Qing lou yun yu guang ji
青樓韻語廣集
Qing lou yun yu guang ji (Expanded edition of stylish verse from the Green Bower) was compiled and edited by Fang Wu, and illustrated by Zhang Ji. This copy is a 1631…
Contributor:
Zhang, Ji - Fang, Wu
Date:1631
Book/Printed Material
The Notebook of the Oculists.
The current manuscript preserves Tadhkirat al-kaḥḥālīn (The notebook of the oculists), a landmark treatise in ophthalmology that is often cited as one of the most important works of its kind in medieval…
Writings of Lope de Vega: Daza Codex.
Obras de Lope de Vega
Félix Arturo Lope de Vega (1562--1635) was a playwright and poet during Spain's literary Golden Age and known for his prodigious output. He wrote some 3,000 sonnets, three novels, four novellas, nine…
Hand-Drawn Maps and Plans of Recife in Pernambuco, All Saints' Bay, and the Coast from Bahia …
Desenho e plantas iluminadas do Recife de Pernambuco, da Bahia de Todos os Stos., da Costa do mâr e Barra da Bahia athé a do Gãmam
This six-leaved, hand-drawn atlas shows the coastal area of Brazil's Pernambuco and Bahia states as they appeared in the early 1630s. The maps include details of the city of Recife and All…
New Image of Brazil.
Novus Brasiliae typus
This map of Brazil is the work of Willem Blaeu (1571-1638), the founder of a famous Dutch mapmaking dynasty. Blaeu studied astronomy, mathematics, and globe-making with the Danish scholar Tycho Brahe before…
The Province of Tierra Firme and the New Kingdom of Granada and Popayán.
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan
This map of 1631 by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571--1638) shows Central America and the northwestern part of South America, including all or parts of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. A Dutch text on…