Dahuai Wang shi nian zu yue yan shi ji : yi juan, Dahuai Wang shi nian …
大槐王氏念祖約言世記 : 一卷, 大槐王氏念祖約言續記一卷 / | Yue yan
Family biographies, regulations and genealogies. Presented here is a genealogical work of the Wang family of Huantai, Shandong Province, printed during the Chongzhen (1628-44), the last reign of the Ming dynasty. Chinese…
Contributor:
Wang, Xiangjin - Wang, Zhiyuan - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Date:1642
Book/Printed Material
Prosperity of the West India Company.
Wel-vaert van de West-Indische Compagnie
This pamphlet of 1642 contains a number of proposals to increase the profits of the Dutch West India Company for the benefit of its shareholders. The company was established in 1621 under…
Brief Principles of the Arabic Language.
Breves arabicae linguae institutiones
Philippo Guadagnoli (1596--1656) was a Franciscan priest and Italian orientalist. A native of Magliano in the province of Tuscany, he joined the Franciscan order in 1612 and devoted himself to studying Arabic…
Contributor:
Guadagnoli, Filippo - Catholic Church. Congregatio De Propaganda Fide
Geographic Description of the Travels of the Apostles and the Journeys of Paul, Together with the …
Geographische beschryvinghe van de wandeling der Apostelen ende de reysen Pauli, Mitsgaders de Landen ende Rÿcken daer sÿ het Evangelium eerst hebben verkondight
This striking map created in 1642 by Nicolaes Visscher (1618-79) shows the eastern Mediterranean and environs in the first century AD and the journey of the Apostle Paul from Jerusalem to Rome…