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"This 1795 impression of a woodcut based on Oronce Fine's 1534 heart-shaped map of the world is attributed to a cartographer from Tunis named Hajji Ahmad. At first glance, the map's accompanying…
Vermont, from actual survey.
Scale ca. 1:670,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault…
The State of New Jersey, compiled from the most authentic information.
Scale ca. 1:600,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Shows towns, county boundaries, and the "Division line of East and West Jersey." "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Available…
Contributor:
Carey, Mathew - Guthrie, William - Lewis, Samuel - Barker, W. (William)
The State of Maryland from the best authorities.
Scale ca. 1:770,000. LC copy annotated in black ink. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Inset: Continuation of the Potowmac River,…
Contributor:
Carey, Mathew - Barker, W. (William) - Lewis, Samuel - Guthrie, William
Georgia, from the latest authorities.
Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography." Shows the present states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Available also through the…
Nü ke bai wen : er juan. Chan bao za lu : yi juan
女科百問 : 二卷. 產寶雜錄 : 一卷 /
Presented here is a rare copy of Nü ke bai wen (100 questions on gynecology and obstetrics). The original inscription reads: "Qi Zhongfu, student of Hanlin Medical Institute, serving the medical officers…
Contributor:
Wang. Guan - Min, Qiji - Xu, GU - Ju Jin Tang - Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Qi, Zhongfu
Date:1795
Book/Printed Material
Introduction to a Systematic History of Shelled Animals.
Prodromus in systema historicum testaceorum
Joachim Johann Nepomuk Anton Spalowsky (1752--97) was a veritable polymath in the Austrian Empire of the late 18th century. Little is known of his life, but it is thought that he was…
Conquest and Discovery of the New Kingdom of Granada in the West Indies of the Ocean …
Conquista i descubrimiento del Nuevo Reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del Mar Océano y fundación de la ciudad de Santa Fé de Bogotá
Little is known about Juan Rodríguez Freyle, the author of Conquista i descubrimiento del Nuevo Reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del Mar Océano y fundación de la ciudad de Santa…
Xing shi tu
興師圖
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Jiao bu xiu shan miao fei
剿捕秀山苗匪
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Bomu Shan
攻克〓木山
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong jie Songtao zhi wei
攻解鬆桃之圍
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Da jiao Tukongzhai Miao fei jie yong sui cheng wei
大剿土空寨苗匪解永綏城圍
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Lancaoping Gunniupo
攻克蘭草坪滾牛坡
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Huanggua Zhai zei chao
攻克黃瓜寨賊巢
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Suma Zhai
攻克蘓麻寨
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong de Chata Liuhang deng chu zei chao
攻得茶它柳夯等處賊巢
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Gaoduo Zhai sheng qin ni shou Wu Bansheng
攻克高多寨生擒逆首吳半生
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Liaojiachong sheng qin shou ni Shi Sanbao
攻克廖家沖生擒首逆石三保
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Shou fu Qianzhou
收復乾州
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Qianghuxiao
攻克强虎哨
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Pinglong zei chao
攻克平隴賊巢
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Jielai tu
捷來圖
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Shilong Miao zhai
攻克石隆苗寨
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Jiao bu zhong Miao NanLong wei jie
剿捕仲苗南籠圍解
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Dongsa Dangzhang zei chao
攻克洞洒當丈賊巢
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Jiao jing Zhong Miao yu dang
剿淨仲苗余黨
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…
Gong ke Beixiang Balin zei chao
攻克北鄉巴林賊巢
The "Battle Copper Prints" are a series of prints from copper engravings dating from the second half of the 18th century. They were commissioned by the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty…