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1.
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now

Creator:
Churchill, Awnsham, -1728
Churchill, John, fl. 1690-1714
Locke, John, 1632-1704
Published / Created:
1744-46.
Call Number:
1989 +19
Image Count:
13
Description:
Imperfect: Title page for Book I inserted before preface: The Introductory Discourse, pp 1-13.
Publisher:
Printed by assignment from Messrs. Churchill for H. Lintot and J. Osborn,
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English... To which is prefixed an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history

2.
A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865
Published / Created:
1834
Call Number:
1978 +264
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Bookplate of Shepard Krech and autograph of A. Glover. and Ten of the plates designed by G. Cruikshank.
Publisher:
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman,
Subject (Name):
Glover, A.--Autograph and Krech, Shepard--1891---Bookplate
Subject (Topic):
Animal worship, Embalming, Funeral rites and ceremonies, and Mummies
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A history of Egyptian mummies, and an account of the worship and embalming of the sacred animals by the Egyptians; with remarks on the funeral ceremonies of different nations, and observations on the mummies of the Canary Islands, of the anicent Peruvians

3.
An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters, one from an English gentleman to

Creator:
Martel, Pierre, 1718-
Windham, William, 1717-1761
Published / Created:
1744
Call Number:
Sb27 99
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
The first letter is by William Windham. and Translated from the French.
Publisher:
P. Martel,
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, French (France)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Glaciers--France and Glaciers--Italy
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters, one from an English gentleman to his friend at Geneva; the other from Peter Martel, engineer, to the said English gntleman [sic]... As laid before the Royal Society.

4.
Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics

Creator:
Aglio, Agostino, 1777-1857
Alvarado Tezozómoc, Fernando, fl. 1598
Dupaix, Guillermo
Kingsborough, Edward King, viscount, 1795-1837
Published / Created:
1831-48.
Call Number:
Folio 20
Image Count:
4
Alternative Title:
Codex Rios.
Publisher:
R. Havell,
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico--Antiquities
Subject (Name):
Thevet, Andre, 1502-1590.
Subject (Topic):
Ethnology--Mexico, Indians of Mexico, Indians of Mexico--Languages--Writing, and Manuscripts, Mexican--Facsimiles
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library; in the Borgian museum at Rome; in the library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts, by Lord Kingsborough. The drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.

5.
Harrison's Description of England in Shakspere's youth. Being the second and third books of his

Creator:
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
Harrison, William, 1534-1593
Niven, William
Norden, John, 1548-1625? Map of London
Rendle, William, 1811-1893
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917. ... Map of London
Published / Created:
1877-81.
Call Number:
Zd 47
Image Count:
5
Description:
No. 1, 5 only. In pt. 1 the front. (fold. map) is bound following p. 1. With manuscript letter from J.F. Furnivall inserted., Part I. The second book, with extracts from the autograph manuscript of Harrison's Chronologie, and from foreign writers on England: also with Norden's map of London, 1593, and notes on it by Henry B. Wheatley., and Part II. The third book, with a view of the north of Cheapside in 1638 A.D., extracts from Stow, Howes, Busino, and De La Serre on London, 1598-1638; plans of Cambridge, and Canterbury, 1588 A.D.; and a map of Shakspere's routes to London; also with plans of Paris Garden, 1627, and the Bankside, Southwark, and an account of these places and the Globe and other theatres there, by W. Rendle ...
Publisher:
Pub. for the New Shakspere society, by N. Trübner & co.,
Subject (Geographic):
England--Description and travel, London (England)--Maps, and London (England)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harrison's Description of England in Shakspere's youth. Being the second and third books of his Description of Britaine and England. Ed, from the first two editions of Holinshed's Chronicle, A.D. 1577, 1587, by Frederick J. Furnivall.

6.
Of the lawes of ecclesiasticall politie; the sixth and eighth books, by Richard Hooker. A work

Creator:
Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 4-1600
Published / Created:
Printed in the year, 1648.
Call Number:
Mhc5 H764 +Of2 1648
Image Count:
112
Description:
Described in The Carl H. Pforzheimer library, English literature 1475-1700, vol. 2, p. 505-506, no. 501., Imperfect: several errors in pagination., and In case 28 cm. Second issue, with canceled title page.
Subject (Topic):
Church and state in Great Britain and Church polity
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Of the lawes of ecclesiasticall politie; the sixth and eighth books, by Richard Hooker. A work long expected, and now published according to the most authentique copies.

7.
The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and

Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
Published / Created:
1800
Call Number:
Osborn pd284
Image Count:
577
Description:
Armorial bookplates with captions "La vie durante" and "Pour dieu et pour terra High Legh Library"; manuscript notes throughout and interleaved in the hand of J.M. Osborn. Imperfect: v.1, pt.1 and pt.2 wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, New-Bridge-Street, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
High Legh Library Bookplate and Osborn, James Marshall--Ms. notes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and illustrations; an account of the life and writings of the author, grounded on original and authentick documents; and a collection of his letters, the greater part of which has never before been published. By Edmond Malone, esq.

8.
The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and

Creator:
Dryden, John, 1631-1700
Malone, Edmond, 1741-1812
Published / Created:
1800
Call Number:
Osborn pd284
Image Count:
695
Description:
Armorial bookplates with captions "La vie durante" and "Pour dieu et pour terra High Legh Library"; manuscript notes throughout and interleaved in the hand of J.M. Osborn. Imperfect: v.1, pt.1 and pt.2 wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, New-Bridge-Street, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
High Legh Library Bookplate and Osborn, James Marshall--Ms. notes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The critical and miscellaneous prose works of John Dryden, now first collected: with notes and illustrations; an account of the life and writings of the author, grounded on original and authentick documents; and a collection of his letters, the greater part of which has never before been published. By Edmond Malone, esq.

9.
The life and reign of King Henry the Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward, Lord Herbert

Creator:
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648
Published / Created:
1683
Call Number:
By33 024y
Image Count:
334
Publisher:
Printed by Mary Clark, for Ann Mearn, to be sold by Geo. Sawbridge,
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547
Subject (Name):
Henry--VIII,--King of England,--1491-1547
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The life and reign of King Henry the Eighth. Written by the Right Honourable Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury.

10.
The six bookes of a commonweale. Written by I. Bodin ... Out of the French and Latine copies, done

Creator:
Bodin, Jean, 1530-1596
Knolles, Richard, 1550?-1610
Published / Created:
1606
Call Number:
Ocg30 B632 +576g
Image Count:
416
Alternative Title:
Six books of a commonweal
Description:
Added title page inserted: Of the lawes and customes of a common-wealth ... London, Printed by A.I., Imperfect: Leaf A2 mutilated with loss of text., and Title within ornamental border.
Publisher:
impensis G. Bishop,
Subject (Topic):
Political science and State, The
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The six bookes of a commonweale. Written by I. Bodin ... Out of the French and Latine copies, done into English, by Richard Knolles.