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PeriodicalMemoires pour l'histoire des sciences et des beaux-arts Serial. LC Copy: Louis XIV., King of France, armorial binding. LAC ael 2022-02-01 update (1 card)- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Du Cerceau, (Jean-Antoine) - Jolivet, Jean Louis - Sommervogel, Carlos - Mercier, Barthé́lemy - Catrou, François - Berthier, Guillaume François - Aubert, Jean Louis - Brumoy, Pierre - Buffier, Claude - Louis XIV - Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier De - Rouillé, Pierre Julien - Tournemine, René Joseph De - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1701
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PeriodicalThe South-Carolina and Georgia almanack, for the year of Our Lord Annual Issued in another printing by Clay & Habersham. LC copy bound, stamped in red leather and gilt, with armorial bookplate of W.J. De Renne, with his autograph presentation to Library of Congress, Oct. 6, 1907. Drake, M. Almanacs 17 cm. Description based on: 1764; title from cover.- Contributor: American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - Tobler, John
- Date: 17??
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PeriodicalPoor Richard : an almanack, for the year of Christ
Poor Richard's almanacks | Poor Richard improved | Poor Richard's almanac Annual Some issues in several printings. Printer varies after 1792. Title history: Poor Richard, <1733-1740>; Poor Richard improved, <1748-1813>; Poor Richard's almanac, <1867-> American Almanac Collection: 1733, 1740-1867 (some issues wanting); another set (1740-1792)--in a leather pull-off case, with case title: Poor Richard's almanacks; each issue bound in leather by W. Pratt for Henry Stevens of Vermont, with his bookplate. Carson Collection: 1771. Drake,…- Contributor: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Franklin, Benjamin - Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan) - Force, Peter - Stevens, Henry - Pratt, W. - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 17??
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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: Pemberton, John - Clay, Francis - Bell, E. - Baskerfeild, Thomas - Rivington, Charles - Batley, Jeremiah - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Bettesworth, Arthur - Fayram, Francis - Symon, Edward - Gomberville, M. Le Roy (Marin Le Roy) - Darby, John - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Daret, Pierre - Hooke, John
- Date: 1721
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Book/Printed Material[De spiegel der zelfskennis, vertoond in verscheidene doorwrochte en klaare stellingen, mitsgaders eenige zedendeugden, uit vele godgeleerde en wereldkundige schriften bij een gebracht, tot betrachting der Christelijke deugden en godzaligheid toegepast
Spiegel der Zelfkennis, of een Bundel Leerspreuken Edition formerly misidentified as an American Imprint printed by W. Bradford in New York in 1720. Cf. Evans and ESTC. Title and imprint information supplied from digitized copy from the University of Amsterdam. Evans, C. American bibliography, 2120 English short title catalogue, W508894 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. A digital reproduction of the copy from the Universiteitsbibliotheek…- Contributor: Freeman, Bernardus
- Date: 1720
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Christian philosopher: a collection of the best discoveries in nature, with religious improvements Dedication signed: Tho. Bradbury. Choice/form AACR2: vj39 08-15-96 LAC aaa 2018-11-26 update (2 cards)- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Mather, Cotton
- Date: 1721
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Book/Printed MaterialThe religion of nature delineated Text in English. Bibliographical footnotes in English, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Mottoes in Greek on t.p. by Plutarch and Plato. Signed at end: William Wollaston. Signatures: A² B-2E⁴. Title vignette (printing press) The edition upon which Benjamin Franklin worked as a compositor at S. Palmer's printing office shortly after his arrival in London on Dec. 24, 1724. Although referred to by Franklin as the…- Contributor: Palmer, Samuel - Franklin, Benjamin - Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) - Wollaston, William
- Date: 1725
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Book/Printed MaterialThe sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till …- Contributor: Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Burnet, Thomas - Addison, Joseph
- Date: 1725
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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: Picart, Bernard - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Bernard, Jean-Frédéric
- Date: 1723
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Book/Printed MaterialGottfried Arnolds Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historie : vom Anfang des Neuen Testaments biss auf das Jahr Christi 1688
Gottfried Arnolds Unparteiische Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie | Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historie Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: a-b⁴ c1 A-3K⁴ 3L² 3M-7R⁴ 7S1. Includes index. LAC nsk 2018-11-23 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2023-05-25 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Arnold, Gottfried
- Date: 1729
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Book/Printed MaterialMystyrion anomias =The mystery of lawlesness [sic], or lawless antichrist discover'd and disclos'd : shewing that all those do belong to that lawless antichrist who wilfully reject the commandments of God, amongst …
Mystery of lawlesness | Mystery of lawlessness | Lawless antichrist discover'd and disclos'd Place of publication and publisher from Bristol. Signatures: A-D⁴. Bristol B776 LAC aaa 2019-01-04 no edits (2 cards)- Contributor: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Beissel, Conrad
- Date: 1729
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Book/Printed MaterialThe history of the rise, increase, and progress, of the Christian people called Quakers : intermixed with several remarkable occurrences Pages 533-694, [16] p. index and the t.p. were printed by Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith, being the first work done by them at their recently established printing-office. Cf. Miller. Title within line borders. Signatures: A⁴ b² B-T⁴ U-5U² 5W² 5X-5Z² ²5A-5Z² 7A-7S² [double dagger]-3[double dagger]². Miller, C.W. Franklin, 1 Evans 3104 NUC pre-1956 NS 0443054 Includes index. LC copy imperfect: p. [15]-[16] of…- Contributor: Sewel, William - Meredith, Hugh - Franklin, Benjamin - Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) - Keimer, Samuel
- Date: 1728
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Book/Printed MaterialA E H I K : [Estonian alphabet book].
AEHIK Estonian in Gothic type. Reprint of Forselius's first primer for Lutheran children. The title represents the first line of letters on the first page. Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ (minus B4). Large woodcut on last page depicts a rooster teaching the musical scale (do re me ...); publication information at page bottom. LC copy with: Abecedarium. Croatian / Primus Truber. Tubingae : [Ulrich Morhardt], 1561. Bound…- Contributor: Forselius, Bengt Gottfried
- Date: 1724
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Book/Printed MaterialDe aanbiddelyke wegen Gods in zyne souveraine bestieringe : besonder over de machten deser weereld, verklaart en toegepast in drie predicatien Publisher also issued English translation in the same year. Signatures: pi1 [par.]⁴ A-K⁴ chi1. Evans 2820 ESTC W21228 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: lot 836 in the sale of Henry C. Murphy at Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., March 3rd, 1884. LC copy: bound in half morocco, gilt edges, by Bradstreet. LAC aaa 2019-02-26 no…- Contributor: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Driessen, Petrus Van - Murphy, Henry Cruse
- Date: 1726
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PeriodicalThe Merchants news-letter
Merchants newsletter Weekly Began in 1703? Title from caption. Also issued in digital form on the Library of Congress web site. PREMARC/SERLOC merged record serpull 985 removed per C. Arms LAC brd 2019-02-04 update (1 card)- Date: 170?
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Book/Printed MaterialAnnales Veteris et Novi Testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti : una cum rerum Asiaticarum et Aegyptiacarum chronico, a temporis historici principio usque ad extremum templi et reipublicae Judaicae excidium producto
Annales | Jacobi Usserii Annales De symbolis edited by Thomas Barlow. Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2*⁴, dagger-5dagger⁶ 6dagger⁴, A-2M⁴ 2N⁶ 2O-4M⁴, a-l⁴ m⁶, ²A⁶ B-I⁴ K⁶ L-N⁴ O⁶, ⁴A¹⁰. Title page printed in red and black; engraved vignette (printer's device). Includes indexes. LC copy . Formerly part of the YA collection: YA 2141- Contributor: Smith, Thomas - Barlow, Thomas - Ussher, James
- Date: 1722
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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: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Holinshed, Raphael - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Mears, W. (William) - Gyles, Fletcher - Blackbourne, John - Woodman, James
- Date: 1723
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Book/Printed MaterialThe history of England, written originally in French by Rapin de Thoyras: translated into English, with additional notes; and continued from the Revolution to the accession of King George II Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1768 English short title catalogue, T137514 LC copy includes the illustrative material only. LC copy has the bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ddw 2022-04-05 update (1 card)- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Smollett, T. (Tobias) - Harrison, John - Rapin De Thoyras, (Paul) - Smith, John - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Tindal, N. (Nicholas)
- Date: 1789
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Book/Printed MaterialThe sailors advocate : to be continued Issued in numbers I-IV; issues have individual pagination and signatures; issue number for no. 1 taken from head of A2; later issue numbers on title pages, repeated at head of first page of text. Often attributed to: James Oglethorpe. Includes essays and commentary against pressing and mistreating sailors as damaging to the strength, capability and prestige of the Royal Navy and merchant service. Date…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Oglethorpe, James
- Date: 1728
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Book/Printed MaterialLes antiquités romaines de Denys d'Halicarnasse Translated by François Bellenger. Maps by Jean Baptiste Nolin. Vol. 1: [6], lxxij, 38, [1], 575, [1] p., [5] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: xxxix, [1], 694 p., [3] folded leaves of plates. Library of Congress. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson, 49 Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. xxiij-xxiv). Errata: v. 1, p. lxxij, 38 (3rd group of paging), [1] at…- Contributor: Nolin, Jean Baptiste - Monroe, James - Dionysius - Lottin, Ph. N. (Philippe-Nicolas) - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - Bellenger, François - Jefferson, Thomas
- Date: 1723
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Book/Printed MaterialDas veränderte Russland, in welchem die ietzige verfassung des geist- und weltlichen regiments; der brieges- staat zu lande und zu wasser; wahre zustand der russischen finantzen ... die begebenheiten des czarewitzen ... … L.C. copy imperfect: map between p. 432 and 433 wanting. "Journal des Lorentz Langen von seiner in anno 1715 nach China unternommenen reise": p. 72-116. "Nachricht von denen bisher unbekandt gewesenen seit 10 jahren bekehrten heidnischen Ostiacken": p. 175-214. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ddw 2023-05-24 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Weber, Friedrich Christian - Lange, Lorenz - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1721
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Book/Printed MaterialThe present state of Russia ... Being an account of the government of that country, both civil and ecclesiastical; of the Czar's forces by sea and land, the regulation of his finances, … Vol. 2 imprint date is 1722. LC copy imperfect: v. 1 t.p. wanting, replaced by photocopy. ESTC T105295 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Lange, Lorenz - Müller, Johann Bernhard - Bruyn, Cornelis De - Weber, Friedrich Christian - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1723
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Book/Printed MaterialThe history of Genghizcan the Great, first emperor of the antient Moguls and Tartars : in four books: containing his life, advancement and conquests; with a short history of his successors to … This early Western history of Genghis Khan, the 13th-century Mongol emperor who established the world's largest contiguous empire, is by François Pétis (1622-95), an interpreter of Arabic and Turkish at the French court. In a long and distinguished career, Pétis translated a history of France into Turkish, compiled a French-Turkish dictionary, and created a catalog of the Turkish and Persian manuscripts owned by the…- Contributor: Aubin, Penelope - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Pétis De La Croix, François
- Date: 1722
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Book/Printed MaterialSanchoniatho's Phoenician history : translated from the first book of Eusebius De praeparatione evangelica : with a continuation of Sanchoniatho's history by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's canon, which Dicaearchus connects with the first olympiad … The folded plate is a table. Signatures: A-B⁸ "E"⁴ D-2K⁸ 2L⁴. Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the Lib. of Thomas Jefferson 5 ESTC T100370 Erratum: p. [2], 3rd group of paging. LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's copy, with his initials at signature marks. gsl and rsl report cutter change from .P5 to .S3. he04 LAC brd…- Contributor: Philo - Sanchuniathon - Cumberland, Richard - Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - Eratosthenes - Eusebius - Jefferson, Thomas - Payne, Squier
- Date: 1720
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Book/Printed MaterialLa Florida del Inca : historia del adelantado, Hernando de Soto, governador, y capitan general del Reino de la Florida : y de otros heroicos caballeros, españoles, é indios First published at Lisbon in 1605. This second Spanish edition was edited by Andrés Gonzalez Barcia Carballido y Zuñiga, under the pseudonym Gabriel Daza de Cardenas. The second part has title: Ensayo cronologico para la historia general de la Florida ... Escrito por don Gabriel de Cardenas z [!] Cano [pseud. of Andrés Gonzalez de Barcia Carballido y Zuñiga] Madrid, Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, MDCCXXIIJ…- Contributor: Force, Peter - Vega, Garcilaso De La - Barcía Carballido Y Zúñiga, Andrés González De - Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1723
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