John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
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1
Description:
[Scale ca. 1:13,500,000]. and Bound in following p. 10.
Subject (Geographic):
Africa --Maps --Early works to 1800, Arabian Peninsula --Maps --Early works to 1800, Arabian Sea --Charts, maps, etc., Armenia (Republic) --Maps, Asia --Maps --Early works to 1800, Bengal, Bay of --Maps, Cyprus --Maps --Early works to 1800, India --Maps --Early works to 1800, Mediterranean Sea --Maps --Early works to 1800, Syria --Maps, Tigris River Valley, and Yemen --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
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]
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from subject., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Julian Hospital.
Navigatio ac itinerarivm Iohannis Hvgonis Linscotani in Orientalem sive Lvsitanorvm Indiam
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1
Abstract:
Engraved title page depicts several men sailing a ship with an angel at the bow.
Alternative Title:
Descriptio totius Guineae tractus, Congi, Angolae, et Monomotapae ...
Subject (Name):
Claesz, Cornelis, ca. 1546-1609, publisher, Elzevier, Gillis, bookseller, Hendricksz, Aelbrecht, fl. 1573-1605, printer, and Langren, Arnold Florent van, 1580-1644
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
Hagae-Comitis : Ex officina Alberti Henrici, impensis authoris & Cornelii Nicolai, prostantque apud Aegidium Elseuirum, anno 1599
Jovrnal ou Description dv merveillevx voyage de Gvillavme Schovten, hollandois natif de Hoorn
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1
Description:
Bound in facing p. 24., Imperfect: map has a defect just left of center in the form of a narrow vertical wrinkle that occurred at the time of printing, resulting in a line where no ink was deposited on the page, which also caused a small amount of loss of text., Map has several small brown and yellow marks on both the recto and verso., Map has small drop of black ink just left of the word "Latitudinis"., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Horn, Cape (Chile), Le Maire Strait (Argentina), New Guinea --Maps --Early works to 1800, Oceania --Maps --Early works to 1800, and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625
Collection Created:
A Amstredam : Chez Harman Ianson, marchand libraire, demeurant en la VVarmoes-straet, a le Sereine, 1619
Jovrnal ou Description dv merveillevx voyage de Gvillavme Schovten, hollandois natif de Hoorn
Image Count:
1
Description:
Bound in facing p. 20., Map has several small brown marks on both the recto and verso as well as a larger one in the center that can be seen on both the recto and verso., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Horn, Cape (Chile), Le Maire Strait (Argentina), and Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625
Collection Created:
A Amstredam : Chez Harman Ianson, marchand libraire, demeurant en la VVarmoes-straet, a le Sereine, 1619
Latin verses written by Horace Walpole probably while a student at Eton
Description:
In Latin., With a plain paper wrapper (19th century paper) embossed with the seal of one of the Earls of Derby, probably the 14th or 15th Earl, both Knights of the Garter., and For further information consult library staff.
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Above top illustration: Etiam hic Dii fuere., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy theatres.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dissection, Skeletons, Lecture halls, and Educational facilities
A coat of arms with a checkerboard background, and a billet in the upper left-hand corner. At the helm is a knight's helmet with the shield below attached via a chain. At the crest, protruding from a battlement, is a bull with a wreath of flowers around his neck. Leafy design surrounds much of the shield. Below is the motto Nil Sine Causa.
Subject (Name):
Hood, D. W. (Donald Wilbur), 1918-
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Crown, Dragon, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
"Portrait of Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland, three-quarter length, standing, turned to the right, but looking towards the viewer, wearing low-cut silk dress with ample sleeves, with right hand resting on monumental stone vase, and left hand pointing up; in ornate frame; after Anthony van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of ornate frame and all text below image. Title, statements of responsibility, and imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 46 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.