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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: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Nichols, John Gough - Cave, Edward - Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry) - Mitford, John - Henry, David - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Nichols, John - Sylvanus Urban (Pseud.) - Parker, John Henry - Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer) - Hatton, Joseph - Knight, Joseph - Jacob Bailey Moore Pamphlet 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: American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - Tobler, John
- 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 - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder 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: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Hutchins, John Nathan - American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - Marian S. Carson 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: American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - Franklin, Benjamin - Stevens, Henry - Pratt, W. - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Force, Peter - Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan)
- 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: American Almanac Collection (Library of Congress) - Tobler, John
- Date: 1749
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Book/Printed MaterialA careful and strict inquiry into the modern prevailing notions of that freedom of will which is supposed to be essential to moral agency, virtue and vice, reward and punishment, praise and … Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Remarks on the Essays on the principles of morality and natural religion, in a letter to a minister of the Church of Scotland / by the Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards. 13 p. at end. A criticism of Lord Kames' Essays. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-U⁴ X-2Q⁴ R⁴(-R4). Evans 22476 LAC ael 2019-01-24 no edits (3 cards) LAC rwp 2019-02-04 review- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Edwards, Jonathan - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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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 MaterialMemoirs and travels of Mauritius Augustus, count de Benyowsky ... consisting of his military operations in Poland, his exilie into Kamchatka, his escape and voyage from that peninsula through the northern Pacific … Maurice Benyowsky (1741 or 1746-1786) was born near Trnava in present-day Slovakia, at the time part of Hungary and the Austrian Empire. After service in the Austrian Army, he joined a Polish nationalist movement fighting for freedom against Russia. He was arrested and exiled to Kamchatka in the Russian Far East. He escaped captivity and undertook an expedition to explore Kamchatka and the North…- Contributor: Nicholson, William - Benyowsky, Maurice Auguste - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialA narrative of the mutiny, on board His Majesty's ship Bounty; and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to … Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1769 English short title catalogue, T7185 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has the bookplate of Thomas James, Lord Viscount Bulkeley. LAC knj 2019-03-26 no edits (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-04-02 review LAC ddw 2022-04-05 update (1 card)- Contributor: Nicol, G. (George) - Bligh, William - Bulkeley, Thomas James Bulkeley - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialRichmond, March 26, 1790 : it having been provided by an act of the present session of Congress, that the marshals of the several districts of the United States, shall cause the … Signed: Edward Carrington, marshal for the district of Virginia. Horizontal chainlines. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Dec. 1937-June 1938. Formerly part of the James Madison Papers, vol. 76, p. 26.- Contributor: James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Carrington, Edward
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialThe following documents accompany the memorial of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer. Caption title. Signed at bottom of p. [1]: Jas. Monroe. Place and date of publication inferred from content. Not in Evans. Includes correspondences between George Washington and Robert H. Harrison during the period 1777-1790. Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Dec. 1937-June 1938. Formerly part of the James Madison Papers, vol. 77, p. 13.- Contributor: James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Monroe, James
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialReport : the committee of both houses, appointed to consider further amendments in the Constitution of the United States ... At head of title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, February 24, 1790. Ordered, that the clerk of the Senate, cause one hundred copies of the Report ... to be printed ... Imprint from p. 3. Watermarks: crown with initials GR; another illegible. Evans 22655 ESTC W15393 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Dec. 1937-June 1938. Formerly part of the James Madison Papers,…- Contributor: James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress) - Massachusetts. General Court - Massachusetts. General Court. Committee of Both Houses Appointed to Consider Further Amendments in the Constitution of the United States - Adams, Thomas
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialCopy of a petition : with some observations, and a statement of facts, relative to the claim of the officers of the artillery artificers, under the command of the late Colonel Benjamin … Caption title. Dated at end: Philadelphia, June 10, 1790. Signatures: [A]² B-C². Watermarks: JLG, fleur-de-lis. Evans 22813 Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Dec. 1937-June 1938. Formerly part of the James Madison Papers, vol. 79, p. 19.- Contributor: James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Flower, Benjamin - Power, Alexander
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialA particular account of the insurrection of the negroes of St. Domingo, begun in August, 1791: translated from the French : speech made to the National Assembly the third of November, 1791, … ESTC T110428 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Saint-Domingue. Assemblée Générale
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialThe conjurer unmasked : being a clear and full explanation of all the surprizing performances exhibited as well in this kingdom as on the continent by the most eminent and dexterous professors … "... 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 de Jerome Sharp, and others. ... they did have a devastating effect…- Contributor: Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - Decremps, Henri - McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) - Denton, Thomas
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialPuteshestvīe, izʺ Peterburga vʺ Moskvu.
Путешествіе, изъ Петербурга въ Москву "Chudishche oblo, ozorno, ogromno, stozi︠e︡vno i lai︠a︡ĭ" Tilemakhida, Tomʺ II, Kn. XVIII, sti: 514 -- Title page. Signatures: pi² Cyrillic A-ʹ[mi︠a︡khkiĭ znak]⁸. In each signature only first and fifth leaves are signed, e.g., A and A2. Old orthography used in signing includes both Cyrillic i and ī. Babine, A.V. Yudin library, pages 25, 28, and figure 11 Bitovt, I︠U︡. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ russkīi︠a︡ knigi i letuchīi︠a︡…- Contributor: Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich - Yudin Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialConstitutions of Tammany Society, or Columbian Order Caption title. Imprint supplied by Bristol. Bristol B7500 LAC scc 2019-08-06 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Tammany Hall (Political Organization) - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialA catalogue of the pictures and prints, the property of the late Mrs. Hogarth, deca. : amongst which is the Sigismunda ... [etc.] : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. … Signatures: [A]⁴. English short title catalogue, T161767 LC copy: Most of prices realized supplied in ms. LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Has bookplate of Howard C. Levis. With: A catalogue of books, books of prints, twelve original pictures by Hogarth .... London : J. Barker, printer, 1810. Bound together subsequent to publication. LAC knj 2019-09-11 update (2 cards) LAC ddw 2022-07-11…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Hogarth, Jane - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Greenwood
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialLe triomphe de la Mort
Explication des sujets de triomphe de la Mort de Jean Holbein | Dance of Death The plates are interleaved with the text, which has title: Explication des sujets de triomphe de la Mort de Jean Holbein. At least 3 copies printed on vellum. Cf. Praet. Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ C². Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1770 English short title catalogue, N476071 Praet, J.B.B. Vélin, bib. publiques v. 1, p. 285, no. 88. Also available in digital form on…- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) - Sabatier, Suz - Holbein, Hans - Schiff, Mortimer L. - Leaton-Blenkinsopp, George Thomas - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Levis, Howard Coppuck - Hollar, Wenceslaus
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialGiuochi, trattenimenti e feste annue che si costumano in Toscana e specialmente in Firenze Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Wholy engraved with watercolor. Plates 22 and 23 signed by Carlo Lasinio, but all generally attributed to him. Plates 2 and 4 signed "G. Piattoli, inv."- Contributor: Lasinio, Carlo - Bardi, Giuseppe - Piattoli, Giuseppe - Pagni, Niccol
- Date: 1790
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Manuscript/Mixed Material[Portraits engraved by William Blake and J. Chapman]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1839 Russell, A.G.B. Engravings of William Blake, 1912 Plate 1 (Edmund Pitts, Esq.) also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC knj 2019-09-23 update (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-04-13 update (1 card)- Contributor: Blake, William - Ponsford, John - Blake, Catherine Boucher - Linnell, John - Earl, James - Chapman, J. (John) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Philadelphia spelling book : arranged upon a plan entirely new, adapted to the capacities of children, and designed as an immediate improvement in spelling and reading the English language; the whole … Not in Evans. NUC pre-1956 0024736 LC copy imperfect: all but t.p. and first leaf of the preface wanting; pagination from Washington University copy as reported in NUC. LAC tnb 2019-10-09 no edits (2 cards)- Contributor: Barry, John - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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Book/Printed MaterialThe American spelling book, containing an easy standard of pronunciation : being the first part of a grammatical institute of the English language
American spelling book Signatures: A-M⁶. Evans 23052 Skeel, E.E.F. Webster 22 ESTC W7833 LC copy rebound; in 19 cm. case with contemporary wooden boards preserved in enclosed folder. LAC tnb 2019-10-09 no edits (2 cards)- Contributor: Thomas & Andrews - Webster, Noah - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1790
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