Engraved t.-p., Map (16 x 24 cm, on sheet 27 x 27 cm, folded to 27 x 18 cm), bound in following leaf 26, with initials "F. P." in lower right-hand corner., Map: Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio, ex ea, qùam ex Magna Vniuersali Mercatoris Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat inhác cómodioré formá a Hieron: Porro redact. n.d. Scale not given., and World map engraved by Girolamo Porro after Gerhard Mercator.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604 engraver and Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613
Subject (Topic):
Explorers--Portraits and Kings and rulers--Portraits
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 Gauden, John, 1605-1662
Published / Created:
Anno Dom. 1648
Call Number:
By37 30c
Image Count:
107
Alternative Title:
Eikon basilike. , Praiers, used by His Majestie in the time of his sufferings., and The pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings
Description:
"... A true relation of the kings speech" etc., and "An epitaph upon King Charls": [4] p. at end., "A perfect copie of prayers ... Also a copie of a letter from the prince ... 1649": 1 l., 5 p. at end (signature [paragraph] 6)., According to a pencilled note on inside of front cover, this is one of the special copies presented by Charles II., Bound in old calf, stamped with the royal arms., Fully described in Almack, E. A bibliography of The King's book, no. 9 (lacking the last quire)., Purple and white satin is inserted in frontispiece for king's robe., and Signature collated by JB: A-H12[?]6 (G10 lacking). Pages 159-160 (G10) lacking.
Publisher:
Reprinted in R.M.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649 and Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
Historical collections of the Great West: containing narratives of the most important and
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"At sunset, their day's journey finished, they halt, perhaps, in the forest by the roadside, to prepare for supper and to pass the night. The horses are unharnessed, watered and secured, with their heads to the trough, or else hoppled out to grass."
Description:
P. 35 [279].
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River Valley --History, and West (U.S.) --History
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life --West (U.S.) and Indians of North America
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783 Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784
Published / Created:
MDCCLI-MDCCLXV [1751-1765]
Call Number:
1980 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers and Encyclopédie
Description:
Vols. 8-17 have title: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres mis en ordre et publié par Mr. ***. A Neufchastel, chez Samuel Faulche & compagnie, libraires & imprimeurs, MDCC
Publisher:
Chez Briasson ..., David l'aîné ..., Le Breton ..., Durand ...,