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Book/Printed MaterialRenati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiae
Des Cartes philosophia René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French mathematician, scientific thinker, and philosopher who made important contributions to mathematics, optics, epistemology, and other fields that helped to shape how the modern world came to…- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Descartes, René - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Elzevir, Louis
- Date: 1644
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Manuscript/Mixed Materialal-Sifr al-thālith min al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaḥīḥ al-mukhtaṣar min umūr Rasūl Allāh sallá Allāh ʻalayhi wa-sallama wa-sannafahu wa-aqāmahu …
السفر الثالث من الجامع الصحيح المختصر من امور رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وسبفه واقامه تاليف الامام ابي عبد الله محمد بن اسماعيل البخاري رحمه الله تتلوه في السفر الرابع تفسير القرءان | Title in ʻunwan folio 1b: Kitāb badʼ al-khalq | Title in ʻunwan folio 1b: Kitāb badʾ al-khalq Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810-70) was born in Bukhara, in present-day Uzbekistan, and died in Khartank, near Samarkand. He is considered by Sunni Muslims to be the most authoritative collector of hadiths--reports…- Contributor: Bukhārī, Muḥammad Ibn Ismāʻīl
- Date: 16??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDurrat al-tāj
درة التاج Shiite prayer book; consists of prayers to be said on the visitation of Caliph ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's tomb. This manuscript of Durrat al-tāj (The crown jewel) is a Shiite prayer book,…- Contributor: Ibn Rustam Khān Ṣafī Qulī
- Date: 16??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialʼPhags pa bskal pa bzaṅ po pa źes bya ba theg pa chen poʼi mdo 17th century manuscript; written on both sides of leaves of composite Tibetan paper completely died blue and subsequently over-painted black and varnished on a central panel, written in gold ink in 7…- Date: 1600-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialParzabanutʻiwn Saghmosatsʻn Dawtiʻ Margarēin : zhoghovatseal i zanazanitsʻ matenitsʻ vardapetatsʻ ekeghetsʻwoy, ew tʻargmanetsʻeal Presented here is a printed edition in Armenian, dating from 1687, of the Commentaries on the Psalms of the Prophet David by Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (died 407). The Psalms…- Contributor: Hōhannis
- Date: 1687
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Book/Printed Material[The vvhole booke of Psalmes faithfully translated into English metre. Whereunto is prefixed a discourse declaring …
Title commonly known as: Bay Psalm book | Whole Booke of Psalmes The Bay Psalm Book, as this work is commonly known, is the first book printed in British North America. The Reverend Jesse Glover imported the first printing press to the Massachusetts Bay…- Contributor: Cotton, John - Van Sinderen, Adrian - Day, Stephen - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Eliot, John - Mather, Richard - Weld, Thomas - Day, Matthew
- Date: 1640
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Book/Printed MaterialA[stua]tsashunchʻ. Hnotsʻ ew Norotsʻ Ktakaranatsʻ ner parunakōgh sharakargutʻeamb nakhneatsʻn meroy ew chshmartasiratsʻ tʻargmanchʻatsʻ
Atsuatsashunchʻ Hnotsʻ ew Norotsʻ Ktakaranatsʻ ner parunakōgh sharakargutʻeamb nakhneatsʻn meroy ew chshmartasiratsʻ tʻargmanchʻatsʻ The Oskan Bible of 1666 is the first complete printed Bible in Armenian. It takes its name from Oskan Erewants'i (Oskan of Yerevan, 1614-74), an expatriate from Armenia who, with the help…- Date: 1666
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Book/Printed MaterialLe miroir de la cruelle, & horrible tyrannie espagnole perpetree au Pays Bas, par le tyran …
Title on special t.p. for part 2: Miroir de la tyrannie espagnole perpetree aux Indes Occidentales : on verra icy la cruaute plus que inhumaine, commise par les Espagnols, aussi la description de ces terres, peuples, et leur nature | Miroir de la cruelle, et horrible tyrannie espagnole perpetree au Pays Bas | Miroir de la tyrannie espagnole perpetree aux Indes Occidentales : on verra icy la cruaute plus que inhumaine, commise par les Espagnols, aussi la description de ces terres, peuples, et leur nature This volume, published in the Netherlands in 1620, contains French translations of two earlier works detailing Spanish crimes and atrocities in both Europe and the New World. The first part is an…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Vinckeboons, David - Cloppenburch, Jan Evertsz. (Jan Evertszoon) - Gysius, Johannes - Casas, Bartolomé De Las - Lons, Dirck Eversen
- Date: 1620
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Book/Printed MaterialLes six voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier ... en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes, pendant … Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89) was one of the most renowned travelers of 17th century Europe. The son of a French Protestant who had fled Antwerp to escape religious persecution, Tavernier was a jewel…- Contributor: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste
- Date: 1676
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Book/Printed MaterialMing shan tu
名山圖 Maps include several geographic features; the names of mountains are marked on the left or right corner above the pictures. Originally untitled, this landscape work, a masterpiece in woodblock print, occupies a…- Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1633
- Resource: Illustrations - Image - 66
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Book/Printed MaterialYu tu zhai yao : shi wu juan
輿圖摘要 : 十五卷 / The original inscription of this work reads: "Compiled by Li Rihua of Jiahe; supplemented by Lu Zhongmin of Qianjiang; and edited by Qian Weiqi of Gulin." Si ku quan shu zong mu…- Contributor: Qian, Weiqi - Lu, Zhongmin - Liu You Tang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - LI, Rihua
- Date: 1628
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Book/Printed MaterialShan hai jing : shi ba juan
山海經 : 十八卷 / | Nan shan jing | Title on title page: You tu Shan hai jing | You tu Shan hai jing Shan hai jing (Classic of the mountains and seas) is a Chinese classic text describing mountains, regions within and beyond the seas, and mythic animals. The author or authors and the date…- Contributor: LI, Wenxiao - Jiang, Yinghao - Guo, Pu - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1628
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Book/Printed MaterialYicheng : shi er juan
翼乘 : 十二卷 / Composed when Cui Ruixiu served as governor or Yicheng County 1607-1609; supplemented by Shangguan Li of Licheng County during the reign of the Shuhzhi Emperor (1644-1661); seal may indicate that this item…- Contributor: Shi, Xueqian - Cui, Ruxiu - Hu, Xianyao - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Shangguan, LI
- Date: 1608
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Book/Printed MaterialXi Hu zhi zhai cui bu yi xi nang bian lan : shi er juan
西湖志摘粹補遺奚囊便覽 : 十二卷 / | Xi Hu bian lan Excerpted from "Xi hu you lan zhi" by Tian Rucheng, with works of later poets added. West Lake is a famous freshwater lake located in the historic area of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province,…- Contributor: Tian, Rucheng - Chen, Youfu - Gao, Yingke - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1601
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Book/Printed MaterialDe nieuwe en onbekende weereld, of, Beschryving van America en 't zuid-land : vervaetende d'oorsprong der …
America | Beschryving van America en't zuid-land This monumental work by the Dutch writer Arnoldus Montanus (1625?-83) reflects the fascination of 17-th century Europe with the New World. Montanus was a Protestant minister and headmaster of the Latin School…- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Dapper, Olfert - Montanus, Arnoldus - Holden, Edwin B. (Edwin Babcock) - Meurs, Jacob Van
- Date: 1671
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Book/Printed MaterialThe history of the Caribby Islands : viz., Barbados, S'Christophers, S'Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis, … This early study of the Caribbean is an English translation of a French work published anonymously in Rotterdam in 1658 under the title Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique…- Contributor: Davies, John - Rochefort, Charles De - Breton, Raymond - Pre- Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1666
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Book/Printed Material[Aviendo entendido la materia que se controvierte sobre si se deben fortificar la boca del Rio …
Binder's title: Forma de assegurar los puertos y poblaciones de todas las costas de las Indias | Text of second gathering begins: Aviendo prevenido en el papel antecedente la mejor forma de assegurar los puertos y poblaciones de todas las costas de las Indias | Facturias que dichas naciones tienen en las islas de Barlobento son como se sigue | A viendo entendido la materia que se controvierte | Habiendo entendido la materia que controvierte sobre si se deben fortificar la boca del río de la ensenada del Darién, y el desembarcadero del playón en el paraje de los cayos de las Cabezas, para estorbar a los piratas el poder pasar a las costas del Perú In the second half of the 17th century, rampant piracy threatened the economic and commercial interests of Spain in the West Indies. Piracy also introduced a complicating factor in the ongoing struggle…- Date: 1694
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Book/Printed MaterialJin gu yu di tu : [san juan]
今古輿地圖 : [三卷] / | Jin gu yu di tu shuo The maps are process printed with red and black ink. Chen Zilong wrote the introduction in 1638 and the preface in 1643. The three-volume work composed of maps with detailed texts was…- Contributor: Shen, Dingzhi - Wu, Guofu - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1638
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MapNoua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum
Nova orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Johannes Kepler's Tabvlae Rudolphinae. Ulm : Johannes Saur, 1627-30. Prime meridian based on the astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory in Denmark. Map drawn in three parts (left to…- Contributor: Kepler, Johannes - Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp) - Eckebrecht, Philipp
- Date: 1630-01-01
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MapOrbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlas minor. Amsterdam, 1690? Includes ancillary maps of north polar region and south polar region and col. ill. Mounted on cloth. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined…- Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes
- Date: 1690-01-01
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Map[Map of a part of the island of Cuba and of the Bahamas]. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 156 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1650-01-01
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Map[Map of California shown as an island]. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan - Library of Congress
- Date: 1650-01-01
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MapDe Eylanden en Vastelanden van Westindien "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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Map[Map of the complete island of Cuba]
Cuba "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was in the employ of the Dutch West India Company and for more…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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MapCaerte vande Bay St. Tiago : gelegen op 't Eylant Cvba, op de Hoochte van 20 … "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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MapHavana op 't Eyland Cvba
Cuba "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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Map[Map of the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico]
Hispaniola and Puerto Rico "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was in the employ of the Dutch West India Company and for more…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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Map[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Florida] "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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Map[Map of the Gulf Coast from Florida to Mexico] "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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MapPascaert van Nieuw Nederlandt Virginia, ende Nieuw-Engelandt verthonendt alles wat van die landin by See, oft … "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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MapNoort Rivier in Niew Neerlandt "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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MapCaert vande Svydt Rivier in Niew Nederland "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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Map[Map of the Peninsula of Florida] "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1639
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MapManatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was employed by the Dutch West India Company and for more than 30…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan - Library of Congress
- Date: 1670
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MapNorth America divided into its III principall [sic] parts. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies, second copy has been ornamented by the addition of 4 ships in the sea. Vault- Contributor: Lea, Philip
- Date: 1685-01-01
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MapDescripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict selon son vray méridien : … "This portolan-style chart on vellum was compiled by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), the founder of New France, and was originally intended for presentation to the King of France. One of the great…- Contributor: Champlain, Samuel De
- Date: 1607
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MapDescription du pais des Hurons. Shows part of Ontario extending from Georgian Bay on the north (Partie du Grand Lac des Hurons) to Lake Ontario on the south and from Lake Huron on the west to Lake…- Contributor: Harrisse, Henry
- Date: 1651-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, being his next voyage to that to Nombre de … This work of 1628 is the first edition of the earliest detailed account of the voyage around the world by Sir Francis Drake in 1577-80. It includes a frontspiece with a portrait…- Contributor: Fletcher, Francis - Drake, Francis - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1628
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Map[Map of Lesser Antilles]. Depths shown by soundings. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other maps in Henry Harrisse collection. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web…- Contributor: Vinckeboons, Joan
- Date: 1650-01-01
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MapNova et exacta delineatio Americae partis avstralis. qve est : Brasilia, Caribana, Gviana regnũm noũũm, Castilia … "This folding map of South America and the West Indies, printed on two separate sheets, with uncut margins, was engraved for the second edition of the fourth part of Hulsius' collection of…- Contributor: Hulsius, Levinus - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1692
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