Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti and Trachtenbuch
Description:
BEIN 1976 +75: Imperfect: some plates slightly mutilated or bled. Manuscript annotations on spine. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Number 1 of 2 titles bound together., Title in red and black within illustrative border., Signatures: )(⁴A-A-Iii⁴., and Plate ccxvii hand colored.
Capt. Cooke's second voyage to the Southern Hemisphere
Description:
Anonymous. By John Marra., This edition was apparently intended to form volume 5 of 'A historial account of all the voyages around the world, performed by English navigators', volumes 1-4, by David Henry, were published in 1773-1774.-- See English short title catalogue., Edited by David Henry., Errata on verso of preliminary p. xiii., Signatures: a-b⁴ (-b4) B-D⁴ (±D2) E-2T⁴ (a1 verso blank)., and The "Resolution" commanded by Capt. Cook; the "Adventure," by Capt. Furneaux.
Publisher:
Printed for F. Newberry, at the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Oceania
Subject (Name):
Cook, James, 1728-1779., Resolution (Ship), and Adventure (Sloop : 1773-1776)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages around the world and Discovery and exploration
Manuscript ship's log, illustrated, mounted on pages from a bound printed copy of John Rowlett's Tables of Discount, or Interest, on Every Dollar[...]. The majority of the volume (pages 1A/1B-31) details a whaling voyage that began in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 1845 July 18, destined for the Pacific Ocean. The author describes whale hunts, places visited (including Lima, Peru, and the Hawaiian islands), weather, animals, and life on the ship. Illustrated with eight colored-pencil drawings of ships, whale species, and geographic views. The last entry, dated 1847 November 5, marks the end of the voyage. Pages 32-38 contain six poems or shanties; the names and locations of the crew and officers are listed on pages 39-40.
Alternative Title:
Log of the whaling ship Acushnet : Captain William B. Rogers out New Bedford two years voyage 1845 and Rowlett interest tables
Description:
The Acushnet is the same whaling ship Herman Melville joined in 1840; his experiences helped shape Moby-Dick., Title from title page., Written on single sheets of paper adhered to a printed copy of Rowlett's Tables of Discount. Page 1A/1B is laid in. Resolvid W. Bowles' name and occupation (cooper) are written on the title page and he is listed among the ship's crew, but it is unclear whether the manuscript is in his hand or was copied by someone else at a later date., Endpapers include manuscript notes, figures, and J.D. Sturtevant's autograph. The number "4050" is written on a sticker adhered to the title page., and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii and Lima (Peru)
Subject (Name):
Acushnet (Whaler)
Subject (Topic):
Whaling, Whaling ships, and Description and travel
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 1 of 12 titles bound together., With a title-page portrait., Signatures: A-E⁸ F⁴., and With a final advertisement leaf.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Macock for the Company of Stationers
Autograph manuscript, signed, by "H. A. L." containing lines from Lucy Smith's Moroni's Lamentation (a Mormon hymn given to Smith in 1833 and sung in the Nephite tongue), undated but possibly created during the 19th century. The manuscript does not follow the original hymn entirely as it includes variations and additions. The hymn has reference to a battle of the Nephites against the Lamanites around the Hill Cumorah in New York State
Naturbuch von Nutzeigenschaft Wunderwirkung und Gebrauch aller Geschöpfelement und Kreaturn dem Menschen zu gut beschaffen
Description:
BEIN 1976 +75: Manuscript annotations on spine. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Number 2 of 2 titles bound together., Illustrated title page., Signatures: a⁶A-L⁶., and "Register": Beschriben verordnet vnd verteutschet durch Conradum Mengenberger.
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 85: Repaired with tape on verso. Folded and tipped into cardboard folder (21 x 14 cm) with title: Nouvelle chronologie des grands hommes de la Grèce. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Uncut sheet of 25 numbered game cards and a publisher vignette, with the title across the top., "Fabrique un assortiment d'images, jeux instructifs et amusans, à l'usage de la jeunesse et jeux de Société"--Publisher vignette., and On each of the cards are three portraits of historical or mythical figures of the classical Greek period, with explanatory text printed below.
Publisher:
Delion, Rue Copeaux, N°. 15, près le Jardin des Plantes