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- Creator:
- Mallery, Karel van, 1571-ca. 1635, engraver
- Call Number:
- Folio 101
- Collection Title:
- Vermis sericus / Ioannes Stradanus inuentor DD
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Subject (Topic):
- Sericulture--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800, Silkworms--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800, and Women--Employment--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
- Collection Created:
- [Antwerp :
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 5. Tum fronde, ramo, fascibusq. conditus, / Se voluit, et pilae in modum se contrahit. ...
- Creator:
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497.
- Published / Created:
- anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
- Call Number:
- Zi +156
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route.
- Alternative Title:
- Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
- Description:
- 1 binding fragment cataloged separately. To view other title search by call number: Zi +156, Capital spaces without guide letters., Copy 1: Bound in quarter old stamped leather over wooden boards, with clasps; lined with four leaves from a vellum 14th c. manuscript on canon law; the clasp hooks are missing., Copy 1: Imperfect: wanting plates with view of Venice, view of Modon, middle [?] portion of view of the Holy Land, and final blank leaf. Some leaves and plates appear to have been supplied from another copy. Some plates mutilated. Complete view of Holy Land supplied in negative photostat., Copy 1: Rubricated throughout. Head- and tail-pieces hand-colored. Part of view of Jerusalem hand-colored., Copy 1: Stamp: Ex Bibliotheca J. Richard D.M., Copy 1: Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., and Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich.
- Publisher:
- P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Jerusalem--Maps., Palestine--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Sinai (Egypt)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., and Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works.
- Subject (Name):
- Breydenbach, Bernhard von,--d. 1497--Travel., Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486., and Richard, J.,--D.M.--Stamp.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800., Incunabula in Yale Library., Monasteries--Czech Republic--Olomouc--Inscription., and Travelers' writings, German--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandu[m] et gloriosum sepulcru[m] Dominicu[m] in Iherusale[m] ...
- Published / Created:
- le 15 iour de nouembre mil cinq cens [et] trois [1503]
- Call Number:
- 1998 2006
- Image Count:
- 33
- Alternative Title:
- Blasondes armes
- Description:
- BEIN 1998 2006: Coats of arms, pictorial initials, and printer's device hand-colored. Ms. notes on t.p. and in text. Imperfect: bled at edges, with partial loss of ms. notes., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: [a]⁸ b-c⁸ [d]⁴., and Gothic type.
- Publisher:
- Par Claude Nourry
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry and Devices (Heraldry)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le blason des armes : auec les armes des princes & seigneurs de France
- Creator:
- Catholic Church
- Published / Created:
- [1509/10]
- Call Number:
- 1971 439
- Image Count:
- 208
- Alternative Title:
- Book of hours
- Description:
- BEIN 1971 439: Rubricated. Illustration of the Annunciation (B5 recto) completely hand-colored. Bookplate of Clarence Sweet Bement. Ownership inscription of Baron de Jean Haussonville. Contemporary ms. annotations in several hands., Signatures: A-L⁸, M⁴., Colophon: ... acheuees a Paris le huitiesme iour de Mars. Lan mil cinq cẽs et neuf. Par Gillet Hardouyn imprimeur demourant au bout du Pont au Change a lenseigne de al Rose au desboubz de la belle ymage., Printed on vellum., Illustrated t.p., Text within ornamental border., Guide letters for initials., and Contains a number of full-page illustrations, including one of the Annunciation.
- Publisher:
- Gillet Hardouyn
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Heures a lusaige de Romme : tout au long sa[n]s riens requerir. Auec les figures de la vie de l'homme : et la destruction de Heirusalem. Tout pour le mieulx
6.
- Creator:
- Herberstein, Sigmund, Freiherr von, 1486-1566, author
- Published / Created:
- 1549]
- Call Number:
- 2014 +259
- Container / Volume:
- 2
- Image Count:
- 34
- Alternative Title:
- Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii and Rervm Moscoviticarvm comentarii
- Description:
- BEIN 2001 +95: Imperfect: some loss of marginal ms. notes and illustrations due to bleeding. Hand colored illustrations. Contemporary ms. annotations and corrections, possibly in hand of the author (according to dealer slip in CtY-BR copy). Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski. Dealer description pasted in., BEIN 2014 +259: Imperfect: leaves IIII and X (first count) wanting; leaf ²E6 (blank) wanting; leaves II-III and leaf VIII (first count) mutilated, with some loss of text; wormed in gutter, with no loss of text; binding broken, with loose pages; edges of leaves reinforced with paper. Variant setting of type for dedication on leaf II (first count); 33 lines on recto, 27 lines on verso. Manuscript note, corrections in text, and inscription of Sigmund Herberstein on title page. Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski., Imprint from BM STC German., Dedication dated and signed: Viennae Austriae prima Matrij M.D.XLIX. ... Sigimundus liber Baro in Herberstain, Neyperg & Guttenhag., Includes a map and a portrait of the author engraved by Augustin Hirschvogel; portrait includes Hirschvogel's monogram and the date 1547., and Signatures: A-C⁴, ²A-E⁶, ³A-F⁶ ³G²(-³G2).
- Publisher:
- Johann Singriener
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rerum Moscouiticarum comentarii : in hijs comentarijs sparsim contenta habebis candide lector ...
7.
- Creator:
- Herberstein, Sigmund, Freiherr von, 1486-1566, author
- Published / Created:
- 1549]
- Call Number:
- 2001 +95
- Image Count:
- 177
- Alternative Title:
- Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii and Rervm Moscoviticarvm comentarii
- Description:
- BEIN 2001 +95: Imperfect: some loss of marginal ms. notes and illustrations due to bleeding. Hand colored illustrations. Contemporary ms. annotations and corrections, possibly in hand of the author (according to dealer slip in CtY-BR copy). Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski. Dealer description pasted in., BEIN 2014 +259: Imperfect: leaves IIII and X (first count) wanting; leaf ²E6 (blank) wanting; leaves II-III and leaf VIII (first count) mutilated, with some loss of text; wormed in gutter, with no loss of text; binding broken, with loose pages; edges of leaves reinforced with paper. Variant setting of type for dedication on leaf II (first count); 33 lines on recto, 27 lines on verso. Manuscript note, corrections in text, and inscription of Sigmund Herberstein on title page. Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski., Imprint from BM STC German., Dedication dated and signed: Viennae Austriae prima Matrij M.D.XLIX. ... Sigimundus liber Baro in Herberstain, Neyperg & Guttenhag., Includes a map and a portrait of the author engraved by Augustin Hirschvogel; portrait includes Hirschvogel's monogram and the date 1547., and Signatures: A-C⁴, ²A-E⁶, ³A-F⁶ ³G²(-³G2).
- Publisher:
- Johann Singriener
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rerum Moscouiticarum comentarii : in hijs comentarijs sparsim contenta habebis candide lector ...
8.
- Creator:
- Morley, Thomas, 1557-1603?
- Published / Created:
- 1597.
- Call Number:
- Osborn fpa22
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke
- Description:
- BEIN Osborn fpa22: Illustrated title page hand-colored in green, red and tan. Autograph: Thos. Martin. Contemporary manuscript notes and markings. Armorial bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham (1878-1935), nephew and heir of William August White (1843-1927)., Title within illustrated border., Leaf [par.]4r has third and fourth bar of music in red and black; verso of 2nd leaf and recto of 3rd leaf of final gathering in red and black., Signatures: [A]² B-2A⁴ 2B⁶ [par.]⁴ *⁴ [three dots in a pyramid]⁴., Entered to P. Short and W. Hoskins 9 October 1596., and Errata on second leaf of final gathering.
- Publisher:
- By Peter Short dwelling on Breedstreet hill at the signe of the Starre
- Subject (Topic):
- Music theory
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke, set downe in forme of a dialogue : deuided into three partes, the first teacheth to sing with all things necessary for the knowledge of pricktsong. The second treateth of descante and to sing two parts in one vpon a plainsong or ground, with other things necessary for a descanter. The third and last part entreateth of composition of three, foure, fiue or more parts with many profitable rules to that effect. With new songs of, 2. 3. 4. and .5 [sic] parts
- Published / Created:
- [1606]
- Call Number:
- 1977 2623
- Image Count:
- 86
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- No Body and Some Body. and Nobody and Somebody.
- Description:
- Signatures: A-I4(A1 blank, wanting). Imperfect: headline of leaf A4 mutilated. and Woodcut of No-body on title page, of Some-body on verso of last leaf.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Trundle and are to be sold at his shop in Barbiean, at the signe of No-body,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > No-body and Some-body : with the true chronicle historie of Elydure, who was fortunately three severall times crowned King of England : the true coppy thereof, as it hath beene acted by the Queens Maiesties seruants.
- Creator:
- Kerll, Johann Kaspar, 1627-1693.
- Published / Created:
- 1657?]
- Call Number:
- Italian Festivals +41
- Image Count:
- 79
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657.
- Description:
- A-H⁴ I⁴(-I4, blank?)., All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Shelf-mark label. Printed waste used in binding., Libretto without the music., No. 2 of 2 titles bound together., and Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657. Cf. Grove music online.
- Publisher:
- s.n.,
- Subject (Name):
- Alcaini, Giorgio Giacomo.
- Subject (Topic):
- Operas--Germany--Munich--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > L'oronte : dramma musicale.
- Creator:
- Maccioni, Giovanni Battista.
- Published / Created:
- l'anno MDCLVIII [1658]
- Call Number:
- Italian Festivals +41
- Image Count:
- 64
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Abstract:
- "De cavaglieri che intervengono alla giostra": [4] p. at end. and Short description and numerous illustrations regarding the festival and tournament hosted by Ferdinand Maria in Munich 28 August 1658 for Leopold I, with verse from the performances.
- Description:
- "De cavaglieri che intervengono alla giostra": [4] p. at end., Biliothèque d'Arsenal's copy with 36 illustrations. Cf. Fêtes de la Renaissance, III, p. 412., Imperfect: Leaf A4 wanting. Extra illustrated copy with 42 illustrations on 65 leaves, the last 3 with German captions. All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Autograph: Haunsperg. Shelf-marlk label. Printed waste used in binding. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together., Short description and numerous illustrations regarding the festival and tournament hosted by Ferdinand Maria in Munich 28 August 1658 for Leopold I, with verse from the performances., and Signatures: A-C⁴.
- Publisher:
- [s.n.],
- Subject (Name):
- Comitis de Haunsperg, Fran.--Bookplate., Ferdinand Maria,--Elector of Bavaria,--1636-1679., and Leopold--I,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1640-1705.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tournaments--Germany--Munich--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Applausi festivi barriera : rappresentata in Monaco allavenuta quivi dell'invitissimo cesare Leopoldo Augusto nel gran teatro presso la residenza dell' serinissimo Ferdinando Maria duca di Baviera & elettore del S.R.I. / poesia del cavalier Gio. Batta. Maccioni ...
- Creator:
- Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691
- Published / Created:
- 1664?]
- Call Number:
- 2014 Folio 462
- Image Count:
- 12
- Description:
- BEIN 2014 Folio 462: Imperfect: plates 2, 3, and 5 wanting. Variant state with privledge statements and no numbering. All plates hand-colored. Plates numbered in ms. on versos (plate 6 misnumbered as 2). Autograph: Buous. Stamp: Louis de Monspey. From the collection of Andre Meyer. and Nine double-page engravings, including t.p.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Versailles
- Subject (Topic):
- Festivals and Court and courtiers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée, ou, Les festes et diuertissements du roy à Versailles : diuiséz en trois journées et commencéz le 7me. jour de may de l'année 1664
- Creator:
- Psalmanazar, George, 1679?-1763, author
- Published / Created:
- 1705.
- Call Number:
- Tinker 1693
- Image Count:
- 3
- Description:
- BEIR Eeca 704Pgb: Imperfect: Plates 12 and 17 wanting; map titled: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus ... wanting. Frontis. is bound facing p. 1. Armorial bookplate of J. Archdeacon. On t.-p.: "Illustrated with several cuts. To which are added, a map and the figure of an idol not in the former edition.", BEIN Tinker 1693: Final [8] p. are numbered by hand. Final folded map is hand colored. Bound with his An enquiry into the objections against George Psalmanaazaar, London, [1710?]. Autograph of A.B. Drummond. Armorial bookplate of William Michel Sale., A fabrication. The author's real name is unknown. "Psalmanazar ... wrote in Latin, and the main portion of his manuscript was translated by Mr. Oswald ... What was not due to his own imagination he borrowed from Varenius's 'Descriptio regni Japoniae et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius's 'Voyages'."--cf. DNB., and Contains two maps, both folded, and one folded chart. First map, entitled A map of Formosa, faces t.p.; second map, facing final p., has inset title: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus, being Tyarvan and part of the coast of Formosa. Chart, facing p. 122, has title: The Formosan alphabet.
- Publisher:
- Printed for M. Wotton [etc.]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Taiwan.
- Subject (Topic):
- Apologetics
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An historical and geographical description of Formosa ... Giving an account of the religion, customs, manners, &c., of the inhabitants. Together with a relation of what happened to the author in his travels; particularly his conferences with the Jesuits, and others, in several parts of Europe. Also the history and reasons of his conversion to Christianity, with his objections against it (in defence of paganism) and their answers ...
- Creator:
- Engelbrecht, Martin, 1684-1756
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1750?]
- Call Number:
- 2009 1828
- Image Count:
- 13
- Abstract:
- A diorama consisting of 6 engraved cardboard leaves that give a perspective view through a peep hole of a contemporary public boulevard, a walled middle-European town in the background, with a lively crowd. The first panel apparently shows the bordello's exterior, to the left a man leans out of a window to admire a woman (who takes a rose from a boy) and to the right one man steps from the door as another, hand seeking out his purse, is about to proceed in. In other panels may be seen young women pointing men toward the doorways or leading them there
- Description:
- BEIN 2009 1828: Plates numbered on verso in ms. and Illustrations hand colored.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Topic):
- Brothels and Peep shows
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Das Bordell] [diorama].
15.
- Creator:
- Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749
- Published / Created:
- 1754
- Call Number:
- SS55 754c
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Publisher:
- Printed for C. Marsh, in Round Court in the Strand; T. Wilcox, over-against the New church, in the Strand; and B. Stichall in Clare-Court,
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects and plants ... together with their descriptions in English and French ... / by the late Mark Catesby, F.R.S. ; Revis'd by Mr. Edwards, of the Royal college of physicians, London ... = Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, de la Floride, & des Iles de Bahama ...
16.
- Creator:
- Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749
- Published / Created:
- 1754
- Call Number:
- SS55 754C
- Image Count:
- 379
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Publisher:
- Printed for C. Marsh, in Round Court in the Strand; T. Wilcox, over-against the New church, in the Strand; and B. Stichall in Clare-Court,
- Subject (Name):
- Edwards, George, 1694-1773
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects and plants ... together with their descriptions in English and French ... / by the late Mark Catesby, F.R.S. ; Revis'd by Mr. Edwards, of the Royal college of physicians, London ... = Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, de la Floride, & des Iles de Bahama ...
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 10, 1776.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 9. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half length front view of a woman with elaborate hairstyle occupying the upper two thirds of the plate. Garlands of flowers together with fruit and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
- Alternative Title:
- Mountain head dress of 1776 and Mountain headdress of 1776
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Tentatively attributed to Matthias Darly in the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 9., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 10, 1776.
- Call Number:
- 776.04.10.01+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 9. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half length front view of a woman with elaborate hairstyle occupying the upper two thirds of the plate. Garlands of flowers together with fruit and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
- Alternative Title:
- Mountain head dress of 1776 and Mountain headdress of 1776
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Tentatively attributed to Matthias Darly in the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [1778?]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.10+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a country setting with cows and a windmill in the background, a young milkmaid sits on a bench under an oak tree, receiving a ribbon from a young sailor seated beside her. Another young girl looks on from behind, while the milkmaid's country suitor stands behind sulkily scratching his head. A dog paws at the milkmaid's lap while another drinks from the milking pail
- Alternative Title:
- Jealous clown
- Description:
- Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", Numbered in lower left of plate 385., Publication date erased from print., and Torn and repaired.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Sailors, Hats, Couples, Windmills, Dairy farming, Cows, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sailor's present, or, The jealous clown [graphic]
- Creator:
- Leizelt, Balthasar Friedrich, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.158+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Vue d'optique depicting the burning English frigate Quebec and its opponent the French frigate Surveillante, during the battle of October 6, 1779 near the island of Ushant. The print is dedicated to the memory of the Quebec's captain, George Farmer, who died in the battle
- Alternative Title:
- Etat malheureux du Quebeck et Surveillante vais. de guer. franʻ
- Description:
- Headline title printed in reverse mirror image. and Collection des prospects.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Name):
- Farmer, George, 1732-1779., Surveillante (Frigate), and Québec (Frigate)
- Subject (Topic):
- History and Naval operations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Etat malheureux du Quebeck et de la Surveillante vaiseau de guerre francois Der unglückliche Zufall der beeden Französischen Kriegs Schiffe, genant Quebeck und Surveillante / [graphic] =