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Book/Printed MaterialCodicile de Jérome Sharp, professeur de physique amusante; où l'on trouve, parmi plusieurs tours dont il n'est point parlé dans son testament, diverses récréations relatives aux sciences & beaux-arts. Pour servir de … Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Decremps, Henri
- Date: 1791
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Book/Printed MaterialŒuvres de Bernard Palissy Brunet, IV, 320 Grässe, V, 108 Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, II, 8265 "A Monsieur Franklin" (publisher's dedication): p. vij-viij. Error in paging: p. [lxxvj] numbered xxvj. Signatures: pi⁴ a-h⁴i², A-4Z⁴ (first and last leaves blank). Woodcut emblematic device on t.p., copy of that on t.p. of the author's Recepte véritable, 1563; for reproduction, cf. Brunet, IV, 319. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. Includes bibliographical references…- Contributor: Palissy, Bernard - Gobet, Nicholas - Faujas-De-St.-Fond, (Barthélemy)
- Date: 1777
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Book/Printed MaterialA charge, delivered to the African Lodge, June 24, 1797, at Menotomy "Published by the desire of the members of said lodge." Place and publisher from: Evans. Evans 32218- Contributor: Ebenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Hall, Prince
- Date: 1797
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Book/Printed MaterialA sermon on tea ...- Contributor: Ebenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1774
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Book/Printed MaterialA review of Mr. Pitt's administration. LC copy imperfect: p. [1-2] (half-title?) wanting. ESTC T44887 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Almon, John - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1762
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Book/Printed MaterialA Particular account of the solemnities used at the coronation of His Sacred Majesty King George II (our late most gracious sovereign) and of his royal consort Queen Carolina on Wednesday, the … ESTC T85327- Contributor: Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1760
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Book/Printed MaterialMemoirs of the revolution in Bengal, anno Dom. 1757 : This work by William Watts (active 1737-58) is an account of the Battle of Plassey, which took place on June 23, 1757, near the village of Pâlāshir, some 150 kilometers north of Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). In this decisive encounter, the forces of the British East India Company, under Robert Clive, defeated Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The British victory and…- Contributor: Campbell, John - Watts, William - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1760
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Book/Printed MaterialThe devil upon crutches in England; or, Night scenes in London. A satirical work ...
Devil upon crutches in England | Night scenes in London ESTC T63648 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1755
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Book/Printed MaterialThe construction of the nerves, and causes of nervous disorders : with a regimen and medicines which have proved successful ESTC T165429- Contributor: Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Hill, John
- Date: 1758
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Book/Printed MaterialCandid reflections upon the judgement lately awarded by the Court of King's Bench in Westminster-Hall on what is commonly called the Negroe-cause / by a Planter ESTC T19885 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Long, Edward - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1772
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Book/Printed MaterialA letter from Percival Stockdale to Granville Sharp, Esq., suggested to the authour by the present insurrection of the Negroes in the island of St. Domingo. ESTC T109753 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Stockdale, Percival - Sharp, Granville - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1791
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Book/Printed MaterialLettre adressée à M. Jefferson, ministre plénipotentiare des États-Unis d'Amérique : à Fontainebleau, le 22 octobre 1786. Caption title. Signed on p. 7: De Calonne. Signatures: A⁴. Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2303 Not in Evans or Sabin. LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's. With: France. Bureau des achats. Tabac circulaire ... [Paris : s.n., 1783]. Issued separately.- Contributor: Jefferson, Thomas - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - Calonne, Charles Alexandre De - James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialDictionnaire encyclopédique des amusemens des sciences mathématiques et physiques : des procédés curieux des arts, des tours récréatifs & subtils de la magie blanche, & des découvertes ingénieuses & variées de l'industrie
Title from atlas: Recueil des planches du Dictionnaire encyclopédique des amusemens des sciences mathématiques et physiques The folded plates in the text v. are tables. Signatures: pi1 2pi² A-5R⁴ (last leaf blank). The plates in the atlas are signed: Benard direxit. Two plates in the atlas are double. LC copy of the atlas imperfect: wanting t.p. Text v. wanting final blank. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Copy 3 Atlas formerly shelved at Q164.B4…- Contributor: Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Lacombe, Jacques - Bénard, Robert
- Date: 1792
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Book/Printed MaterialEncyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,
Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers Supplemented by: "Supplément à l'Encyclopedie ... Mise en ordre et publié par m. ***" (4 v. fold. tables. 40 cm.) published: Amsterdam, M.M. Rey, 1776-1777. Call number: AE25.E53 Suppl. Supplemented by: "Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts mechaniques, avec leur explanation" (11 v. plates (part fold.) 40 cm.) published: Paris, Braisson [etc.] 1762-1772. Vol. 10 contains the frontispiece…- Contributor: Diderot, Denis - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Mouchon, Pierre - Alembert, Jean Le Rond D
- Date: 1751
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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: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) - Lémery, Nicolas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1711
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Book/Printed MaterialThe vade mecum for America: or, A companion for traders and travellers
Companion for traders and travellers Pages 217-220 wanting; p. 91-94 misplaced. Another copy in Batchelder Coll. LC copy imperfect: all after p. 216 wanting. Evans 3598 LAC ael 2021-03-04 update (2 cards)- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Prince, Thomas
- Date: 1732
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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: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- 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: Phorson, William - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1783
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Book/Printed MaterialOnomatologia curiosa artificiosa et magica, oder, Ganz natürliches Zauber-Lexicon : welches das nöthigste, nützlichste und angenehmste in allen realen Wissenchaften überhaupt und besonders in der Naturlehre, Mathematick, der Hausshaltungs- und natürlichen Zauberkunst, …
Onomatologia cvriosa artificiosa et magica, oder, Ganz natürliches Zauber-Lexicon | Onomatologia curiosa artificiosa et magica | Ganz natürliches Zauber-Lexicon Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. "Ulm gedruckt, bey Christian Ulrich Wagner ...": colophon. Signatures: )(⁶(-)(1) A-3B⁸ 3C². Title page printed in red and black. LAC ael 2021-03-04 no edits (1 card) LAC ddw 2023-05-31 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1759
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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: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Harris, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1704
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PeriodicalMercure de France Unknown Serial. Vols. for 1672-1676, 1678-avril 1714 have title: Mercure galant. Founded by Jean Donneau de Vizé. No issues during 1675 and 1676. Title varies: Jan. 1672-1673, Le Mercure galant ... Imprint varies. Pieces fugitives en vers et en prose. Jan.-Mars, Avr. (1.-2. pte.) Mai-Juin, Juil. (1.-2. pte) Sept., Oct. (1 pte.)? Aug., Oct. (2. pte.) 1777 1 v. "Pieces fugitives ..." form 1st…- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1760
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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: Sculptor - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- 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: Saner, James - Holcroft, Thomas - Harrison and Co. (London, England) - Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1784
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PeriodicalThe Gentleman's magazine LC has 63 vols. (found in survey). Missing vols. include: 1, 33, 34. PREMARC/SERLOC merged record LAC tnb 2021-03-02 no edits (3 cards) LAC ael 2021-02-11 no edits (2 cards) LAC ael 2021-08-26 update (1 card)- Contributor: Nichols, John Gough - Hatton, Joseph - Mitford, John - Knight, Joseph - Sylvanus Urban (Pseud.) - Jacob Bailey Moore Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Parker, John Henry - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Henry, David - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry) - Cave, Edward - Nichols, John - Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer)
- Date: 1731
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