Isoho Monogatari.
Isoho monogatari is a Japanese translation of Aesop's Fables that was published in 1659. Aesop's Fables are thought to have been introduced to Japan by a Jesuit missionary. In 1593 a one-volume…
The System of Saturn.
Systema Saturnium
Christiaan Huygens (1629--95) was born in The Hague, the Netherlands, into a prominent Dutch family. Unlike his grandfather, father, and brother who all served as secretaries and diplomats to the ruling house…
Seven Centuries of Monarchy and the Holy Crown of Hungary.
De Monarchia Et Sacra Corona Regni Hvngariae Centuriae Septem, Auctore Petro De Rewa Comite Tvrocensi, Ejusdemque Sanctae Coronae Dvvmviro
De Monarchia Et Sacra Corona Regni Hungariae Centuriae Septem (Seven centuries of monarchy and the Holy Crown of Hungary) is a history of Hungary for 700 years up to the time when…
Contributor:
Lasché, Jakob - Nádasdy, Ferenc, Gróf - Jongelinus, Gaspar - Révay, Péter, Báró - Götze, Thomas Matthäus
Modern and Completely Correct Map of the Entire World.
Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula
This mid-17th century "modern and completely correct map" of the entire world was printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), a member of the Blaeu family that helped to define mapmaking during…
The Game of France.
Le Jeu de France
Pierre Duval (1619-83) was a nephew of the great French geographer Nicolas Sanson (1600-67) who rose to become "geographer to the king" in his own right. In the 1660s and 1670s he…
Departure of Soldiers to a Battle.
Originally, this unsigned wash drawing of soldiers leaving for battle was attributed to Johann-Philipp Lembke, but it is now considered to be the work of Jacques Courtois (1621-76). Courtois was a French…
MapTerra sancta sive promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineata, et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Nicolaes Visscher's Atlas contractus orbis terrarum. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Includes inset showing the twelve tribes of Israel and ill.…
Book/Printed MaterialIsoho Monogatari. Isoho monogatari is a Japanese translation of Aesop's Fables that was published in 1659. Aesop's Fables are thought to have been introduced to Japan by a Jesuit missionary. In 1593 a one-volume…
Book/Printed MaterialThe System of Saturn.
Book/Printed MaterialSeven Centuries of Monarchy and the Holy Crown of Hungary.
MapModern and Completely Correct Map of the Entire World.
MapThe Game of France.
Photo, Print, DrawingDeparture of Soldiers to a Battle. Originally, this unsigned wash drawing of soldiers leaving for battle was attributed to Johann-Philipp Lembke, but it is now considered to be the work of Jacques Courtois (1621-76). Courtois was a French…