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1. A concise history of the origin and progress of printing; with practical instructions to the trade in general

Creator:: Luckombe, Philip, -1803
Published / Created:: 1770.
Call Number:: WB 17020
Image Count:: 1
Description:: LSFR WB 17020: In poor condition. Frontispiece supplied by photostat copy, tipped in.
Publisher:: W. Adlard and J. Browne
Subject (Topic):: Printing and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A concise history of the origin and progress of printing; with practical instructions to the trade in general

2. A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William

Creator:: Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent
Published / Created:: 1698 (8vo)
Call Number:: Zc20 697heg
Image Count:: 7
Alternative Title:: Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English and New discovery of a large country in America by Father Lewis Hennepin
Description:: BEIN Vanderbilt 75: Imperfect: Map for part II wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Autograph: Lib. [Giwn]? Lloyd. Booklabel: W.S. Hiltz.
Publisher:: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
Subject (Geographic):: Mississippi River Valley, Great Lakes (North America), Canada, and Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subject (Name):: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Subject (Topic):: Indians of North America, Discovery and exploration, History, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William

3. A short epitomy of the first booke of martyrs, 1668

Call Number:: Osborn b274
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of an abridgement of a work by John Foxe (1516-87), including a discussion against Papists and a history of England's rulers, important religious figures, and those burned as heretics
Description:: In English.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Foxe, John, 1516-1587. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):: Protestant authors, Doctrines, Christian martyrs, Church history, Persecution, History, Kings and rulers, and Religious life and customs
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A short epitomy of the first booke of martyrs, 1668

4. A specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell, sometime Lord Bishop of Oxford. To which is added the letter given by Mr. F. Junius

Creator:: Oxford University Press
Published / Created:: 1695.
Call Number:: X194 963b
Image Count:: 1
Description:: First issue.
Publisher:: Printed at the Theater
Subject (Geographic):: England and Oxford
Subject (Name):: Fell, John, 1625-1686.
Subject (Topic):: Printing, Type and type-founding, and History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell, sometime Lord Bishop of Oxford. To which is added the letter given by Mr. F. Junius

5. A true narrative of the capture of David Ogden, among the Indians, in the time of the revolution, and of the slavery and sufferings he endured, with an anccount of his almost miraculous escape after several years' bondage; -- with eight other highly interesting stories of the revolution, and tales of hunters ...

Creator:: Priest, Josiah, 1788-1851
Published / Created:: 1840.
Call Number:: CE275 P75
Image Count:: 2
Description:: BEIN: Imperfect: p. 31-32 mutilated; browned.
Publisher:: Printed by W.B. Harkness
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Name):: Ogden, David, b. 1764.
Subject (Topic):: History and Indian captivities
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true narrative of the capture of David Ogden, among the Indians, in the time of the revolution, and of the slavery and sufferings he endured, with an anccount of his almost miraculous escape after several years' bondage; -- with eight other highly interesting stories of the revolution, and tales of hunters ...

6. Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder, Abriss der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten : enthaltend fur 1784 die Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-America

Creator:: Sprengel, M. C. (Matthias Christian), 1746-1803
Published / Created:: [1783]
Call Number:: Zm Sp79
Image Count:: 18
Description:: His Historisch-genealogischer Cakebder; oder, Jahrbuch der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten für 1784. Leipzig, Zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin).
Publisher:: Haude und Spener
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Topic):: History
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder, Abriss der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten : enthaltend fur 1784 die Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-America

7. Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno MCCCCXCII

Published / Created:: anno MDLXXXXIIII [1594]
Call Number:: Taylor 192 4-6
Image Count:: 4
Alternative Title:: America. pars 4. Latin, Americae pars qvarta, Insignis & admiranda historia, and Insignis et admiranda historia
Description:: BEIN Taylor 192 4: Map: Occidentalis Americae partis ... (32 x 43 cm, on sheet 34 x 45 cm, folded to 32 x 19 cm) bound following leaf 2):(4 [i.e. p. [8], first count]. Bookplate of Paul Methuen. No. 1 of 3 titles bound together.
Publisher:: Typis Ioannis Feyrabend : Impensis Theodori de Bry
Subject (Geographic):: America and Latin America
Subject (Topic):: Discovery and exploration, Spanish, History, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno MCCCCXCII