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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: Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress) - James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Calonne, Charles Alexandre De - Jefferson, Thomas
- Date: 1786
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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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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: Parker, John Henry - Nichols, John Gough - Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry) - Sylvanus Urban (Pseud.) - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Mitford, John - Nichols, John - Henry, David - Jacob Bailey Moore Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer) - Cave, Edward - Hatton, Joseph - Knight, Joseph - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1731
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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: Tobler, John - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 17??
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PeriodicalAn astronomical diary, or, An almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ
Almanack for the year of our Lord Christ Annual 1750- Title from cover. Title history: Astronomical diary, or, an Almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ ..., 1750- ; Almanack for the year of our Lord Christ ..., <1761-> None published in 1759? Issue for 1760 includes account of the Capture of Quebec by the British forces under Gen. Wolfe. Vols. for <1761-> printed by D. and J. Kneeland for D.…- Contributor: Sherman, Roger - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1750
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PeriodicalAlmanack, for the year of Christian account ... fitted to serve the Province of New-York
Hutchins | Hutchins's almanack, or, ephemeris, for the year of Christian account | Hutchin's improved | Ming's Hutchins' improved, 1753- LC does not have original copy of 1753 issue; instead it has 2 numbered copies of a reprint, printed in 81 copies, "Printed privately" in 1913, for Chas. Fred Heartman, and signed by him. Batchelder Collection: 1790. Carson Collection: 1790, 1798. Some vols. issued in several printings or editions, by other publishers. Printed and sold by Ming and Young, 1801-1806; by: Alexander Ming,…- Contributor: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Hutchins, John Nathan - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1753
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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: Pratt, W. - Stevens, Henry - Force, Peter - Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan) - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Franklin, Benjamin
- Date: 17??
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PeriodicalThe South-Carolina almanack, for the year of Our Lord
Issues for <1765-1786> have title: South-Carolina & Georgia almanack, for the year of Our Lord | South-Carolina and Georgia almanack, for the year of Our Lord | Issues for <1790-1792> have title: South-Carolina and Georgia almanac, for the year of Our Lord Annual Began with v. for 1749? Other slight variations in title. Printer varies. Issue for 1760 severely damaged and without t.p. Drake, M. Almanacs 13071 et al. Description based on: 1759; title from cover. Latest issue consulted: 1792.- Contributor: Tobler, John - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1749
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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 MaterialIn the House of Delegates, Wednesday, the 29th of November, 1786. Imprint from Evans. Also includes 1 resolution dated Dec. 8, 1786 and 2 resolutions dated Jan. 6, 1787. Evans 20838 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Dec. 1937-June 1938. Formerly part of the James Madison Papers, vol. 80, p. 21.- Contributor: Dixon and Hold - James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates
- Date: 1786
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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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Book/Printed MaterialTestament de Jérôme Sharp, professeur de physique amusante : où l'on trouve parmi plusieurs tours de subtilité, qu'on peut exécuter sans aucune dépense, des préceptes & des exemples sur l'art de faire … Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. "... Decremps wrote and published a series of books purportedly to expose all the tricks of [Giuseppe] Pinetti. The first book, La Magie Blanche, appeared in Paris while Pinetti was still playing there in 1784. The first book was followed by Supplement a la Magie Blanche Devoilee, Testament de Jerome Sharp, Codicille…- Contributor: Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Decremps, Henri
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialAn address of the House of Delegates of Maryland to their constituents Caption title. Signed at end: Thomas Cockey Deye, speaker. Imprint from Bristol. Bristol B6313 LC copy has ms. notes on p. [4] regarding John Leeds Bozman and the Bozman and Leeds families. LAC ecr 2019-08-07 no edits (1 card) Scanned card stamped as no. 2614. LAC sba 2021-05-04. LAC sba 2021-05-04 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Maryland General Assembly. House of Delegates
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialThe artists assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, metzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... : Methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young … Ascribed to Carington Bowles in Brit. Mus. Cat. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2471 English short title catalogue, T122228 LC copy: Provenance: Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. LAC ecr 2019-09-03 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-06-01 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-01- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Bowles, Carington - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialA history of the art of engraving in mezzotinto : from it's origin to the present times, including an account of the works of the earliest artists Blank leaves inserted for notes. English short title catalog, T16283 LAC nsk 2019-10-01 update (1 card)- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Chelsum, James - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue of an extraordinary fine and curious collection of ancient and modern prints, ... The whole collected with the utmost taste, and at a great expence, by the late Jonathan Blackburne, … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2487 English short title catalogue, T181321 "One thousand one hundred and twelve items. Partly priced in manuscript."--Cf. Rosenwald. LAC ddw 2022-06-01 update (1 card) Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number or copy number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-01- Contributor: Blackburne, Jonathan - Hutchins, (Hassil) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue, of the most remarkable collection of prints ever offered to the public; being matchless both for number, variety, beauty, and scarcity : consisting of all the great masters in Europe … Issued in 2 parts. The second (p. [81]-158) has special t.p.: A catalogue of the remaining part of this collection of prints ... which will be sold by Mr. Greenwood ... on Tuesday the 21st day of February, 1786, and seventeen following days .. Signatures: [A]1 B-L⁴ chil (arabic numeral "1") M-T⁴ U⁶. English short title catalogue, T28790 LC copy contains prices, purchasers' names,…- Contributor: Levis, Howard Coppuck - Greenwood - Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialŒuvres Contains Idylles, Mort d'Abel, Daphnis, translated by M. Huber and A. R. J. Turgot; Nouvelles idylles, by J. H. Meister; Pastorales, by the Abbé Bruté de Loirelle. Illustrative matter engraved after drawings by Lebarbier. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1705 LC copy: Inserted in this copy: 12 original drawings by Lebarbier for this edition and a second set of most of the…- Contributor: Marillier, Clément Pierre - Moreau, Jean Michel - Rattier, Léon - Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques - Chasselat, Charles Abraham - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Bruté De Loirelle - Monnet, Charles - Kobell, Ferdinand - Meister, Jacques-Henri - Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François - Schiff, Mortimer L. - Gessner, Salomon - Huber, M. (Michel)
- Date: 1786
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Book/Printed MaterialA narrative of the two aerial voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard : with meteorological observations and remarks : the first voyage, on the thirtieth of November, 1784, from London into … With text in English and French. Signatures: [A-B]² chi1 C-H² [I]² K-P². Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 1141 ESTC T10668 LC copy has inscription, signed G. Tissandier: "Cette curieuse brochure m'a été donnée en 1885 par les petits fils du dr. Jeffries ..." LC copy is from the library of Gaston Tissandier. Also available in digital form on the Library…- Contributor: Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (U.S.). Aeronautical Archives - Landauer, Bella Clara - Jeffries, John - Jerry and Gene Jones Jefferson Collection (Library of Congress) - Tissandier, Gaston
- Date: 1786
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