Pickaert, Pieter, 1668 or 9-ca. 1732 Scherm, Laurens Schoonebeek, Adriaan, 1657 or 8-1705
Published / Created:
[1692?]
Call Number:
2008 +141
Image Count:
65
Abstract:
A series of sixty plates published in Amsterdam and with captions in Dutch and French, this work illustrates the Glorious Revolution in England, from the flight of James II through the coronation of William and Mary.
Alternative Title:
Engelands schouwtoneel and Theatre d’Angleterre
Publisher:
by Adr. Schoonebeek in de Kalverstraat
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History --James II, 1685-1688 --Pictorial works, Great Britain --History --Revolution of 1688 --Pictorial works, and Great Britain --History --William and Mary, 1689-1702 --Pictorial works
Holograph commonplace book containing excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including antiquities; recent history and politics; voyages of discovery; agriculture and agricultural improvement; natural history; methods of selecting books; and medical and household recipes. Bailye’s reading included Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, Burney’s History of Music, Gibbons’ Decline and Fall, and Boswell’s Life of Johnson, from which he extracted two pages of "Dr. Johnson’s Remarks and Observations." There are five pages of quotations from Rousseau’s Emile. A number of entries concern Lichfield antiquities and monuments, including descriptions of Lichfield Cathedral and information on the cost of James Wyatt’s repairs to the choir. Bailye also copied documents related to the administration of the estate of David Garrick, with which he was involved. Pages 98-100 contain "Mr. Wallis’s Acct. of the Effects of the late D. Garrick Esq. 1783," which includes statements of revenue from properties and investments as well as payments on legacies and annuities and is followed by a quotation from a 1785 letter by Wallis apologizing for the partial distributions. A more detailed account of Garrick’s Hendon property is found on page 114.
Books and reading --Great Britain, Distribution of decedents’ estates --Great Britain, Learning and scholarship --Great Britain, and Recipes --Great Britain
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Norton, Frank H. (Frank Henry), 1836-1921
Published / Created:
1877
Call Number:
2006 Folio 202
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Plates: Flags of all nations, section 1 -- Flags of all nations, section 2 -- Flags of all nations, section 3 -- Declaration of Independence (double-page facsimile) -- Bird's-eye view of the city of Philadelphia (folded plate).
Alternative Title:
Frank Leslie's illustrated historical register of the Centennial exposition, 1876, Historical register of the United States Centennial exposition, 1876, and Illustrated historical register of the Centennial exposition, 1876
Description:
Added illustrated title page: Frank Leslie's illustrated historical register of the Centennial exposition, 1876. Three columns to the page. and Imperfect: 3 plates wanting (Flags of all nations, section 1; Flags of all nations, section 2; and Declaration of Independence). Contains 2 copies of plate ""Flag of all nations, section 3."" Plate ""Bird's-eye view of the city of Philadelphia"" bound at front. Bookplate: Lynn Public Library. Stamp: Lynn Free Public Library. From the library of Alfred Heller.
Publisher:
Frank Leslie's Pub. House,
Subject (Name):
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Corliss, George H. (George Henry), 1817-1888, Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968, and Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, 1825-1891
Subject (Topic):
Corliss steam-engine., Exhibitions., Steam-engines, and Worlds fairs--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1876
