Cover of a vellum book from 1695 about seals, rings, and gems.
Glyptics -- Greece --Early works to 1800.
Glyptics -- Rome -- Early works to 1800.
Gems -- Greece -- Early works to 1800.
Gems -- Rome -- Early works to 1800.
Rings, Classical -- Early works to 1800.
Seals (Numismatics) -- Greece -- Early works to 1800.
Seals (Numismatics) -- Rome-- Early works to 1800.
This book, Abrahami Gorlaei Antverpiani Dactyliothecae, seu Annulorum sigillarium quorum apud priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, ex ferro, aere, argento & auro promptuarii, is bound in vellum with engravings throughout of seals, rings, and gems.
Abraham van Goorle (1549-1608?)
Lugduni Batavorum : Excudit Petrus vander Aa ...
1695
Jacobus Gronovius, editor (1645-1716)
Pieter van der Aa, printer (1659-1733)
In the public domain.
Latin
Physical object
Letters on the subject of the Catholics, to my brother Abraham, who lives in the country
Catholic -- England.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1800-1837.
Catholic emancipation.
Catholic Church -- Ireland.
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820.
This book explores issues relating to Ireland's independence from Great Britain as well as the status of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845)
Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans ... : printed by A. Spottiswoode ...
1838
Andrew Spottiswoode, printer
In the public domain.
English
Physical object
<em>Des Ritters Carl von Linné Vollständiges Natursystem : Supplements- und Register-band über aller sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs ...</em>
Natural History -- Pre-Linnean Works.
Animals -- Classification --Early works to 1800.
Carl von Linné (1707-1778)
Bey Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe
1776
Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, translator (1725-1776)
In the public domain
German
Physical object
<em>Bibliothèque choisie de médecine : tirée des ouvrages périodiques, tant françois qu'etrangers : avec plusieurs autres piéces rares, & des remarques utiles & curieuses</em>
Medicine -- Encyclopedias --Early Works to 1800.
Francois Planque (1696-1765)
Chez D'Houry
1748
Jean Goulin (1728-1799)
Laurent-Charles d'Houry, bookseller (1717?-1786)
In the public domain.
French
Physical object
<em>Essays on his own times; forming a second series of The Friend</em>
Philosophy.
Ethics.
Political Science.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
William Pickering
1850
Sara Coleridge (1802-1852)
In the public domain.
English
Physical object
<em>Correspondence of Lord Byron, with a friend : including his letters to his mother, written from Portugal, Spain, Greece, and the shores of the Mediterranean, in 1809, 1810 and 1811 / also, recollections of the poet, by the late R.C. Dallas, the whole forming an original memoir of Lord Byron's life, from 1808 to 1814, and a continuation and preliminary statement of the proceedings by which the letters were suppressed in England, at the suit of Lord Byron's executors, by the Rev. A.R.C. Dallas.</em>
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Correspondence.
Byron George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Friends and associates -- Correspondence.
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
A. and W. Galignani
1825
Robert Charles Dallas (1754-1824)
Alexander R. C. Dallas (1791-1869)
In the public domain
English
Physical object
<em>Elémens de fortification : contenant la construction raisonnée des ouvrages de la fortification ... &c : avec un plan des principales instructions pour former les jeunes officiers dans la science militaire</em>
Fortification, Field -- Early works to 1800.
Siege warfare -- Early works to 1800.
Guillaume Le Blond (1704-1781)
A Paris : Chez L. Cellot
1786
Louis Cellot, printer (1731-1815)
In public domain
French
Physical object
<em>Die wahre Andacht zu Gott samt dazu gehörige Betrachtung für eifrige Christen</em>
Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions.
Holograph manuscript with hand-drawn colored illustrations; written in a bound blank book.
Unknown author and artist
Self-published
c1840
In the public domain
German
Physical object
<em>Julii Obsequentis De prodigiis liber</em>
Omens -- Early works to 1800.
Rome -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Full vellum binding with J. Thelmier Bibliophile written at the top of the book.
Julius Obsequens (4th century AD)
Apud Henricum & Theodorum Boom
1679
Johannes Scheffer (1621-1679)
Konrad Lykosthenes (1518-1561)
Hendrick Boom, publisher (1644-1709)
Theodore Boom, publisher
In the public domain
Latin
Physical object
<em>Nouveaux essais de morale : divisez en deux volumes & qui peuvent servir de suite aux autres essais du même auteur</em>
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Death -- Religious aspects --Christianity --Early works to 1800.
Full calf binding with a mottled design.
Jean La Placette (1629-1718)
La Haye, Chez H. Scheurleer
1715
Henri Scheurleer, publisher (active 18th century)
In the public domain
French
Physical object