt, Joseph - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Thane, John - Palmer, Francis - Beer, John T. (John Thomas)
- Date: 1773
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Book/Printed MaterialThe castrations of the last edition of Holinshed's chronicle, both in the Scotch and English parts, containing forty four sheets; printed with the old types and ligatures, and compared literatim by the … Gothic type; double columns. Immediately after the publication of the 2d ed. (1586-87) of Holinshed's Chronicles the Privy council ordered extensive expurgations. These were for the first time republished in the present edition under the editorship of J. Blackbourne. Cf. ESTC. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1739 English short title catalogue, T201210 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Blackbourne, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Woodman, James - Gyles, Fletcher - Holinshed, Raphael - Mears, W. (William) - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1723
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Book/Printed MaterialA compendious history of the monarchs of England: from King William the First, commonly call'd the Conqueror, down to the sixth year of the reign of Her present Majesty ... Queen Anne; … Preface signed: G. L. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1737 English short title catalogue, T231150 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC knj 2019-02-25 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-03-07 review LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-03-11 LAC ddw 2022-03-31 update (1 card)- Contributor: G. L. - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Onley, W. (William) - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1707
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Book/Printed MaterialA biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution: consisting of characters disposed in different classes, and adapted to a methodical catalogue of engraved British heads. Intended as an … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2543 English short title catalogue, T90309 Bibliographical footnotes. --A supplement, consisting of corrections and large additions, to A biographical history of England, referred to their proper places in that work: to which, besides an index to the additional characters, are subjoined exact emendations and improvements of the index to the former volumes; and a list of curious…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Granger, James - Levis, Howard Coppuck
- Date: 1769
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