John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Elaborately engraved title page includes depictions of "The Kinge of Cochin" (present-day Goa, India) and "The Kinge of Tangil" (in present-day Alagoas, Brazil), as well as three ships and several animals.
Description:
Depicts coat of arms of King Henry IV (after having been restored by Queen Elizabeth I)., In ink at top right corner: [indecipherable]., The title page is engraved and signed: Willms Rogers ciuis Londinensis inuentor et sculptor., and Yale proprietary stamp on verso in center.
Subject (Name):
Windet, John, d. 1610, printer and Wolfe, John, d. 1601, printer
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Elaborately engraved title page includes depictions of "The Kinge of Cochin" (present-day Goa, India) and "The Kinge of Tangil" (in present-day Alagoas, Brazil), as well as three ships and several animals.
Description:
Engraved title page has stains especially notable on verso., In ink at top right corner: [3 initials] Cox., In pencil on verso: Meagher., and The title page is engraved and signed: Willms Rogers ciuis Londinensis inuentor et sculptor.
Subject (Name):
Windet, John, d. 1610, printer and Wolfe, John, d. 1601, printer
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
Mecometrie de leymant, cest a dire La maniere de mesvrer les longitudes par le moyen de l’eymant
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Engraved title page depicts battle scene in background at top with a horse and soldier in the center and several French cities below including Lyon, Tholose, Bourdeaux and Montpellier.
Description:
Written in ink on recto: "Roy" at top left and "Fl." at bottom right.
Comedies, histories, & tragedies., Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, histories, and tragedies., and Plays
Description:
BEIN 1978 +83: Copy as described by A. W. Pollard's Shakespeare folios and quartos. London, 1909, except that signature V is correctly printed, and the order of the preliminary leaves is: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 5, 8., BEIN 1978 +83: Imperfect: Verses by Ben Jonson inlaid and partially in facsimile, t.-p. in facsimile with portrait from another edition (?), preliminary leaves and final leaf inlaid. Bookplate of John Hall., Colophon: Printed at the charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623., and Signatures: A⁶+¹ [B]² A-Bb⁶ Cc² a-g⁶ gg⁸ h-v⁶ x⁴ [*]² [par.]-2[par.]⁶ 3[par.]¹ aa-ff⁶ gg² Gg⁶ hh⁶ kk-bbb⁶.
Publisher:
Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount,
Subject (Name):
Gardner, John Dunn--Ownership, Hall, John--Bookplate, Hibbert, George,--1757-1837--Ownership, Huth, Henry,--1815-1878--Bookplate, Jennings, Henry Constantine,--1731-1819--Ownership, and Wilks, John,--1765?-1854--Ownership
Various illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian and others[?] employing alchemical symbols and icons.
Description:
Added t.p.; title within engraved border., Folded plate: Figura I measures 34 x 33 cm., Folded plate: Figura II measures 39 x 31 cm., Folded plate: Figura III measures 35 x 35 cm., Folded plate: Figura IV measures 35 x 39 cm., and Many of the tracts have special t.ps. dated 1677.