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Total number of records: 31

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maps, early2
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton2
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)2
Pirckheimer, Willibald (1470-1530)2
Pirckheimer, Willibald2
Servetus, Michael (1511?-1553)2
Ptolemy2
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor2
Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921)2
Montluc, Jean De, 1508-15791

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Io. Gower de confessione amantis

Gower, John (1325?-1408)

1554

Full imprint reads: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Thomas Berthelette the. XII. daie of Marche. An. M.D.LIIII. In English verse. At foot of title: Cvm privilegio.

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Introductiones apotelesmaticæ elegantes, in chyromantiam, physiognomiam, astrologiam naturalem, complexiones hominum, naturas planetarum : cum periaxiomatibus de faciebus signorum, & canonibus de ægritudinibus, nusquam fere simili tractata compendio

Indagine, Johannes ab (1537); Baldung, Hans (1545); Weiditz, Hans

1522

First edition. Colophon: Impensis autoris libri, opera vero Ioannis Scotti Argentorat. sub annum Domini M.D.XXII. Illustrated by Hans Baldung Grien and Hans Weiditz.

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Alberti Dureri clarissimi pictoris et Geometrae de Symmetria partium in rectis formis humanorum corporum, Libri in latinum conversi

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); Camerarius, Joachim (1500-1574)

M.D.xxxij. [1532]

Imprint from colophon; second printer from VD 16. Signatures: A-E⁶ F⁴ G-N⁶ O⁴ (-O4).

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A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge carvinge buildinge written first in Italian by Jo: Paul Lomatius painter of Milan and Englished by R.H student in physik

Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo (1538-1600); Haydocke, Richard

1598

First edition. A translation of books 1-5 of: Trattato dell'arte de la pittura, scultura, et architettura. Translator's dedication signed: Richard Haydocke. The title page is engraved. Imprint...

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Provinciale, seu Constitutiones Anglie : cum summariis atque iustis annotationibus, politissimis caracteribus, summaque accuratione rursum revise atque impresse

Badius, Josse (1462-1535); Lyndwood, William (1375?-1446); Birckman, Franz (1530); Ruremund, Christoffel van (1531); Catholic Church. Province of Canterbury; Church of England. Province of Canterbury

anno salutis nostre 1525.xx. die Decembris

Signatures: A-X⁸, AA-KK⁸, LL¹⁰, A-C⁸, D⁵. Part of imprint from colophon [leaf cclv verso]: Explicit praeclarum opus Wilhelmi Lindewode eruditissimi viri super constitutiones provinciales ...

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Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquorum sapientum
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Directorium humane vite, alias, Parabole antiquorum sapientum

Giovanni da Capua; Prüss, Johann (1510); Howard de Walden, Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Baron (1880-1946); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Riviere & Son

[about 1489]

Signatures: a-m⁶ n¹⁰. Imprint from ISTC. Latin translation by Giovanni da Capua of the Hebrew version of Kalīlah wa-Dimnah (Arabic version of Fables of Bidpai). On the four issues of this ...

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The effect of the declaratio[n] made in the Guildhall by M. Recorder of London, concerning the late attemptes of the Quenes Maiesties evill, seditious, and disobedient subjectes

Fleetwood, William (1535?-1594)

[1571]

By William Fleetwood, whose name appears on A2r. An account of a speech given 16 Oct. 1571. Quire C in two settings: C1r last line has (1) "wisely" or (2) "wysely".

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