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    Le 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: Vinckeboons, David - Lons, Dirck Eversen - Cloppenburch, Jan Evertsz. (Jan Evertszoon) - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Casas, Bartolomé De Las - Gysius, Johannes
    • Date: 1620

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    Yu 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: Liu You Tang - Qian, Weiqi - LI, Rihua - Lu, Zhongmin - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1628
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    Shan 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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    The 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: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Fletcher, Francis - Drake, Francis
    • Date: 1628

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    Bizzarie di varie figure Braccelli's Bizzarie di varie figure contains a suite of 50 etchings that celebrate the human figure in geometric forms. Squares, triangles, circles, and parallelograms take the place of muscle, bone, and tissue,…
    • Contributor: Medici, Piero De - Ojetti, Ugo - Braccelli, Giovanni Battista - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1624

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    Alphabetum ibericum, sive georgianum : cum Oratione dominicali, Salutatione angelica, Symbolo fidei, Præceptis Decalogi, Ecclesiæ Sacramentis, … Alphabetum ibericum, sive georgianum: cum Oratione (Iberian or Georgian alphabet with prayers) is one of the first two books printed in Georgian using moveable type. In the 1620s, the Sacred Congregation for…
    • Contributor: Catholic Church. Congregatio De Propaganda Fide
    • Date: 1629
    • Resource: PDF - 32

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    Dittionario giorgiano e italiano
    Title on p. 1: Lekʻsi iberigo-pʻrankxi     Published in Rome in 1629, this Georgian-Italian dictionary was the first book printed in Georgian using moveable type. The dictionary was compiled by an Italian, Stefano Paolini, with the assistance of Niceforo…
    • Contributor: Catholic Church. Congregatio De Propaganda Fide - Niceforo Irbachi - Paolini, Stefano
    • Date: 1629
    • Resource: PDF - 193

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    He Fen jiao : shi liu juan
    河汾教 : 十六卷 /     This work was written by Wen Xiangfeng (1577-1642), an official in the late Ming period. He received his jin shi degree in 1610 and held many positions, among them assistant commissioner of…
    • Contributor: Wen, Xiangfeng - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1621
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    Zuo zhuan wen yuan : ba juan
    左傳文苑 : 八卷 / | Title on title page: Zuo zhuan yuan | Zuo zhuan yuan     Collection of essays written by famous scholars from the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.) to the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Compiled by Zhang Nai. Zuo zhuan (The commentary, or chronicle of Zuo), is…
    • Contributor: Qing Yun Guan - Chen, Jiru - Zhang, Nai - Zhong, Xing - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1620
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    Taiyang Zhou Xiao Hou miao zhi : shang ji liu juan xia ji yi juan
    太洋洲蕭侯廟志 : 上集六卷, 下集一卷 / | Taiyang Xiao Hou miao zhi | Title on title page: Qie Taiyang Zhou Xiao Hou miao zhi | Qie Taiyang Zhou Xiao Hou miao zhi     Collection of documents about Xiao Hou, including Xiao hou miao tu, Xiao Hou zhuan (The biography of Xiaohou), orders and funeral oration from the Emperor, poems, and verse. Xiao Hou was regarded…
    • Contributor: Guo, Zizhang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Zhu, Shishou
    • Date: 1622
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    Wensu Wang gong zou cao : er shi san juan
    文肅王公奏草 : 二十三卷 / | Wang Wensu zou cao     This collection of memorials written by Wang Xijue (1534-1610) was printed during the Wanli period (1573-1620). Wang, posthumously called Wang Wensu, became, in 1562, a successful candidate at the metropolitan civil examination,…
    • Contributor: He, Qiaoyuan - Fang, Congzhe - Shen, Shixing - Wang, Xijue - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1622
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    Xuan yun yue fa : yi juan
    宣雲約法 : 一卷 | Title on spine of case: Xuan yun yue fa bang shi liu shi san tong | Xuan yun yue fa bang shi liu shi san tong     The prefaces to this work, written by two contemporaries, Wang Shiqi (1551-1618), a military strategist, and Du Chengshi (who gained his jin shi degree in 1601), an official at the Bureau of…
    • Contributor: Du, Chengshi - Wu, Yunzhong - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Wang, Shiqi
    • Date: 1621
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    Ren wu ping hai ji : er juan
    壬午平海紀 : 二卷     Collection of correspondence and communication detailing Cheng Xun's suppression of pirates on the sea at the time he led an army force in Susong. Presented here is a collection of letters, official…
    • Contributor: Cheng, Xun - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1628
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    Da cheng li yue ji : 5 juan
    大成禮樂集 : 五卷 | Li yue ji     Based on the 14th century work Da cheng ya yue; reflects musical works of the Weinan Region. The compiler of this work was Shi Jishi, the editor his disciple, Shi Zuo. Shi…
    • Contributor: LI, Weizhen - Chen, Yao - Shi, Zuo - Wang, Shao - Xu, Gao - Chen, Yingyuan - Nan, Qizhong - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1622
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    Xin ke jing zuan xiang zhu shi tu xian jing : ba juan
    新刻精纂詳註仕途懸鏡 : 八卷 / | Title on title page: Shi tu xian jing | Shi tu xian jing     Chapters 1-7 include essays on the administration of officials; chapter 8 records judgment rendered in unusual cases. Xin ke jing zuan xiang zhu shi tu xuan jing (Newly annotated, compiled, and printed…
    • Contributor: Jiang, Shiji - Wang, Shimao - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1626
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    Chen tai shi zhao dai jing ji yan : shi si juan
    陳太史昭代經濟言 : 十四卷 / | Zhao dai jing ji yan     A native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province, the author Chen Zizhuang (died 1647) was a child prodigy who achieved his jin shi degree in 1619 and became a compiler at the Hanlin Academy.…
    • Contributor: Xie, Shaofang - Jin, Jiesheng - Chen, Dingxin - Chen, Zizhuang - Zhou, Ying - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1626
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    Tu xiang ben cao meng quan : shi er juan, juan shou yi juan
    圖像本草蒙荃 : 十二卷, 卷首一卷 / | Title on title page: Chong ke zeng bu tu xiang ben cao meng quan | Title on spine of case: Ben cao meng quan | Chong ke zeng bu tu xiang ben cao meng quan | Ben cao meng quan     Illustrations added after each item; includes a collection of illustrations from famous doctors chosen from Li dai ming yi tu, by Xiong Zongli. This book, compiled by Chen Jiamo in 12 juan,…
    • Contributor: Hu, Yiguan - Yi, Yefei - Xiong, Zongli - Zhou, Ruquan - Wan Juan Lou - Liu, Kongdun - Xu, Guo - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1628
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    Xi ji yin : shi san juan
    醯雞吟 : 十三卷 /     Printed during the reign of Tianqi (1621-27) of the Ming dynasty, this literary work lists the names of the author and editors. It was written by Li Tingxun, a native of Sanyuan…
    • Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - LI, Tingxun
    • Date: 1623
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    Kuaiji Fanchuan Chen shi zong pu : wu juan
    會稽樊川陳氏宗譜 : 五卷 | Chen shi zong pu     The surname of Chen family originated with Hu Gongman at the time when King Wuwang defeated the Yin Dynasty; Hu Gongman is in the first generation, and Fusi is in the eighty-first…
    • Contributor: Chen, Jia - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1628
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    Wei shi kai meng da wen : er juan
    唯識開蒙問答 : 二卷 / | Wei shi kai meng | 唯識開蒙問答 : 二卷     Questions and answers intended to inspire the study of Buddhism; author Yunfeng was a monk in Yitai Temple. The term wei shi (literally, consciousness-only), is a tenet of Yogacara, an influential school…
    • Contributor: Zonggao - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Yunfeng
    • Date: 1628
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    Zhi fang wai ji : liu juan, juan shou yi juan
    職方外紀 : 六卷, 卷首一卷 /     The Zhifang waiji (Chronicle of foreign lands) is a concise geography of the world, the first of its kind written in Chinese. The Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci produced a map of…
    • Contributor: LI, Zhicao - Aleni, Giulio - Ricci, Matteo - Ye, Xianggao - Yang, Tingyun - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1623
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    Zhi fu quan shu : shi yi juan
    致富全書 : 十一卷 / | Pu shi     A note in 'Wu jun Zhou wen hua han zhang bu ci" states that this work was a supplement created by Zhou Yunzhai; includes prefaces by Wang Yuanmao and Chen Yuansu; introduction…
    • Contributor: Zhou, Yunzhai - Zhou, Wenhua - Wang, Yuanmao - Chen, Yuansu - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1620
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    Jinling tu yong : yi zhuan
    金陵圖詠 : 一卷 /     History and geographic features of the city of Nanjing, with illustrations and annotations. This book was compiled by Zhu Zhifan of the Ming dynasty. Down through the ages, the famous sites of…
    • Contributor: Zhu, Zhifan - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1621
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    Xin ke Chen tai shi jing ji yan ji yao : shi er juan
    新刻陳太史經濟言輯要 : 十二卷 / | Jing ji yan | Title on spine of case: Chen tai shi jing ji yan ji yao | Chen tai shi jing ji yan ji yao     A native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province, the author Chen Zizhuang (died 1647) was a child prodigy who achieved his jin shi degree in 1619 and became a compiler at the Hanlin Academy.…
    • Contributor: Chen, Dingxin - Chen, Zizhuang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1625
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    Xing ming gui zhi : si juan
    性命圭旨 : 四卷 | Title on title page: Juan Yin Zhenren xing ming gui zhi quan shu | Juan Yin Zhenren xing ming gui zhi quan shu     Promoting the theories of daoism of master Yin Zhenren, by his disciples; the earlier copy of this work was preserved in the home of Tang Xin'an, and was later printed by Wu…
    • Contributor: Zou, Yuanbiao - Yu, Yongning - Cheng, Yuting - Wu, Zhihe - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1622
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    Si zhong zheng qi : shi er juan
    四種爭奇 : 十二卷 /     During the Ming dynasty, the production of block-printed novels in workshops flourished and the earliest professional community of novelists was born. Deng Zhimo, who lived in the late 16th century-early 17th century,…
    • Contributor: Zuizhongsou - Zhang, Tianzuo - Yu, Yingqiu - Deng, Zhimo - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1624
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    Li Wenyao wen ji : er shi juan, bie ji shi juan, wai ji si juan
    李文饒文集 : 二十卷, 別集十卷, 外集四卷     Li Wenrao (787-850), often referred to by his courtesy name Li Deyu, was one of the most famous figures of late Tang dynasty history, known for both his official status and his…
    • Contributor: Han, Jing - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - LI, Deyu
    • Date: 1624
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    Chongzhen ge chen shi lüe : yi juan
    崇禎閣臣事略 : 一卷 / | Title on title page: Ge chen shi lüe | Ge chen shi lüe     Stories about high officials following the reign of Emperor Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The compiler of this work was Chen Meng of the late Ming dynasty. Chen, a…
    • Contributor: Chen, Meng - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1628
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    Zhang Shenzhi xian sheng zheng bei xi xiang mi ben
    張深之先生正北西廂秘本     The Yuan dynasty drama, Story of the Western Wing, by Wang Shifu, is the finest dramatic work of traditional China. It ranks with Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, Kong Shangren's Peach Blossom Fan,…
    • Contributor: Wang, Shifu
    • Date: 1628
    • Resource: PDF - 59

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    Huan you quan
    寰有詮     In collaboration with the Chinese scholar Li Zhizao (1565--1630), Portuguese missionary Fu Fanji (Francisco Furtado, 1587--1653) translated two Western works into Chinese. They were Huan you quan (On heaven and Earth), a…
    • Contributor: LI, Zhizao - Aristotle - Furtado, Francesco
    • Date: 1628
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    Record of an Imperial Visit in the Kan'ei Period. This picture scroll depicts the procession of Emperor Gomizunoo (reigned 1611--29) on a visit to Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu, who were both among the most prominent lords of the Tokugawa shogunate.…
    • Date: 1627-01-01
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    Qi ke
    七克     This work was included in Tian xue chu han (First collection of heavenly studies) printed in 1629. The author was Pang Diwo (the Chinese name of Diego de Pantoja, 1571--1618), one of…
    • Contributor: Pantoja, Diego De
    • Date: 1628
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    Kong ji ge zhi
    空際格致     This scientific work is by Gao Yizhi (the Chinese name of the Italian Jesuit missionary Alfonso Vagnoni (1566--1640)). Vagnoni left Europe for China in 1603, arrived in Macao in 1605, and later…
    • Contributor: Han, Lin - Vagnoni, Alfonso - Longobardo, Nicola
    • Date: 1624
    • Resource: PDF - 34

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    Xi ru er mu zi
    西儒耳目資     This work was compiled by Jesuit missionary Nicolas Trigault (1577--1628), edited by Han Yun of Jinjiang, and published by Wang Zheng of Jingyang, Shaanxi (1571-1644). It contains characters, phonetics, and definitions, and…
    • Contributor: Wang, Zheng - Han, Yun - Trigault, Nicolas
    • Date: 1626
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    Cha lu
    茶錄     Cha lu (Record of tea) was compiled by Cai Xiang of Song dynasty in the mid-11th century. Shown here is a facsimile handwritten copy made at Shugutang, the private library of early…
    • Contributor: Cai, Xiang
    • Date: 1629
    • Resource: PDF - 54

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    Shui hu ye zi
    水滸葉子     Shui hu ye zi (Water margin leaves) was a masterpiece of early Qing created by Chen Hongshou (1598-1652). It contains 40 illustrations depicting the outlaws in the novel Shui hu zhuan (Water…
    • Contributor: Chen, Hongshou
    • Date: 1620
    • Resource: PDF - 42

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    Charter Given by the High and Mighty Lords of the States General on the Date of …
    Octroy, By de Hooghe Mogende Heeren Staten Generael, verleent aende West-Indische Compagnie, in date den derden Junij 1621     On June 3, 1621, the States-General, the governing body of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, issued a charter to a group of Dutch merchants to establish the Dutch West India Company.…
    • Contributor: States-General
    • Date: 1623-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 32

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    Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 3, Volume 15, Astronomy: The Assayer.
    Il Saggiatore     Il saggiatore (The assayer) by Galileo Galilei (1564--1642) is the final and most significant work in the polemic regarding the characteristics of comets involving the Italian scientist and mathematician in the years…
    • Contributor: Galilei, Galileo
    • Date: 1623-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 273

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    Portraits of the Saints of the Order of Saint Benedict, Printed with Copper Plates, with Praises …
    Imagines sanctorum Ord. S. Benedicti, tabellis aereis expressae cum eulogiis ex eorumdem vitis     This book is an illustrated calendar of Benedictine saints, marking the annual feast of each with an illustration and a brief introduction. Its German provenance is clear from the fact that it…
    • Contributor: Stengel, Karl
    • Date: 1625-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 200

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    The First Folio of Shakespeare.
    Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies     Printed in the large "folio" size, the First Folio is the first collected edition of the plays of William Shakespeare. It was put together after his death in 1616 by two fellow…
    • Contributor: Jaggard, Isaac, 1627 - Blount, Edward, Flourished - Droeshout, Martin, 1601 - Shakespeare, William
    • Date: 1623-01-01
    • Resource: PDF - 461