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The Jewish Peril Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Second Edition
The Jewish Peril Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Second Edition
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8vo. pp. [2], vi, 96. Disbound. Lacks title page. Signed “Blance F. [illegible]” on cover. “The conquering Jew: a vision of 1950” (1 p.) has been removed from volume. The item is available in MS 580 in Special Collections (Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University). A reissue of the first English edition of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion’, the deadly formulation of the myth of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy to control all civilization. Based in part on 19th-century French...
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Henry Cornelius Agrippa, His Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy. Of Geomancy. Magical Elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical Geomancy. By Gerard Cremonensis. Of the Nature of Spirits. By G.P. Villinganus. Arbatel of magick
Henry Cornelius Agrippa, His Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy. Of Geomancy. Magical Elements of Peter de Abano. Astronomical Geomancy. By Gerard Cremonensis. Of the Nature of Spirits. By G.P. Villinganus. Arbatel of magick
by von Nettesheim, Agrippa H. C. (Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius) ; de Abano, Peter [de Abano Pietro] [de Apono, Petrus] ; Cremonensis, Gerard [da Cremona, Gherardo] ; Villinganus, G. P. [of Villingen, Georg Pictorius] ;
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4to. pp. 206, f. [1] (blank). Signatures: A-Z 4 Aa-Dd 4 Ee 2 . Tooled calf. Manuscript spine label. Presentation inscription on the inside of the front board: “John Lambert Esqr to John Paget, Newberry [sic], 1797. (It was the Property of Chatterton) London 1665.” The imprint is missing from title page, which is repaired and reproduced in ink facsimile. Some illustrations are hand-colored in red. Engraved border around title page. Engraved initials, headpieces. Printed annotations.  ...
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The golden boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour.
The golden boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour.
by Guevara, Antonio de, -1545?
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An Ancient Block-Print from Khotan
An Ancient Block-Print from Khotan
by Hoernle, A. F. R. (A. F. Rudolf) [Hoernlé, Augustus Frederic Rudolf]
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8vo. pp. 13. Offprint from the ‘Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,’ April 1900, pp. 321-33, with two folding plates. In original yellow printed wrappers, stapled, fragile. First (and only?) description of a ‘block-printing’ from the Kingdom of Khotan, acquired by Captain H. H. P. Deasy in Khotan before April 1899, and sent by him to the German Indologist and philologist Rudolf Hoernle in December. It consisted of 72 leaves, measuring 8 x 5.5 inches, each page containing between 9 and...
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La gverra d'Atila, flagello di Dio : tratta dall'Archiuo de i Prencipi d'Este.
La gverra d'Atila, flagello di Dio : tratta dall'Archiuo de i Prencipi d'Este.
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[Publications of the Académie royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux Séance Publique]
[Publications of the Académie royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux Séance Publique]
by Jouannet, François
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8vo. pp. 225, f. [1]; pp. 36. Contains the full proceedings of the conference of the Académie royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux Séance Publique of 28 August 1834 including a lecture by the archeologist and library curator François Jouannet (1765-1845), Antiquités. Rapport à l’Académie royale de Bordeaux, Par F. Jouannet, pp. 187-213 (includes folding plate (fig. 1-5) of Chrétin’s drawing of the Nérac bas relief annexed at the end of the volume), bound with...
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Hawthorne’s first diary With an Account of its Discovery and Loss By Samuel T. Pickard Author of the Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier
Hawthorne’s first diary With an Account of its Discovery and Loss By Samuel T. Pickard Author of the Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel (pseud.) ; Pickard, Samuel T. (ed.?)
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8vo. pp. vi, 115. Presentation copy from Samuel T. Pickard (1828-1915) to J.W. Courtney, dated 19 February 1912, with his partial ‘retractation’ on a slip pasted in, dated May 1907. A forgery, ‘edited’ by Pickard, perhaps by ‘a colored man named William Symmes’, if Pickard’s retraction note is to be believed. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.
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Gulliver revived : containing singular travels, campaigns, voyages, and adventures in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Etna into the South Sea : also, an Account of a voyage into the Moon and Dog-
Gulliver revived : containing singular travels, campaigns, voyages, and adventures in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Etna into the South Sea : also, an Account of a voyage into the Moon and Dog-
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Effusions of love from Chatelar to Mary Queen of Scotland. Translated from a Gallic manuscript, In the Scotch College at Paris. Interspersed with songs, sonnets, and notes explanatory, by the translator
Effusions of love from Chatelar to Mary Queen of Scotland. Translated from a Gallic manuscript, In the Scotch College at Paris. Interspersed with songs, sonnets, and notes explanatory, by the translator
by [Ireland, William H. (William Henry)] ; Rhodes, Richard (engr.) ; Craig (ill.)
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One of  2 copies in this collection. 8vo. f. [1] (blank), pp. [iv], vi, 151, [1]. Signatures: [A]4 B-K8 L4. Tailpieces. Half calf. Marbled boards, gilded spine on 4 bars with red panel, edges spread in red. Manuscript note on front pastedown: “sold for ₤1.70 at Brockett’s sale” and on first blank: “J.H.A. 19. July 1833. are the vignettes by Berwick?” Pencil marginalia, contains frontispiece. First edition of a quasi forgery by William Henry Ireland focusing on Pierre de Boscosel de...
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A sentimental journey through France and Italy / by Mr. Yorick. Vol. ... The second edition.
A sentimental journey through France and Italy / by Mr. Yorick. Vol. ... The second edition.
by Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
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Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the fifteenth century; : the greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with an engraved specimen of one of the MSS [by Launcelot Sharpe]. To which are added, a preface, an introductory account o
Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the fifteenth century; : the greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with an engraved specimen of one of the MSS [by Launcelot Sharpe]. To which are added, a preface, an introductory account o
by Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770.
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Dissertation sur quelques antiquits dcouvertes au mois d'octobre dernier, petite rue de l'Intendance, Maison Faget / par F. Jouannet.
Dissertation sur quelques antiquits dcouvertes au mois d'octobre dernier, petite rue de l'Intendance, Maison Faget / par F. Jouannet.
by Jouannet, F. (Franois), 1765-1845, author.
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Mémoires de M. Cléry, valet-de-chambre de Louis XVI, ou Journal de ce qui s'est passé dans la tour du Temple, pendant la détention de Louis XVI; avec des détails sur sa mort, qui ont été ignorés jusqu'à ce jour
Mémoires de M. Cléry, valet-de-chambre de Louis XVI, ou Journal de ce qui s'est passé dans la tour du Temple, pendant la détention de Louis XVI; avec des détails sur sa mort, qui ont été ignorés jusqu'à ce jour
by Cléry, Jean-Baptiste [Cant Hanet, Jean-Baptiste]
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12mo. pp. 192, with engraved frontispiece of the Tower. Bound in contemporary tan boards, red spine label. Small bookplate on front pastedown: “Ex Bibliotheca Josephi Schlemmer.” First (?) edition of a remarkable imposture, described by ESTC as ‘a falsification of Cléry’s work,’ and recorded only at the British Library (10662.aa.29) and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Cléry (probably Jean-Baptiste Cant Hanet, also going by the last name Cléry) entered the service of the French...
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D. Eusebii Emisseni homiliæ in evangelia, quæ cunctis diebus Dominicis totius anni, ac feriis quadragesimalibus legi solent, nunc primum in lucem editæ. Quibus annecti curavimus eiusdem Homiliæ de præcipuis anni festivitatibus
D. Eusebii Emisseni homiliæ in evangelia, quæ cunctis diebus Dominicis totius anni, ac feriis quadragesimalibus legi solent, nunc primum in lucem editæ. Quibus annecti curavimus eiusdem Homiliæ de præcipuis anni festivitatibus
by Eusebius of Emesa [Eusebius Gallicanus] (pseud.) ; [Faustus, Abbot of Lérins?]
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8vo. ff. 236, [4]. Signatures: Signatures: A-2G⁸. Contemporary panelled calf. Signature on title and front pastedown of Jacques Pierron, and subsequent ownership inscription of Theodorus Strake, 1597. Printer's device on title page, initials. Editio princeps of the 140 homilies here attributed to Eusebius, Bishop of Emesa in Phoenicia (d. about 360), but more likely the work of a Western writer, such as the British-born Faustus, Abbot of Lérins and Bishop of Riez (d. 490–95), whom the...
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Gothorum Sueonum'que historia, ex probatis antiquorum monumentis collecta, & in xxiiij. libros redacta, autore Io. Magno Gotho, Archiepiscopo Upsalensi. Cum Indice rerum ac gestorum memorabilium locupletißimo.
Gothorum Sueonum'que historia, ex probatis antiquorum monumentis collecta, & in xxiiij. libros redacta, autore Io. Magno Gotho, Archiepiscopo Upsalensi. Cum Indice rerum ac gestorum memorabilium locupletißimo.
by Magnus, Johannes ; Magnus, Olaus
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8vo. ff. [2] (blank), pp. [16], 907, [101], f. [1] (blank) (p. 556, 609, 652, 841 numbered 356, 709, 452, 741 respectively). Signatures: α⁸, a-z⁸, A-2R⁸. 17th-century brown speckled calf. Gilded spine on 5 bars with red lettering panel. Red edges. Marbled pastedowns. Manuscript contemporary inscription “Ni sudans aro ero-ne?” on title page, autograph “Pinsson ?” in early hand beneath, “Fischor Reinhard Rofenstad,” with acquisition note dated 1833 on fly. Woodcut printer's...
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The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
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The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
by Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.
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The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
by Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.
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Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street.
Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street.
by Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835.
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Théatre de Clara Gazul, comédienne espagnole
Théatre de Clara Gazul, comédienne espagnole
by Gazul, Clara (pseud.) [Mérimée, Prosper]
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8vo. pp. [6], ix, 337, [2]. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Prosper Mérimée’s first published work, a pseudonymous volume of six plays presented as the work of a Spanish actress of Moorish descent, ‘Clara Gazul’. First edition, with the faux-titre reading ‘Théatre de Clara Gazul’ (second state), and with the rare lithographed portrait of the imaginary authoress, based on Mérimée’s own face, in the state with printer’s name. A second edition, containing three new...
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A vindication of the Appendix to the Poems, called Rowley's, in reply to the answers of the Dean of Exeter, Jacob Bryant, Esquire, and a third anonymous writer; : with some further observations upon those poems, and an examination of the evidence which has been produced in support of their authent
A vindication of the Appendix to the Poems, called Rowley's, in reply to the answers of the Dean of Exeter, Jacob Bryant, Esquire, and a third anonymous writer; : with some further observations upon those poems, and an examination of the evidence which has been produced in support of their authent
by Tyrwhitt, Thomas, 1730-1786.
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A Trewe & feythfull Hystorie of the redoubtable Prynce Radapanthus
A Trewe & feythfull Hystorie of the redoubtable Prynce Radapanthus
by de Worde, Wynkyn (pseud.) ; [Repton, John A. (John Adey)]
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16mo. pp. [40]. Calf. One of 75 copies on plain paper of a total edition of 80 copies. Penciled bibliographic notation on front free endpaper. The book, in Gothic type, purports to be a reprint of a ‘very scarce Romance, in the possession of the Editor,’ a unique copy by Wynkyn de Worde but the text is in fact an invention by John Adey Repton (1775-1860), whose name is spelled out by the illuminated chapter initials. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.
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The Grove ; or, A collection of original poems, translations, &c. / By W. Walsh, Esq; Dr. J. Donne. Mr. Dryden. Mr. Hall of Hereford. The Lady E-- M---- Mr. Butler, author of Hudibras. Mr. Stepney. Sir John Suckling. Dr. Kenrick. And other eminent hands.
The Grove ; or, A collection of original poems, translations, &c. / By W. Walsh, Esq; Dr. J. Donne. Mr. Dryden. Mr. Hall of Hereford. The Lady E-- M---- Mr. Butler, author of Hudibras. Mr. Stepney. Sir John Suckling. Dr. Kenrick. And other eminent hands.
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The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
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Βαβρίου μυθίαμβοι. Babrii fabulae iambiae CXXIII, iussu summi educationis publicae administratoris Abeli Villemain viri excell. Nunc primum editae Joh. Fr. Boissonade Litt. Gr. Pr. Recensuit Latine convertit annotavit
Βαβρίου μυθίαμβοι. Babrii fabulae iambiae CXXIII, iussu summi educationis publicae administratoris Abeli Villemain viri excell. Nunc primum editae Joh. Fr. Boissonade Litt. Gr. Pr. Recensuit Latine convertit annotavit
by Babrius ; [Menas, Minoides] [Minas, Minoides] ; [Minas, Konstantinos] ; Boissonade, Jean F. (Jean François) [Boissonade de Fontarabie, Jean F. (Jean François)] (ed.) (trans.)
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8vo. pp. xii, 269. Half morocco. Parallel Greek and Latin texts, the Latin translation by Jean François Boissonade de Fontarabie. Includes the first printing of one forgery by the Greek-Ottoman manuscript dealer Konstantinos [Minoides] Menas (d. 1859), who succesfully corrupted the text of the post-Aesopian fabulist Babrius, with full-fledged impostures that deceived the French classical scholar Boissonade. In 1839, the French Education Minister Abel-François Villemain had sent Menas on a...
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An examination of the letters, said to be written by Mary, queen of Scots, to James, Earl of Bothwell: shewing by intrinsick and extrinsick evidence, that they are forgeries. Also, an inquiry into the murder of King Henry [Darnley] / By Walter Goodall.
An examination of the letters, said to be written by Mary, queen of Scots, to James, Earl of Bothwell: shewing by intrinsick and extrinsick evidence, that they are forgeries. Also, an inquiry into the murder of King Henry [Darnley] / By Walter Goodall.
by Goodall, Walter, 1706?-1766.
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A sentimental journey through France and Italy / by Mr. Yorick. Vol. ... The second edition.
A sentimental journey through France and Italy / by Mr. Yorick. Vol. ... The second edition.
by Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
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The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
by Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.
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The voyages, travels and adventures, of William Owen Gwin Vaughan, Esq.; : with the history of his brother Jonathan Vaughan, six years a slave in Tunis. Intermix'd with the histories of Clerimont, Maria, Eleanora, and others. Full of various turns of fortune.
The voyages, travels and adventures, of William Owen Gwin Vaughan, Esq.; : with the history of his brother Jonathan Vaughan, six years a slave in Tunis. Intermix'd with the histories of Clerimont, Maria, Eleanora, and others. Full of various turns of fortune.
by Chetwood, W. R. (William Rufus), -1766.
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Francisci Hotomani iurisconsulti celeberrimi, Francogallia : nunc quartm ab auctore recognita, & praeter alias accessiones, sex nouis capitibus aucta.
Francisci Hotomani iurisconsulti celeberrimi, Francogallia : nunc quartm ab auctore recognita, & praeter alias accessiones, sex nouis capitibus aucta.
by Hotman, Franois, 1524-1590.
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Die Geheimnisse der Weisen von Zion herausgegeben von Gottfried zur Beek 1. Auflage
Die Geheimnisse der Weisen von Zion herausgegeben von Gottfried zur Beek 1. Auflage
by zur Beek, Gottfried [Müller, Ludwig]
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Folio. pp. 238. Original printed boards. Contains illustrations, some colored. The first German, and the first non-Russian edition of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion’, the deadly formulation of the myth of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy to control all civilization. Based in part on 19th-century French rogue-and-spy fiction, and in part on the entirely non-partisan work of Maurice Joly, Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu; ou La politique de Machiavel au XIXe siècle...
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An apology for the life of Major General G------, written by himself. Containing a full explanation of the G-nn--g mystery, and of the author's connexion with Mr. D-ber-y's family of Soho Square.
An apology for the life of Major General G------, written by himself. Containing a full explanation of the G-nn--g mystery, and of the author's connexion with Mr. D-ber-y's family of Soho Square.
by Gunning, John, -1797.
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The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
by Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.
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The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
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Tuesday next will be published, beautifully printed in one volume quarto, price ten shillings and sixpence sewed, (to which is prefixed, A dissertation concerning the antiquity, &c., of the poems), Fingal, an antient [sic] epic poem in six books : [book publishing announcement].
Tuesday next will be published, beautifully printed in one volume quarto, price ten shillings and sixpence sewed, (to which is prefixed, A dissertation concerning the antiquity, &c., of the poems), Fingal, an antient [sic] epic poem in six books : [book publishing announcement].
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Q. Septimii Florentis Tertulliani Apologeticus adversus gentes
Q. Septimii Florentis Tertulliani Apologeticus adversus gentes
by Tertullian
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Folio. ff. [20] (first and last blank). Signatures: a-b⁶ c⁸. Modern half vellum, sprinkled boards. Stamps: "Bibliotheca Sanctam Crucem" on blank recto of a1. Blank spaces and initial guides left for illumination. Last blank: manuscript notes, some crossed. Caption title (p. [3]). 45 lines. Type: 110 R. Capital spaces with guide letters. "Type 110 R. was apparently not used in this state after 1494, hence the position of this book" (British Museum, Catalogue of Books...
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The ancient history of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His Voyage to Jerusalem, as Ambassadour from Ptolomæus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews: concerning the First Translation [...]
The ancient history of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His Voyage to Jerusalem, as Ambassadour from Ptolomæus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews: concerning the First Translation [...]
by Aristeas (pseud.) ; Done, John [Donne, John] (trans.)
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Full title: The ancient history of the Septuagint. Written in Greek by Aristeus near two thousand years ago. Being His Voyage to Jerusalem, as Ambassadour from Ptolomæus Philadelphus, unto Eleazar, then High Priest of the Jews: concerning the First Translation of the Holy Bible by the Seventy two Interpreters. With many other remarkable Circumstances, no where else to be found. First English'd from the Greek, by the Learned and Reverend Dr. John Done, late Dean of St. Pauls. Now Revised, and...
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Relation du Voyage de l’Isle d’Eutopie
Relation du Voyage de l’Isle d’Eutopie
by [Lefebvre, François]
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8vo. pp. [4], 240. Page 148 misnumbered 184. Signatures: pi² (pi1 verso blank) A-V⁸⁻⁴ (C5 missigned C4). Closed tear in leaf C4 (no loss). Bound in contemporary smooth calf, spine gilt in compartments. First edition of an imaginary voyage to a South American island, entirely populated by the descendents of a shipwrecked French merchant and his wife, where (as in Plato) all children are collectively raised, and spared the ‘excessive indulgence’ of their own parents. Lefebvre...
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Mmoire abrg et recueil de quelques antiquits de la Suisse avec des desseins levs sur les lieux depuis 1783 / par Mr. Ritter, intendant de LL. E.E. et directeur la Douanne Berne, architecte, de l'Acadmie Royale d'Architecture de Paris, de l'Acadmie des beaux Arts et de la Socit
Mmoire abrg et recueil de quelques antiquits de la Suisse avec des desseins levs sur les lieux depuis 1783 / par Mr. Ritter, intendant de LL. E.E. et directeur la Douanne Berne, architecte, de l'Acadmie Royale d'Architecture de Paris, de l'Acadmie des beaux Arts et de la Socit
by Ritter, Erasmus, 1726-1805.
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Apparatus Ad Historiam Scoticam Lib. II. Accesserunt Martyrologium Scoticum Sanctorum DCLXXIX. Scriptorum Scotorum MDCIII: Nomenclatura. Auctore Thoma Dempstero Barone de Muresk IC Scoto Eminente professore […]
Apparatus Ad Historiam Scoticam Lib. II. Accesserunt Martyrologium Scoticum Sanctorum DCLXXIX. Scriptorum Scotorum MDCIII: Nomenclatura. Auctore Thoma Dempstero Barone de Muresk IC Scoto Eminente professore […]
by Dempster, Thomas
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Full title: Apparatus Ad Historiam Scoticam Lib. II. Accesserunt Martyrologium Scoticum Sanctorum DCLXXIX. Scriptorum Scotorum MDCIII: Nomenclatura. Auctore Thoma Dempstero Barone de Muresk IC Scoto Eminente professore. Opus e peregrinis gentium Historijs collectum, omnia orbis regna pio studio lustrantur, religiosæ S.R.E. familiæ nobilitantur, Historia patria augetur, sectarij admonentur, catholica veritas contra hostes Dei & Scotiæ firmatur. Iusti et parati operis prænuntia. 4to. f....
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A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Musick Books, M.S. and Printed. By E. F. Rimbault, LL. D. &c.
A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Musick Books, M.S. and Printed. By E. F. Rimbault, LL. D. &c.
by Rimbault, E. F. (Edward Francis) (ed.)
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8vo. pp. xi, 227, [1], 12. Does not contain music. A collection of folk songs and ballads assembled by Edward Rimbault, the secretary of the Percy Society. Includes two (forged) ballads from John Payne Collier’s Hall Commonplace Book, taken at face value by Rimbault. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.
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[Oera Linda Book]. - Een en ander in verband met het Oera Linda Bok
[Oera Linda Book]. - Een en ander in verband met het Oera Linda Bok
by Meijer, S. J. (Siebe Jan),
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Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print : but now published from the ms. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethington, knight, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, and a senator of the College of Justice. ; Comprising pieces written from about 1420 till 1586. With large notes, and a glossary. ; P
Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print : but now published from the ms. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethington, knight, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, and a senator of the College of Justice. ; Comprising pieces written from about 1420 till 1586. With large notes, and a glossary. ; P
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The poetical works of that Witty Lord John Earl of Rochester: Left in Ranger's Lodge in Woodstock Park, where his Lordship died, and never before Printed; with Some Account of the Life of that ingenious Nobleman. Extracted From Bishop Burnet, and other Em
The poetical works of that Witty Lord John Earl of Rochester: Left in Ranger's Lodge in Woodstock Park, where his Lordship died, and never before Printed; with Some Account of the Life of that ingenious Nobleman. Extracted From Bishop Burnet, and other Em
by Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester ; Burnet, Gilbert
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12mo. pp. [2], xxix, [1], 253, [3]. Numerous mispaginations. Signatures: a12 B-L12 M8. Head- and tailpieces. Fleurons. Decorated initials. Catchwords. A greatly enlarged version of the spurious "Remains of the Right Honourable John, earl of Rochester" (1718); only one poem is by him. See English Short Title Catalogue Online, N040469; The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, v.2. Cambridge, 1971, p. 382; D.M. Vieth, Attribution in Restoration poetry: a study of Rochester's...
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The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, : to the time of Dean Swift. / Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the ms. notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this design, by Mr. Cibber.
by Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.
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Posthumous works in prose and verse, : written in the time of the civil wars and reign of K. Charles II. / by Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras. From original MSS. and scarce and valuable pieces formerly printed. With a Key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L'Estrange: in two [i.e. three] volumes. The f
Posthumous works in prose and verse, : written in the time of the civil wars and reign of K. Charles II. / by Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras. From original MSS. and scarce and valuable pieces formerly printed. With a Key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L'Estrange: in two [i.e. three] volumes. The f
by Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
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Posthumous works in prose and verse, : written in the time of the civil wars and reign of K. Charles II. / by Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras. From original MSS. and scarce and valuable pieces formerly printed. With a Key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L'Estrange: in two [i.e. three] volumes. The f
Posthumous works in prose and verse, : written in the time of the civil wars and reign of K. Charles II. / by Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras. From original MSS. and scarce and valuable pieces formerly printed. With a Key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L'Estrange: in two [i.e. three] volumes. The f
by Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
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Vindiciæ Flavianæ: or, A vindication of the testimony given by Josephus concerning our Saviour Jesus Christ
Vindiciæ Flavianæ: or, A vindication of the testimony given by Josephus concerning our Saviour Jesus Christ
by Bryant, Jacob
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8vo. pp. [4], 83, [1]. Signatures: [A]² B-F⁸ G². In neat modern blue cloth. With a half title. “Jacob Bryant” in pencil on title page. Press figure '2' on G1v. Sheets B-F reissued in 1780 as 'second edition', for Cadell and Elmsly, with [A] and G reset (presumably printed together as a half-sheet) and with advertisements on the final page. First edition, the author identified in a re-issue of 1780. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, noting that this text convinced Joseph Priestly...
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The Truth About "The Protocols" A Literary Forgery From The Times of August 16, 17 and 18, 1921
The Truth About "The Protocols" A Literary Forgery From The Times of August 16, 17 and 18, 1921
by [Graves, Philip P. (Philip Perceval)]
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8vo. pp. 24. Stapled into original printed wrappers, with three minor corrections to one line on p. 6, probably made in-house. First edition, as reprinted with an explanatory preface from three issues of The Times, of the first significant exposé of the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ as a plagiarism from a nineteenth-century satire. Comprises 3 articles by the Constantinople correspondent of the Times, Philip P. Graves (1876-1953, half-brother of Robert Graves), Aug. 16-18, and a...
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An essay on Milton's use and imitation of the moderns, in his Paradise Lost. Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. [With a preface by Dr Johnson.] / [By W. Lauder].
An essay on Milton's use and imitation of the moderns, in his Paradise Lost. Things unattempted yet in prose or rhime. [With a preface by Dr Johnson.] / [By W. Lauder].
by Laudr, William, -1771.
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Histoire de la ville et de l'Estat de Geneve. : Depuis les premiers Siecles de la fondation de la ville jusqu' present: Tire fidellement des manuscrits, Par Iac. Spon Docteur Medecin Aggreg au College de Lyon.
Histoire de la ville et de l'Estat de Geneve. : Depuis les premiers Siecles de la fondation de la ville jusqu' present: Tire fidellement des manuscrits, Par Iac. Spon Docteur Medecin Aggreg au College de Lyon.
by Spon, Jacob, 1647-1685.
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A treatise of the corruption of Scripture, Councels, and Fathers, by the Prelats, Pastors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome, for maintenance of Popery and irreligion. By Thomas Iames, Student in Divinitie […]
A treatise of the corruption of Scripture, Councels, and Fathers, by the Prelats, Pastors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome, for maintenance of Popery and irreligion. By Thomas Iames, Student in Divinitie […]
by James, Thomas
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Full title:  A treatise of the corruption of Scripture, Councels, and Fathers, by the Prelats, Pastors, and Pillars of the Church of Rome, for maintenance of Popery and irreligion. By Thomas Iames, Student in Divinitie, and chiefe Keeper of the Publique Librarie in the Universitie of Oxford; of the Honorable foundation of Sir Thomas Bodley, Knight. Together with a sufficient answere unto James Gretser, and Antonie Possevine, Iesuites, and the unknowne Author of the Grounds of the old religion...
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The unknown life of Jesus Christ, from Buddhistic records, by Nicolas Notovitch. Translated by J.H. Connelly and L. Landsberg
The unknown life of Jesus Christ, from Buddhistic records, by Nicolas Notovitch. Translated by J.H. Connelly and L. Landsberg
by Notovitch, Nicolas ; Connelly, James Henderson (trans.) ; Landsberg, L. (trans.)
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8vo. pp. 288. Original lettered cloth. Bookplates: Ex libris F. Vacek; Ex libris “Marie.” Inscription on front flyleaf “To my sister goes this unusually interesting and now out-of-print story – Alma, 1937.” Rare first edition in English, published in the same year as the French original (see Bib# 9736972/Fr# 1488.1 in this collection; for the revised edition of 1900, see Bib# 4103099/Fr# 1488). The earliest of three different translations in 1894-95, and a meticulous rendering of the...
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Lettres d'amour d'une religieuse portugaise : Ecrites au chevalier de C. Officier, Franois en Portugal. Enrichies & augmentes de plusieurs nouvelles Lettres, fort tendres & passionnes de la Presidente F. [i.e. Ferrand] Mr. le Baron de B. [i.e. Breteuil].
Lettres d'amour d'une religieuse portugaise : Ecrites au chevalier de C. Officier, Franois en Portugal. Enrichies & augmentes de plusieurs nouvelles Lettres, fort tendres & passionnes de la Presidente F. [i.e. Ferrand] Mr. le Baron de B. [i.e. Breteuil].
by Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723.
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Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print : but now published from the ms. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethington, knight, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, and a senator of the College of Justice. ; Comprising pieces written from about 1420 till 1586. With large notes, and a glossary. ; P
Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print : but now published from the ms. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethington, knight, Lord Privy Seal of Scotland, and a senator of the College of Justice. ; Comprising pieces written from about 1420 till 1586. With large notes, and a glossary. ; P
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Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou La politique de Machiavel au XIXe siècle, par un contemporain
Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou La politique de Machiavel au XIXe siècle, par un contemporain
by Joly, Maurice
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8vo. pp. iii, 337, [2]. Ex libris stamps of Dr. Prof. A. Mann and signature of A. Louis Mann on title page. Same stamp on half title. Bound with a copy of Charles Limouzin, Eugène Vivier La Vie et les Avontures d’un Corniste 1817-1852. Paris, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, Éditeurs, 1888. The first edition of the main source of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an entirely non-partisan work written by Maurice Joly (1831-1878). Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.
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El buscapié By Miguel de Cervantes; with the illustrative notes of Don Adolfo de Castro. Translated from the Spanish, with a life of the author, and some account of his works, by Thomasina Ross
El buscapié By Miguel de Cervantes; with the illustrative notes of Don Adolfo de Castro. Translated from the Spanish, with a life of the author, and some account of his works, by Thomasina Ross
by de Cervantes, Miguel (pseud.) ; de Castro, Adolfo ; Ross, Thomasina (trans.)
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8vo. pp. xii, 235, [1]. Signatures: [A]6 B-K12 L10. Contains a frontispiece portrait. Stamped on title page verso “Bequest of Leonard Kebler to the Library of Congress September 1961.” Short story wrongly attributed to Miguel de Cervantes, actually written by the Cervantes scholar Adolfo de Castro (1823-1898, see Bib# 4103071/Fr# 1438 in this collection). First English edition of de Castro’s forgery by ‘Thomasina Ross’, an evident pseudonym that puzzled H.S. Ashbee, the premier...
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The ancient fragments; containing what remains of the writings of Sanchoniatho, Berossus, Abydenus, Megasthenes, and Manetho. Also the Hermetic Creed, the Old Chronicle, the Laterculus of Eratosthenes, the Tyrian Annals, the Oracles of Zoroaster […]
The ancient fragments; containing what remains of the writings of Sanchoniatho, Berossus, Abydenus, Megasthenes, and Manetho. Also the Hermetic Creed, the Old Chronicle, the Laterculus of Eratosthenes, the Tyrian Annals, the Oracles of Zoroaster […]
by Cory, I. P. [Cory, Isaac P. (Isaac Preston)]
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Full title: The ancient fragments; containing what remains of the writings of Sanchoniatho, Berossus, Abydenus, Megasthenes, and Manetho. Also the Hermetic Creed, the Old Chronicle, the Laterculus of Eratosthenes, the Tyrian Annals, the Oracles of Zoroaster, and the Periplus of Hanno. By I.P. Cory, Esq. Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge. 8vo. pp. xxviii, 129. Signatures: [a]2 b-d4 e6 C-R4 S2. Greek and English in parallel columns. Edition by Isaac Preston Cory (1802-1842) of texts by, i.a.,...
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The Linleys of Bath By Clementina Black
The Linleys of Bath By Clementina Black
by Black, Clementina
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8vo. pp. 11, 339 [1]. Includes engraved frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Sheridan (Elizabeth Linley) from the painting by Thomas Gainsborough. 12 various items are removed from the volume, including the article “Sheridan and Miss Linley” (p. [491]-[512]. The items are available in MS 580 in Special Collections (Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University). G. Hilder Libbis’s annotated copy, heavily extra-illustrated. Jane Linley, the soprano Elizabeth Ann Linley’s youngest sister, was an...
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Britannicarum gentium historiae antiquae scriptores tres : Ricardus Corinensis, Gildas Badonicus, Nennius Banchorensis. / Recensuit notisque & indice auxit Carolus Bertramus.
Britannicarum gentium historiae antiquae scriptores tres : Ricardus Corinensis, Gildas Badonicus, Nennius Banchorensis. / Recensuit notisque & indice auxit Carolus Bertramus.
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Antiquitatis academi Oxoniensis apologia : in tres libros divisa / authore Briano Twyno in facultate Artium Magistro, & Colleg Corporis Christis in edem Academia Socio.
Antiquitatis academi Oxoniensis apologia : in tres libros divisa / authore Briano Twyno in facultate Artium Magistro, & Colleg Corporis Christis in edem Academia Socio.
by Twyne, Brian, 1581-1644.
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Titi Livii Foro-Juliensis Vita Henrici Quinti, Regis Angliæ. Accedit, sylloge epistolarum, a variis Angliæ principibus scriptarum. E Codicibus calamo exaratis descripsit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, A. M. Oxoniensis, Qui & Appendicem Notasque subjecit
Titi Livii Foro-Juliensis Vita Henrici Quinti, Regis Angliæ. Accedit, sylloge epistolarum, a variis Angliæ principibus scriptarum. E Codicibus calamo exaratis descripsit ediditque Tho. Hearnius, A. M. Oxoniensis, Qui & Appendicem Notasque subjecit
by Hearne, Thomas (ed.)
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Tall 8vo. pp. xxxi, [1], 230, [2]. Signatures: a-d4, A-Z4, Aa-Ff4. Bound by Clarke and Bedford in full hard-grain red morocco, spine and covers richly gilt, gilded edges. Marbled endpapers. Title page within double-ruled border. Editor's advertisement on recto of last leaf. Printed footnotes and annotations. First edition of both the ‘Vita Henrici Quinti’ and the independent ‘Sylloge’ of English royal letters (pp. 99-216, with its ‘Appendix’ of material relating to Sir John...
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Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, : from pictures, drawings, and scarce prints in the possession of Samuel Ireland, author of this work : of a picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, &c. and of the picturesque beauties of the rivers Thames and Medway.
Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, : from pictures, drawings, and scarce prints in the possession of Samuel Ireland, author of this work : of a picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, &c. and of the picturesque beauties of the rivers Thames and Medway.
by Ireland, Samuel, -1800.
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Augustini Steuchi Eugubini bibliothecarii contra Laurentium Vallam, De falsa Donatione Constantini. Libro duo. Eiusdem De restituenda navigatione Tiberis [Bound with:] Augustini Steuchi Eugubini bibliothecarii De Aqua Virgine in Urbem revocanda
Augustini Steuchi Eugubini bibliothecarii contra Laurentium Vallam, De falsa Donatione Constantini. Libro duo. Eiusdem De restituenda navigatione Tiberis [Bound with:] Augustini Steuchi Eugubini bibliothecarii De Aqua Virgine in Urbem revocanda
by Steuco, Agostino
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4to. pp. [16], 234, [2]; pp. 19, [1]. Signatures: a-b 4 a-z 4 A-E 4 F 6 ; a⁴ b⁶. Contemporary limp vellum. Printer's device on title page, initial. Early inscription on both titles, ‘Loci S. Crucis montis novi’, i.e. Heiligenkreutz Abbey in Neuberg, Austria.   The main work is the quasi-official refutation by the Counter-Reformation polemicist and prefect of the Vatican Library Agostino Steuco (1497-1548) of Lorenzo Valla’s De falso credita et ementita Constantini donation. Valla’s...
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Prospectus der Odessaer Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Alterthümer gehörenden ältesten hebräischen und rabbinischen Manuscripte: ein Beitrag zur biblischen Exegese
Prospectus der Odessaer Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Alterthümer gehörenden ältesten hebräischen und rabbinischen Manuscripte: ein Beitrag zur biblischen Exegese
by Pinner, Ephraïm M. (Ephraïm Moses)
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4to. pp. 92. The initial, good-faith publication of some of the spurious archeological ‘discoveries’ of Abraham ben Samuel Firkowitsch in the Crimea, including fifteen scrolls of the Jewish laws, twenty copies of books of the Bible other than the Pentateuch, and nine Talmudical and rabbinical manuscripts. The present publication ‘gave rise to a whole literature’ (Jewish Encyclopedia), but later proved to be largely spurious. Many of Firkowitsch forgeries were exposed by Hermann L....
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Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street.
Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss. in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk Street.
by Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835.
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Libanii graeci declamatoris disertissimi beati Joannis Crysostomi praeceptoris epistol[a]e : cum adiectis Iohannis Sommerfelt argumentis et emendat[i]o[n]e et castigatione clarissimis.
Libanii graeci declamatoris disertissimi beati Joannis Crysostomi praeceptoris epistol[a]e : cum adiectis Iohannis Sommerfelt argumentis et emendat[i]o[n]e et castigatione clarissimis.
by Libanius.
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Yorick's sentimental journey, continued : to which is prefixed, some account of the life and writings of Mr. Sterne.
Yorick's sentimental journey, continued : to which is prefixed, some account of the life and writings of Mr. Sterne.
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Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the fifteenth century : the greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with an engraved specimen of one of the mss. To which are added, a preface, an introductory account of the several pieces, a
Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the fifteenth century : the greatest part now first published from the most authentic copies, with an engraved specimen of one of the mss. To which are added, a preface, an introductory account of the several pieces, a
by Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770, author.
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Walladmor : roman attribu en allemagne a Sir Walter Scott / traduit de l'anglais par M. A. J. B. Defauconpret, traducteur de la collection complte des romans historiques de Sir Walter Scott.
Walladmor : roman attribu en allemagne a Sir Walter Scott / traduit de l'anglais par M. A. J. B. Defauconpret, traducteur de la collection complte des romans historiques de Sir Walter Scott.
by Alexis, Willibald, 1798-1871, author
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Poems of Ossian / lately discover'd by Edmond Baron de Harold, Colonel Commander of the Regiment of Konigsfeld, Gentleman of the Bed Chamber of His Most S. H. the Elector Palatin, member of the German Society of Manheim, of the Royal Antiquarian Society of London, and of the Academy of Dusseldorf..
Poems of Ossian / lately discover'd by Edmond Baron de Harold, Colonel Commander of the Regiment of Konigsfeld, Gentleman of the Bed Chamber of His Most S. H. the Elector Palatin, member of the German Society of Manheim, of the Royal Antiquarian Society of London, and of the Academy of Dusseldorf..
by Harold, Edmund von.
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Libro di M. Pyrrho Ligori napolitano, delle antichità di Roma, nel quale si tratta de' Circi, Theatri, & Anfitheatri. Con le paradosse del medesimo auttore, quai confutano la commune opinione sopra varii luoghi della città di Roma
Libro di M. Pyrrho Ligori napolitano, delle antichità di Roma, nel quale si tratta de' Circi, Theatri, & Anfitheatri. Con le paradosse del medesimo auttore, quai confutano la commune opinione sopra varii luoghi della città di Roma
by Ligorio, Pirro
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8vo. ff. [1] (blank), [4], 51. Signatures: *⁴ A-F⁸ G⁴ (C⁸ blank). Vellum boards, black gilt lettering panel. Printer's device with "Sybilla" printed at top on title page, surrounded by the text: "Qual piu fermo e il miofoglio e il mio presaggio." Printer's device repeated on verso of colophon. Initials. Printed annotations. Early ownership note on last leaf, and later note indicating that the book is from the collection of Luigi Chiappelli. Manuscript note f. 43v....
Topics: Architecture -- Italy -- Rome -- Early works to 1800, Theaters -- Italy -- Rome -- Early works to...
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Schloss Avalon / Frei nach dem Englischen des Walter Scott vom Uebersetzer des Walladmor.
Schloss Avalon / Frei nach dem Englischen des Walter Scott vom Uebersetzer des Walladmor.
by Alexis, Willibald, 1798-1871.
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Lvitprandi, sive Evtrandi, e subdiacono Toletano, & Ticinensi Diacono Episcopi Cremonensis, Berengario II. Italiae Regi Secretis, pro Othone I. Germ. Imp. ad Pont. M. & ad Imp. CP. Legati chronicon : ad Tractemvndvm Illiberritanum in Hispania Episcopum, a multis hactenus desideratum, nunquam edit
Lvitprandi, sive Evtrandi, e subdiacono Toletano, & Ticinensi Diacono Episcopi Cremonensis, Berengario II. Italiae Regi Secretis, pro Othone I. Germ. Imp. ad Pont. M. & ad Imp. CP. Legati chronicon : ad Tractemvndvm Illiberritanum in Hispania Episcopum, a multis hactenus desideratum, nunquam edit
by Higuera, Jernimo Romn de la, 1538-1611.
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The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer : to which are added, an essay upon his language and versification; an introductory discourse; and notes.
by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
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