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- Creator:
- Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621. Admiranda narratio
White, John, fl. 1585-1593 - Published / Created:
- 1590
- Call Number:
- E159 +B79 1-5
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- Admiranda narratio ... de commodis ... Virginiæ and America. pars 1
- Description:
- First ed., 1st issue -- cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 140; with privilege printed on t.-p.; illus. nos. 3-4, 7-8, 10-12 as in 1st ed., 2d issue (Church 141)., Illus. 1-23 have title: Vivæ imagines et ritvs incolarvm eivs proviniæ in America, qvæ Virginia appelata est ... Omnia diligenter observata, et ad viuum expressa a Joanne With ... Illus. 24-28 have title: Pictorvm, Britanniae partem olim incolentivum aliqvot icones., and With this is bound the editor's [America. pts. 2-5. Latin] Francoforti, 1590-95. Imperfect: signature D6, blank, wanting.
- Publisher:
- Typis I. Wecheli, svmtibvs T. de Bry, venales reperivntvr in officina S. Feierabendii,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Roanoke Colony (N.C.), Virginia--Description and travel, and Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Virginia --Pictorial works --Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ ... / Anglico scripta sermone à Thomas Hariot ... nvne avtem primvm Latio donata à C. C. A.
- Published / Created:
- [1681-1682]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b352
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In Rome, the author attends Holy Week services, visits the catacombs and and records accounts of miracles. In Naples he explores the Pausilippo and Mount Vesuvius, described as "standing like a sugar loaf in a kettle" of its surrounding ashes. Separated from Northumberland's retinue in Padua to look after an ill friend, the author concludes the journal in Avignon. and Manuscript on paper containing the narrative of a member of Lord Northumberland's retinue, possibly his chaplain (Wickail?). The author describes "the Churches, the Villas and Gardens, the Pallaces and Antiquitys" he saw on the journey, with particular attention to Turin, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Naples, and Rome. He copies many funerary inscriptions and records his impressions of libraries, including the Ambrosian and the Vatican, where he was shown the letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn but complained that "the books are all shut up...and they have no catalogue to help you."
- Description:
- Annotated on flyleaf: "George Fitz-Roy, natural son of Charles II, was Earl of Northumberland in 1674, and Duke in 1682. He died in 1716 without issue.", Binding guard remnant reads, "Bononiae, Typis Iacobi Montij. 1678. Superiorum permissu." Printed, decorated border., Binding: Nineteenth century parchment. Marbled endpapers., Bookplates: Thomas Bell; John Newington Hughes; Thomas Ashby., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Phillipps MS 22145; Neumeyer purchase, 1913., and Spine title: "Lord Northumberland Voyage in to Italy."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy--Description and travel, Italy--Religious life and customs--17th century, Naples (Italy)--Description and travel, Rome (Italy)--Antiquities, and Rome (Italy)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--Customs and practices, Howard, Philip Thomas,--1629-1694, and Northumberland, George Fitzroy,--Duke of,--1665-1716
- Subject (Topic):
- Grand tours (Education), Learning and scholarship--England, and Travelers' writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Relation of my voiage into Italy with my Lord Northumberland, 1681 Nov-1682 Jun.
- Call Number:
- JWJ Zan B816 852T
- Collection Title:
- Three years in Europe: or, Places I have seen and people I have met. By W. Wells Brown, a fugitive
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Geographic):
- France --Description and travel and Great Britain --Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 --portraits, Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874 --Presentation inscription from W.W. Brown., and Woodman, Richard, 1784-1859, engraver
- Subject (Topic):
- Slavery --United States --Anti-slavery movements and Slavery --United States --Fugitive slaves
- Collection Created:
- London, C. Gilpin ... 1852
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Title and selected pages]
- Call Number:
- JWJ Zan B816 852tb
- Collection Title:
- The American fugitive in Europe : sketches of places and people abroad / by Wm. Wells Brown, with a
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- An enlarged edition of the author’s Three years in Europe, published in London, 1852.
- Description:
- On t.p. verso: 1858 Sept. 6, Gift of Rev. T. W. Higginson of Worcester.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France --Description and travel and Great Britain --Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 --portraits and Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911, inscription
- Subject (Topic):
- Slavery --United States --Anti-slavery movements and Slavery --United States --Fugitive slaves
- Collection Created:
- Boston : J.P. Jewett and company ; New York : Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman; [etc., etc.], 1855
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Title and selected pages]