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Domenico's Istanbul translated with an introduction and commentary by Michael Austin ; edited by Geoffrey Lewis

Author:
Domenico 1552-1622  Search this
Author:
Austin, Michael 1933-1992  Search this
Lewis, Geoffrey L  Search this
Subject:
Hierosolimitano, Domenico approximately 1552-1622 Relazione della gran citta di Constantinopoli  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 160 pages 22 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Travel literature
Place:
Turkey
Istanbul
Turquie
İstanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)
Istanbul (Turquie)
Konstantinopel
Date:
2001
16th century
Topic:
Sultans  Search this
Islam--history  Search this
15.75 history of Asia  Search this
Courts and courtiers  Search this
Erlebnisbericht  Search this
Sultans--Empire ottoman  Search this
Travel  Search this
Court and courtiers  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Civilization  Search this
History  Search this
Cour et courtisans  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
16e siècle  Search this
Call number:
DR720 .H54 2001
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_861463

Travels in Persia, 1627-1629 Thomas Herbert ; abridged and edited by Sir William Foster, with an introduction and notes

Author:
Herbert, Thomas Sir 1606-1682  Search this
Author:
Foster, William Sir 1863-1951  Search this
Physical description:
xxxix, [1], 352 pages, [13] leaves of plates fill., maps, portrait 23 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Iran
Date:
1929
Topic:
Voyages and travels  Search this
Voyages  Search this
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
Call number:
DS7 .H54 1929
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_868501

The discovery of New Britain London, 1651

Author:
Bland, Edward -1653  Search this
Author:
Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC  Search this
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) DLC  Search this
Physical description:
16 pages 20 cm + 1 folded map
Type:
Books
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Virginia
Virginie
Date:
1954
Topic:
Discoveries in geography  Search this
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
Découverte et exploration  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165605

A declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature which is the fundamental principle of the British Constitution of State

Author:
Sharp, Granville 1735-1813  Search this
Physical description:
xl, 244 p 23 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne
America
Ireland
Amérique
Irlande
Date:
1971
1774
Topic:
Representative government and representation  Search this
Gouvernement représentatif  Search this
British colonies  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Politique et gouvernement  Search this
Call number:
JN539 1774a .S53
JN539 1774a.S53
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_10662

Nicole Oresme and the kinematics of circular motion: Tractatus de commensurabilitate vel incommensurabilitate motuum celi Edited with an introd., English translation, and commentary by Edward Grant

Author:
Oresme, Nicole approximately 1320-1382  Search this
Author:
Grant, Edward 1926-  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 415 p illus 25 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Sources
Early works
Date:
1971
Topic:
Celestial mechanics  Search this
Kinematics  Search this
Science, Medieval--Sources  Search this
Biomechanical Phenomena  Search this
Cinématique  Search this
Cinématique--Ouvrages avant 1800  Search this
Mécanique céleste  Search this
Sciences médiévales--Sources  Search this
Biomechanics  Search this
Science, Medieval  Search this
Hemelmechanica  Search this
Call number:
QA841 .O7413X
QA841.O7413X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_11235

Geograf ia y descripci on universal de las Indias recopilada por el cosm ografocronista Juan L opez de Velasco, desde el a no de 1571 al de 1574, publicada pro primera vez en el Bolet in de la Sociedad geogr afica de Madrid, con adiciones e illustraciones, por don Justo Zaragoza

Author:
L opez de Velasco, Juan active 16th century  Search this
Author:
Zaragoza, Justo d. 1896  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume (xiii, 808 pages) folded map 28 cm
Type:
Books
Early accounts to 1600
Récits avant 1600
Early works
Place:
America
Latin America
Amérique latine
Amérique
AMERICA CENTRAL
AMERICA DEL SUR
Date:
1894
Topic:
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
DESCRIPCIONES Y VIAJES  Search this
Call number:
E141 .L86 1894
E141.L86 1894
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_10201

The Orbis pictus of John Amos Comenius Syracuse, N.Y., C. W. Bardeen, 1887

Author:
Comenius, Johann Amos 1592-1670  Search this
Author:
Bardeen, C. W (Charles William),) 1847-1924  Search this
Hoole, Charles 1610-1667  Search this
Physical description:
xxxi, 194 pages illustrations 20 cm
Type:
Readers
Early works to 1800
Juvenile literature
Problems, exercises, etc
Problèmes et exercices
Ouvrages avant 1800
Picture books for children
Problems and Exercises
Early works
exercise books
Juvenile works
Picture books
Problems and exercises
Readers (Publications)
Place:
Germany
Allemagne
Date:
1968
1887
17th century
17e siècle
Topic:
Latin language  Search this
Latin language--Natural history  Search this
Latin language--Readers  Search this
Latin literature, Medieval and modern  Search this
Natural history  Search this
Picture books for children  Search this
Littérature latine médiévale et moderne  Search this
Livres d'images pour enfants  Search this
Sciences naturelles  Search this
Call number:
LT101 .C73 1887a
LT101.C73 1887a
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9074

The prodromus of Nicolaus Steno's dissertation concerning a solid body enclosed by process of nature within a solid An English version with an introd. and explanatory notes by John Garrett Winter. With a foreword by William H. Hobbs. Introd. by George W. White

Author:
Steno, Nicolaus 1638-1686  Search this
Author:
Winter, John Garrett 1881-1956  Search this
Physical description:
[5], vii, 169-283 pages illustrations, facsimiles, ports 24 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Date:
1968
1916
Topic:
Crystallography  Search this
Crystallography--Early works to 1800  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Cristallographie  Search this
Paléontologie  Search this
Geologie  Search this
Geschichte  Search this
paleontology  Search this
Call number:
QE709 .S82 E1968
QE709.S82 E1968
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9088

The mathematical papers of Isaac Newton edited by D. T. Whiteside with the assistance in publication of M. A. Hoskin

Author:
Newton, Isaac 1642-1727  Search this
Author:
Whiteside, D. T (Derek Thomas)  Search this
Physical description:
8 v front., plates (facsimiles), tables, diagrams 29 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Collections
Ouvrages avant 1800
Collected Works
Early works
Date:
1967
1981
17e siècle
Topic:
Mathematics  Search this
Mathématiques  Search this
Wiskunde  Search this
Call number:
QA35 .N56
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9181

Die Schriften der r omischen Feldmesser Hrsg. und erl autert von F. Blume, K. Lachmann und A. Rudorff. (Reprografischer Nachdruck der Ausg. Berlin 1848-52)

Author:
Bluhme, Friedrich 1797-1874  Search this
Bursian, E  Search this
Lachmann, Karl 1793-1851  Search this
Mommsen, Theodor 1817-1903  Search this
Rudorff, Adolf August Friedrich 1803-1873  Search this
Physical description:
2 v 21 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Rome
Rome (Empire)
Date:
1967
1848
Topic:
Land tenure (Roman law)  Search this
Surveying  Search this
Arpentage  Search this
Propriété foncière (Droit romain)  Search this
Call number:
TA544 .C82 1967
TA544.C82 1967
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9711

Journal of a lady of quality

Author:
Schaw, Janet approximately 1731-approximately 1801  Search this
Physical description:
351 pages illustrations, facsimile, genealogical table, maps, ports 23 cm
Type:
Books
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Leeward Islands (West Indies)
Lisbon (Portugal)
North Carolina
Caroline du Nord
Leeward Islands (Antilles)
Lisbonne (Portugal)
Portugal
Lisbon
Date:
1971
Topic:
Travel  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
Call number:
F2006 .S3 1971X
F2006.S3 1971X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7901

Rules and examples of perspective proper for painters and architects

Author:
Pozzo, Andrea 1642-1709  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) illus 34 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Date:
1971
1707
Topic:
Perspective  Search this
Call number:
NC749 .P89 1971
NC749.P89 1971
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8103

Lazare Carnot savant a monograph treating Carnot's scientific work With facsim. reproduction of his unpublished writings on mechanics and on the calculus, and an essay concerning the latter by A. P. Youschkevitch

Author:
Gillispie, Charles Coulston  Search this
Author:
IUshkevich, A. P (Adolʹf Pavlovich),) 1906-  Search this
Carnot, Lazare 1753-1823 Selections 1971  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 359 pages illustrations, facsims 29 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Date:
1971
Topic:
Mechanics  Search this
Science  Search this
Mécanique  Search this
Mécanique--Ouvrages avant 1800  Search this
Sciences  Search this
science (modern discipline)  Search this
sciences (philosophy)  Search this
Call number:
QA804 .G55X
QA804.G55X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8270

Taddeo Zuccaro, his development studied in his drawings [by] J. A. Gere

Author:
Gere, John A  Search this
Physical description:
239 pages 176 plates 29 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Italy
Italie
Date:
1969
Topic:
Drawing  Search this
Dessin  Search this
Zeichnung  Search this
Call number:
NC257.Z8 G4 1969bX
NC257.Z8G4 1969bX
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8335

A discourse of trade, in two parts the first treats of the reason of the decay of the strength, wealth, and trade of England, the latter, of the growth and increase of the Dutch trade above the English

Author:
Coke, Roger active 1696  Search this
Physical description:
77 pages 21 cm
Type:
Books
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Great Britain
Netherlands
Grande-Bretagne
Pays-Bas
Großbritannien
Niederlande
Date:
1970
1670
Topic:
Außenhandel  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Freihandel  Search this
Merkantilismus  Search this
Wirtschaftspolitik  Search this
Call number:
HF3505 .C63 1970X
HF3505.C63 1970X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8354

The administration of the Colonies wherein their rights and constitution are discussed and stated

Author:
Pownall, Thomas 1722-1805  Search this
Physical description:
xxxi, 318, 72 pages illus 23 cm
Type:
Books
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Commentaires juridiques
Early works
Law commentaries
Place:
Great Britain
America
United States
États-Unis
Grande-Bretagne
Amérique
Date:
1971
1768
To 1775
Jusqu'à 1775
Topic:
British colonies  Search this
Management  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Administration  Search this
Politique et gouvernement  Search this
Call number:
E195 .P88 1971
E195.P88 1971
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8419

General Wolfe's instructions to young officers also his orders for a battalion and an army, together with the orders and signals used in embarking and debarking an army by flat-bottom'd boats, &c; and a placart to the Canadians, to which is prefixed the resolution of the House of Commons for his monument; and his character, and the dates of all his commissions; also the duty of an adjutant and quarter master, &c

Author:
Wolfe, James 1727-1759  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 106 pages 26 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Place:
Québec
Date:
1967
1780
Topic:
Military art and science  Search this
Québec Campaign, Québec, 1759  Search this
Art et science militaires  Search this
Call number:
U19 .W855 1780a
U19.W855 1780a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8700

Introduction to Newton's "Principia" [by] I. Bernard Cohen

Author:
Cohen, I. Bernard 1914-2003  Search this
Subject:
Newton, Isaac Sir 1642-1727 Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica  Search this
Newton, Isaac Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica  Search this
Physical description:
xxviii, 380 pages facsims 29 cm
Type:
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Early works
Date:
1971
Topic:
Mechanics  Search this
Biomechanical Phenomena  Search this
Mécanique  Search this
33.01 history of physics  Search this
Natuurwetenschappen  Search this
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (Newton)  Search this
Call number:
QA803 .C67
QA803.C67
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8720

A catalogue of sixteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine Compiled by Richard J. Durling

Author:
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)  Search this
Durling, Richard J  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 698 pages 27 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Catalogs
Early works to 1800
Bibliographie
Catalogues
Ouvrages avant 1800
Catalog
bibliographies
Bibliographies
catalogs (documents)
Early works
Library catalogues
Place:
Maryland
Bethesda
Date:
1967
16th century
16e siècle
Topic:
Early printed books  Search this
Medical libraries  Search this
Medicine  Search this
Medicine--Early works to 1800  Search this
Livres anciens  Search this
Médecine  Search this
Médecine--Bibliothèques  Search this
Médecine--Histoire  Search this
Libraries, Medical  Search this
History, 16th Century  Search this
Call number:
Z6659 .U56 1967
Z6659.U56 1967
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8786

A medieval bestiary Translated & introduced by T. J. Elliott. With wood engravings by Gillian Tyler

Author:
Elliott, T. J (Thomas J.)  Search this
Physical description:
[59] pages illus 30 cm
Type:
Folklore
Early works to 1800
Ouvrages avant 1800
Broadsides
Wood-engravings
Advertisements
Early works
Messages publicitaires
Wood engravings
Place:
England
London
Angleterre
Londres
Massachusetts
Date:
1971
Topic:
Animals  Search this
Bestiaries  Search this
Didactic literature, English (Middle)  Search this
Literature, Medieval  Search this
Manuscripts, Medieval  Search this
Animaux  Search this
Bestiaires  Search this
Littérature didactique anglaise (moyen anglais)  Search this
Littérature médiévale  Search this
Manuscrits médiévaux  Search this
bestiaries  Search this
Books  Search this
Call number:
PR1754 .E4X
PR1754.E4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8969

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