Contributors: Adam Hooks
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A case of 211 unbound, unpaginated leaves of plates. Each leaf depicts one 17th century trade with a title, a large engraving, and a few lines of…
Contributors: Alexander Bradbury
View the items in Weigels Ständebuch / Neudruck der Abbildungen / nach der Ausgabe von 1698 / mit Vorwort von Friedrich Klemm / Osnabrück / Biblio Verlag / 1966
A bound book of over a hundred emblems accompanied by large woodcut illustrations.
Contributors: Kirsten Arneson
View the items in Emblemata V.C. Andreae Alciati Mediolanensis iurisconsulti : cum facili & compendiosa explicatione, qua obscura illustrantur, dubiaq́ue omnia soluuntur, / per Claudium Minoem Diuionensem / eiusdem Alciati vita
As an English translation coming thirty years after the original Latin publication, this book tells more so about society and culture in 1598 rather…
Contributors: Alyssa Cokinis
View the items in A Brief and Most Easy Introduction to the Astrological Judgement of the Stars
There are several paraphrases bound together within in this book. All are attributed to the work of George Sandys, and include the tunes meant to…
Contributors: Jennifer L. Gosch
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Originally published in 1667, John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost tells the story of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. This…
Contributors: Sara Katschka
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A Thousand Notable Things is a mixture of anecdotes and miscellaneous remedies carefully compiled by Lupton himself, and divided into ten bookes. The…
Contributors: Rachel Romero
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A polyglot Bible with French, Dutch, and English translations of the Christian New Testament side-by-side on each page. The French text is the Geneva…
Contributors: Katie Hitchcock
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A religious text in Spanish and Nahuatl, published in Mexico. Used for the conversion of the indigenous peoples. Contains a Catechism, detailed…
Contributors: Emily Erler
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Often considered the first encyclopedia, this copy of Margarita Philosophica is an unauthorized reprint, printed by Johannes Grüninger in 1504.
Contributors: Ryan Schroeder
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