Bushū Toshima-gun Edo shōzu.
武州豊嶋郡江戶庄圖 | Bushū Toshima Gōri Edo no shōzu | Bushū Toshima-gun Edo-shō zu
On cover, annotated in black ink: Edo ōezu. Title on label on cover: Kan'ei Edo kozu. Cadastral map showing land ownership in central Tokyo. Presumably original map created in Kan'ei Period (1630…
Kitāb Mā lā yasaʻu al-ṭabīb jahluh
كتاب ما لا يسع الطبيب جهله
A well-organized medical treatment manual explains the evolution of the healing art in the Middle Ages. It is an abridgement of Ibn al-Baytar's "Kitāb al-Jāmiʻ li-mufradāt al-adwiyah," with some additions dealing with…
Contributor:
Ibn Al-Kutubī, Yūsuf Ibn Ismaʻīl - Ibn Al-Bayṭār, ʻabd Allāh Ibn Aḥmad - Ibn ʻabd Al-Nabī, ʻabd Al-Nabī Muḥammad - Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām - Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)
Da Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6.
大清世祖章皇帝聖訓 | Qing Shi zu zheng huang di sheng xun
After the ascendancy of Emperor Kangxi (reigned 1662-1722), senior officials were ordered to compile a work of selected injunctions by the previous emperor, Shunzhi (1638-61, reigned 1644-61). It was customary to compile…
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Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Kangxi - China. Nei Fu
Date:1687
Book/Printed Material
100 Poems by 100 Poets.
This illustrated book of Ogura hyakunin isshu (One hundred poets, one hundred poems) is a collection of one hundred 31-syllable classical Japanese poems (waka), each by a different poet. The collection is…
A Collection of Japanese Paintings.
This picture book is by Hishikawa Moronobu (died 1694) a representative artist in the earliest days of ukiyo-e. It consists of 20 pictures depicting popular scenes from classical Japanese literature, including Ise…
The Master of Arms, or the Exercise of the Sword, Alone in Its Perfection.
Le Maistre d'armes, ou l'Exercice de l'épée seule, dans sa perfection
The first attempts to codify the art of fencing were writings by Renaissance Italians, which then influenced later French works. These included the 1573 Traicté contenant les secrets du premier livre sur…
Contributor:
Liancour, André Wernesson, 18th Century
The Characters of Theophrastus
Les caractères de Théophraste
Jean de La Bruyère (1645--96) was a French essayist and moralist whose Les caractères de Théophraste, traduits du grec, avec les caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle (The characters of Theophrastus,…
Life and Deeds of the Cunning Rogue Guzman de Alfarache.
Vida y hechos del picaro Guzman de Alfarache
Vida y hechos del picaro Guzman de Alfarache (The life and deeds of the cunning rogue Guzman de Alfarache) is an important early example of the picareseque novel, a fictional genre that…
Contributor:
Alemán, Mateo - Lamorlet, Joseph, Died 1680 - Bouttats, Frederik - Bouttats, Gaspard, Born 1640
Principia.
Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (Mathematical principles of natural philosophy) is Sir Isaac Newton's masterpiece. Its appearance was a turning point in the history of science, and the treatise is considered by many…
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Newton, Isaac, Sir - Halley, Edmond - Streater, Joseph, Flourished - Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Lesser Compilation of Hadiths of the Consecrated Messenger.
This manuscript dating from the late 17th century is a collection of hadiths, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, by the Egyptian polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445-1505). The work is carefully written…
Euchologion.
This late-17th-century volume in Arabic is a Euchologion, the prayer book and book of ritual for the Byzantine Rite. The text includes Arabic and Greek prayers side by side, along with extra…
The Genealogy of Khodzha Akhmed Iassavi.
Nasab-nama (The genealogy of Khodzha Akhmed Iassavi) is considered to be the only written document in Kazakhstan confirming the family tree of Khodzha Akhmed Iassavi (died 1166), a philosopher, Sufi mystic, and…
Contributor:
Makhmud, Ibrakhim Ibn - Murād Mullā Tangriberdī Ibn Yār Muḥammad Ḥājjī
The Greater "Life of Animals".
Kamal ud-Din al-Damiri (circa 1341--1405) was a tailor-turned-scholar. He was born in Cairo and spent most of his life in Egypt. Hayat al-Hayawan (Life of animals) is his best-known work. It is…
Contributor:
Al-Balbassi, Abdul Rahman Ibn Omar Al-Khateeb - Damīrī, Muḥammad Ibn Mūsá
The Four Gospels.
This volume contains a lectionary-a collection of biblical texts to be read according to the church calendar-for readings from the Gospels. The language is Arabic, but it is written in West Syriac…
Techialoyan Codex of Cuajimalpa.
Códice Techialoyan de Cuajimalpa
The Techialoyan Codex of Cuajimalpa is one of the Techialoyan codices, the generic name for a group of documents produced by the same team of people in a wide area of central…
Outline Map of Japan.
This picture map of Japan was published at the end of the 17th century. The cartographer, Ishikawa Tomonobu (also known as Ryūsen and Ryūshū, date of birth and death unknown) was an…
Kyōto Pictorial.
The document presented here is a pictorial map of Kyōto published in 1686, early in the Edo period (1603--1867). The publication of maps in Japan started in Kyōto at the beginning of…
The Holy Roman Empires Duchy of Antwerp and the Dominium of Malines: With the Eastern Flemish …
S[acri] R[omani] I[mperii] sive Antverpiae Marchionatus et Dominium Mechliniae : cum orientalioribus Flandriae et Brabantiae hisce consequentibus terminis / auctore Carolo Allard
This late-17th century map shows the Duchy of Brabant, including the cities of Antwerp and Mechelen. The duchy consisted of the modern-day Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, Antwerp, and Brussels,…
New and Accurate Picture of All Brazil / Johann Blaev I.F..
Nova et accurata Brasiliae totius tabula / Ioanne Blaev I.F.
This map of Brazil is the work of Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), one of the most important Dutch cartographers. Originally trained as a lawyer, Blaeu joined the Amsterdam business of his father, the…
Palace of the Elector of Brandenburg.
Residentia Electoralis Brandenburgica
This birds-eye view map offers a detailed picture of the Berlin palace of the elector of Brandenburg as it appeared in 1688. The residence was part of a large fortress that Frederick…
General Map of the Swedish Kingdom.
Generalkarta över svenska riket
In 1683 Swedish cartographer Carl Gripenhielm (1655--94) was appointed the first director of the Swedish Land Survey. Much of Sweden was at that time sparsely populated and not well surveyed. Gripenhielm undertook…
The Kingdom of Serbia, Otherwise Called Rascia.
Il Regno della Servia detta alterimenti Rascia
The note in Italian in the cartouche in the lower left-hand corner of this map states that it was "described on the basis of the most exact maps and with the direction…
Map of the Island of Newfoundland, 1689.
This nautical map of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence was drawn in 1689 by the Basque cartographer Pierre Detcheverry at Plaisance (present-day Placentia, Newfoundland, Canada), the French capital of Newfoundland, for Governor…
Map of Northern America and Part of Southern America from the Mouth of the Saint Lawrence …
Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale et partie de la méridionale depuis l'embouchure de la rivière St Laurens jusqu'à l'isle de Cayenne avec les nouvelles découvertes de la rivière de Mississipi ou Colbert
Attributed to the Abbé Claude Bernou and dated 1681, this very beautiful mural map of North America and the Gulf of Mexico is from the Navy Hydrographic Office Collection in the National…
The Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty.
The Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty. Divided into its counties and the counties into their severall barronies, wherein are distinguished the archbishopricks, bishopricks, citys, places that return parliament men, also the roads and bridges
This map of Ulster (present-day Northern Ireland), published in London in 1689, is based on the Down Survey of Ireland undertaken in 1656--58. As indicated in the subtitle, the map shows the…
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…
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
MapPeloponnesus hodie Moreæ Regnum : distincté divisum in omnes suas provincias, hodiernas atque veteres, cui et … "This late-17th century map by the Dutch engraver, publisher, and map seller Frederick de Wit (1629 or 1630-1706) shows the Peloponnesian Peninsula of Greece. The outer margins contain views of 14 fortified…
MapBushū Toshima-gun Edo shōzu.
Manuscript/Mixed MaterialKitāb Mā lā yasaʻu al-ṭabīb jahluh
Manuscript/Mixed MaterialDa Qing Shi zu zhang huang di sheng xun. Juan 4, 5, 6.
Book/Printed Material100 Poems by 100 Poets. This illustrated book of Ogura hyakunin isshu (One hundred poets, one hundred poems) is a collection of one hundred 31-syllable classical Japanese poems (waka), each by a different poet. The collection is…
Book/Printed MaterialA Collection of Japanese Paintings. This picture book is by Hishikawa Moronobu (died 1694) a representative artist in the earliest days of ukiyo-e. It consists of 20 pictures depicting popular scenes from classical Japanese literature, including Ise…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Master of Arms, or the Exercise of the Sword, Alone in Its Perfection.
Book/Printed MaterialThe Characters of Theophrastus
Book/Printed MaterialLife and Deeds of the Cunning Rogue Guzman de Alfarache.
Book/Printed MaterialPrincipia.
Book/Printed MaterialThe Lesser Compilation of Hadiths of the Consecrated Messenger. This manuscript dating from the late 17th century is a collection of hadiths, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, by the Egyptian polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (1445-1505). The work is carefully written…
Book/Printed MaterialEuchologion. This late-17th-century volume in Arabic is a Euchologion, the prayer book and book of ritual for the Byzantine Rite. The text includes Arabic and Greek prayers side by side, along with extra…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Genealogy of Khodzha Akhmed Iassavi. Nasab-nama (The genealogy of Khodzha Akhmed Iassavi) is considered to be the only written document in Kazakhstan confirming the family tree of Khodzha Akhmed Iassavi (died 1166), a philosopher, Sufi mystic, and…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Greater "Life of Animals". Kamal ud-Din al-Damiri (circa 1341--1405) was a tailor-turned-scholar. He was born in Cairo and spent most of his life in Egypt. Hayat al-Hayawan (Life of animals) is his best-known work. It is…
Book/Printed Material"The Scientific Essay on the Need for Compound Remedies" from the "Canon of Medicine". Abu Ali al-Husayn Ibn Sina (980--1037) was one of the intellectual luminaries of the medieval world. Known in the Latin West as Avicenna, this Persian polymath was often referred to by Muslim…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Four Gospels. This volume contains a lectionary-a collection of biblical texts to be read according to the church calendar-for readings from the Gospels. The language is Arabic, but it is written in West Syriac…
Book/Printed MaterialTechialoyan Codex of Cuajimalpa.
MapOutline Map of Japan. This picture map of Japan was published at the end of the 17th century. The cartographer, Ishikawa Tomonobu (also known as Ryūsen and Ryūshū, date of birth and death unknown) was an…
MapKyōto Pictorial. The document presented here is a pictorial map of Kyōto published in 1686, early in the Edo period (1603--1867). The publication of maps in Japan started in Kyōto at the beginning of…
MapThe Course of the River of the Amazons, Based on the Account of Christopher d'Acugna.
MapThe Holy Roman Empires Duchy of Antwerp and the Dominium of Malines: With the Eastern Flemish …
MapNew and Accurate Picture of All Brazil / Johann Blaev I.F..
MapPalace of the Elector of Brandenburg.
MapGeneral Map of the Swedish Kingdom.
MapThe Kingdom of Serbia, Otherwise Called Rascia.
MapMap of the Island of Newfoundland, 1689. This nautical map of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence was drawn in 1689 by the Basque cartographer Pierre Detcheverry at Plaisance (present-day Placentia, Newfoundland, Canada), the French capital of Newfoundland, for Governor…
MapMap of Northern America and Part of Southern America from the Mouth of the Saint Lawrence …
MapThe Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty.