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1. Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto.

Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto.
Creator:
Neade, William
Date:
[approximately 1630]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...

A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...
Creator:
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
Date:
1643
Physical Description:
[48] leaves (some folded) : maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt / by Iohn Greaves ...

Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt / by Iohn Greaves ...
Creator:
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
Date:
1646
Physical Description:
13, 142 [i.e. 120] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...
Date:
1647
Physical Description:
[3], 18 [i.e. 33] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The works of Josephus : with great diligence revised and amended, according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'andilly ; also the embassy of Philo Judæus to the emperor Caius Caligula, never translated before, with the references of the Scripture, a new map of the Holy Land, and divers copper-plates serving to illustrate the history.

The works of Josephus : with great diligence revised and amended, according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'andilly ; also the embassy of Philo Judæus to the emperor Caius Caligula, never translated before, with the references of the Scripture, a new map of the Holy Land, and divers copper-plates serving to illustrate the history.
Creator:
Josephus, Flavius
Date:
MDCLXXVI [1676]
Physical Description:
[14], 543 [i.e. 545], [7], 557-854 [i.e. 846], [33] p. : ill., 1 folded map. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers : in their unlavvful sports, collected out of several divine subjects, viz. Mr. H.B. Mr. Beard, and the practice of piety : a fit monument for our present times, &c.

Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers : in their unlavvful sports, collected out of several divine subjects, viz. Mr. H.B. Mr. Beard, and the practice of piety : a fit monument for our present times, &c.
Date:
1671
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 55 x 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching : to which are added 31 copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry / collected out of the most eminent Italian, German and Netherland authors by Alexander Browne ...

Ars pictoria, or, An academy treating of drawing, limning, painting, etching : to which are added 31 copper plates, expressing the choicest, nearest, and most exact grounds and rules of symmetry / collected out of the most eminent Italian, German and Netherland authors by Alexander Browne ...
Creator:
Browne, Alexander, active 1660–1677
Date:
1675
Physical Description:
[8], 110, [2], [4], 39, [2] p., [31] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The architects store-house : being a collection of several designes of frontispieces, doors and vvindow-cases, cieling-pieces, alcoves, chimney-pieces and fountains, with divers other sorts useful in eminent buildings. Likewise a representation of the five columns of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. Useful for painters,, carvers, masons, carpenters, bricklayers, joyners, cabinet-makers, plaisterers, &c. Containing fifty cooper-plate prints / collected and set forth by Robert Pricke.

The architects store-house : being a collection of several designes of frontispieces, doors and vvindow-cases, cieling-pieces, alcoves, chimney-pieces and fountains, with divers other sorts useful in eminent buildings. Likewise a representation of the five columns of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. Useful for painters,, carvers, masons, carpenters, bricklayers, joyners, cabinet-makers, plaisterers, &c. Containing fifty cooper-plate prints / collected and set forth by Robert Pricke.
Creator:
Pricke, Robert
Date:
1674
Physical Description:
[2] p., [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.

A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.
Creator:
Stalker, John
Date:
1688
Physical Description:
[10], 84 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.
Creator:
King, Daniel, -1664?
Date:
1656
Physical Description:
12 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 239 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 55 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, maps, coats of arms ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.
Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
6 p. l., 578 (i.e. 588), [10] p., 1 l. : illus., plates (part double) 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads : with computed and measured distances and the distinction of market and post townes.

Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads : with computed and measured distances and the distinction of market and post townes.
Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
1679
Physical Description:
[13], 27 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa : e filosofo, e matematico primario del Serenissimo Gr. Duca di Toscana : doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano : proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche, e naturali tanto per l'vna, quanto per l'altra parte.

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa : e filosofo, e matematico primario del Serenissimo Gr. Duca di Toscana : doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano : proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche, e naturali tanto per l'vna, quanto per l'altra parte.
Creator:
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Date:
MDCXXXII [1632]
Physical Description:
[8], 458, [32] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Vignola, or the compleat architect : shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders in architecture : viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the proportions that all members in a building have one unto another : set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola / translated into English by Joseph Moxon.

Vignola, or the compleat architect : shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders in architecture : viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the proportions that all members in a building have one unto another : set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola / translated into English by Joseph Moxon.
Creator:
Vignola, 1507–1573
Date:
1655
Physical Description:
[9], 16-80 p., 23 leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen : vnd nemblich, in was Form vnd Gestallt : fürs Erste, ein Galea ... zum Andern, ein Nave ... nach Verständlicher, gewisser Regul, vnd vnfehlbarer beständiger Ordnung sollen erbawen werden : allen, auf dem Meerpracticirten Liebhabern, wie auch den Bawmeistern, und Mahlern zu wolgefallen, vnd sonderbahren Nutzbarkeiten ... / durch Josephum Furttenbach.

Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen : vnd nemblich, in was Form vnd Gestallt : fürs Erste, ein Galea ... zum Andern, ein Nave ... nach Verständlicher, gewisser Regul, vnd vnfehlbarer beständiger Ordnung sollen erbawen werden : allen, auf dem Meerpracticirten Liebhabern, wie auch den Bawmeistern, und Mahlern zu wolgefallen, vnd sonderbahren Nutzbarkeiten ... / durch Josephum Furttenbach.
Creator:
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Date:
anno MDCXXIX [1629]
Physical Description:
[22], 134 p., 20 leaves of double plates : ill. ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts