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1.
A concise history of the origin and progress of printing; with practical instructions to the trade

Creator:
Luckombe, Philip, -1803
Published / Created:
1770.
Call Number:
WB 17020
Image Count:
1
Description:
LSFR WB 17020: In poor condition. Frontispiece supplied by photostat copy, tipped in.
Publisher:
W. Adlard and J. Browne
Subject (Topic):
Printing and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A concise history of the origin and progress of printing; with practical instructions to the trade in general

2.
A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New

Creator:
Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent
Published / Created:
1698 (8vo)
Call Number:
Zc20 697heg
Image Count:
7
Alternative Title:
Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English and New discovery of a large country in America by Father Lewis Hennepin
Description:
BEIN Vanderbilt 75: Imperfect: Map for part II wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Autograph: Lib. [Giwn]? Lloyd. Booklabel: W.S. Hiltz.
Publisher:
Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
Subject (Geographic):
Mississippi River Valley, Great Lakes (North America), Canada, and Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subject (Name):
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Discovery and exploration, History, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the great lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated, with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William

3.
A specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell, sometime Lord

Creator:
Oxford University Press
Published / Created:
1695.
Call Number:
X194 963b
Image Count:
1
Description:
First issue.
Publisher:
Printed at the Theater
Subject (Geographic):
England and Oxford
Subject (Name):
Fell, John, 1625-1686.
Subject (Topic):
Printing, Type and type-founding, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A specimen of the several sorts of letter given to the University by Dr. John Fell, sometime Lord Bishop of Oxford. To which is added the letter given by Mr. F. Junius

4.
A true narrative of the capture of David Ogden, among the Indians, in the time of the revolution

Creator:
Priest, Josiah, 1788-1851
Published / Created:
1840.
Call Number:
CE275 P75
Image Count:
2
Description:
BEIN: Imperfect: p. 31-32 mutilated; browned.
Publisher:
Printed by W.B. Harkness
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Ogden, David, b. 1764.
Subject (Topic):
History and Indian captivities
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true narrative of the capture of David Ogden, among the Indians, in the time of the revolution, and of the slavery and sufferings he endured, with an anccount of his almost miraculous escape after several years' bondage; -- with eight other highly interesting stories of the revolution, and tales of hunters ...

5.
Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder, Abriss der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten

Creator:
Sprengel, M. C. (Matthias Christian), 1746-1803
Published / Created:
[1783]
Call Number:
Zm Sp79
Image Count:
18
Description:
His Historisch-genealogischer Cakebder; oder, Jahrbuch der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten für 1784. Leipzig, Zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin).
Publisher:
Haude und Spener
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Allgemeines historisches Taschenbuch, oder, Abriss der merkwurdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten : enthaltend fur 1784 die Geschichte der Revolution von Nord-America

6.
Army episodes and anecdotes; or Life at Vancouver Barracks. The romance and the reality of the

Creator:
Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917
Call Number:
WA MSS 6
Image Count:
176
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
A history of Vancouver Barracks (later Fort Vancouver), the Indian wars, the San Juan Islands boundary dispute, and the death of Gen. Canby. The manuscript also contains copies of letters from Dr. William C. McKay, Ranald Macdonald, Gen. C. C. Augur's...
Description:
General Thomas Anderson, was colonel of the 14th Infantry and in command at Vancouver Barracks for many years.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Oregon, and San Juan Islands (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898. and Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, History, and Boundaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Army episodes and anecdotes; or Life at Vancouver Barracks. The romance and the reality of the frontier 1853-1893

7.
Augustin Dominique Tureaud papers, [18--]-[19--].

Creator:
Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2487
Image Count:
36
Abstract:
Manuscript memoir bound with string, in French, detailing Tureaud's employ as supercargo aboard the Alert, an American merchant vessel which departed Baltimore for the port of Vera Cruz in 1801 and his subsequent life in Louisiana. Narrative describes...
Description:
Augustin Dominique Tureaud, born October 23, 1764, in La Rochelle, France. He fled San Domingo after a slave revolt, and moved to Baltimore where he sought to make his fortune in maritime trade. After a failed commercial voyage to Vera Cruz in 1801, T...
Subject (Geographic):
United States., United States, Latin America., Latin America, New Orleans (La.), Port Royal (Jamaica), and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Bringier, Marius Pons., Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764., Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788., Wood, Trist., Alert (Ship), Spring Bird (Ship), Crescent (Ship), and La Seine (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Naval operations, Yellow fever, Merchant marine, Merchant mariners, Commerce, Social life and customs, Description and travel, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Augustin Dominique Tureaud papers, [18--]-[19--].

9.
Bellum civile, with scholia

Creator:
Lucan, 39-65.
Published / Created:
[between 1200 and 1225]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 332
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of Lucan, Bellum civile, with scholia. Preceded by Epitaphium Lucani, 4 lines only
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
Subject (Name):
Lucan, 39-65.
Subject (Topic):
Historical poetry, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bellum civile, with scholia

10.
Brevis narratio eorum quæ in Florida Americæ provīcia Gallis acciderunt : secunda in illam

Creator:
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Published / Created:
1591.
Call Number:
E159 +B79 1-5
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
America. Latin pt. 2
Description:
BEIN E159 +B79 1-5: Bound with the editor's [America. pt. 1. Latin] Francoforti, 1590. Imperfect: colophon to the plates (p. [5]-[6] of 3rd group) wanting; last blank leaf wanting.
Publisher:
Typis I. Wecheli, sumtibus vero T. de Bry, venales reperiūtur in officina S. Feirabēdii
Subject (Geographic):
Florida
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, History, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Brevis narratio eorum quæ in Florida Americæ provīcia Gallis acciderunt : secunda in illam navigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Quae est secunda pars Americae ...

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