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Rare Books and Manuscripts 177
Reference Library 5

Creator

Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560 9
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598 6
Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592 4
Fronsperger, Leonhardt, 1520–1575 4
Ptolemy, active 2nd century 4
Lily, George, active 1528–1559 3
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600 3
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485–1557 3
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius 3
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388? 2
Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561 2
Boazio, Baptista 2
Brant, Sebastian, 1458–1521 2
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566 2
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616 2
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298 2
Maggi, Girolamo, -1572 2
Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522 2
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580 2
Polo, Marco, 1254–1323? 2
Sachs, Hans, 1494–1576 2
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?- 2
Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547 2
Aelianus, Tacticus, active 2nd century 1
Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549–1584 1
Astley, John, d. 1595 1
Barleti, Marin, approximately 1460–1512 or 1513 1
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century 1
Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609 1
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622 1

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 177
Accessible in the Reference Library 5

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 182

Image Available

unavailable 175
available 7

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 1

Classification

Books 144
Maps & Atlas (printed) 23
Archives & Manuscripts 8
Prints 6
Drawings & Watercolors 1

Collective Title

Period

16th century 182

17th century 22
18th century 18
19th century 18
20th century 14
15th century 12

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

woodcut 80
engraving 31
map 12
armorial bookplates (provenance) 10
atlase 10
exploration literature 7
incunabula 7
world atlase 7
fragments (object portions) 6
ink drawing 6
annotations (provenance) 5
early work 5
watercolor 4
wood engraving 4
festival book 3
manuscript waste (binding) 3
maps in book 3
travel literature 3
armorial 2
armorial bindings (binding) 2
chronicle 2
courtesy book 2
hand coloring 2
printed waste 2
architectural drawing 1
architectural drawings (visual works) 1
bestiarie 1
binders' stamps (binding) 1
black letter types (type evidence) 1
block book 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800. 14
Geography -- Early works to 1800. 11
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. 8
America -- Early accounts to 1600. 7
Latin language -- Grammar. 7
Tollemache, Lionel, 1591–1640 -- Autograph. 7
Tollemache, Lionel, 1708–1770 -- Ownership. 7
Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800. 6
Incunabula in Yale Library. 6
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. 5
Geography, Ancient. 5
Military art and science. 5
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 5
Horses -- Training -- Early works to 1800. 4
Lada-Mocarski, Valerian, 1898–1971 -- Bookplate. 4
Liechtenstein, House of -- Bookplate. 4
Military architecture -- Early works to 1800. 4
Military art and science -- Holy Roman Empire. 4
Military law -- Holy Roman Empire. 4
Obelisco vaticano (Vatican City) -- Pictorial works. 4
Obelisks -- Italy -- Rome -- Pictorial works. 4
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) -- Pictorial works. 4
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. 3
Arenberg, House of -- Ownership. 3
Art -- Early works to 1800. 3
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano -- Pictorial works. 3
British Isles -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 3
Cunliffe, Henry -- Bookplate. 3
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 3
Horses -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800. 3

Subject Period

16th century 14
17th century 4
15th century 2
19th century 2
14th century 1
16th century, 1
18th century 1
Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C 1
Turkish Wars, 15th century 1

Associated Places

America 12
Great Britain 12
Holy Roman Empire 7
Germany 6
Italy 6
England 4
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) 4
Asia 3
Belgium 3
British Isles 3
Europe 3
India 3
Middle East 3
Rome 3
South America 3
Spain America 3
France 2
Iran 2
Japan 2
London (England) 2
Maluku (Indonesia) 2
Netherlands 2
Rome (Italy) 2
Russia 2
Scandinavia 2
Africa 1
Albania 1
Anglesey (Wales) 1
Asia, Central 1
Australia 1

Associated People

Cavendish, Thomas, 1560–1592 2
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500–1558 2
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540–1596 2
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 2
Polo, Marco, 1254–1323? 2
Arthur, King 1
Bazan, Álvaro de, marquês de Santa Cruz, 1526–1588 1
Bigges, Walter, -1586 1
Calzoni, Francesco, -1817 1
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492 1
Davis, John, 1550?-1605 1
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596 1
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603 1
Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553–1595 1
Freysleben, Bartholomaeus, d. ca. 1511 1
Frobisher, Martin, Sir, approximately 1535–1594 1
Frundsberg, Georg von, 1473–1528 1
Frundsberg, Kaspar von, active 1520–1540 1
Gazzola, Félix, 1698–1780 1
Gorges, Tristram, ca. 1562–1608 1
James I, King of England, 1566–1625 1
Jenkinson, Anthony, d. 1611 1
L'Orme, Philibert de, 1515?-1570 1
Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480–1521 1
Marchi, Francesco de, 1504–1577 1
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459–1519 1
Meteren, Emmanuel van, 1535–1612 1
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D 1
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580 1
Prester John (Legendary character) 1

Exhibition History

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 13
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 7
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 3
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 1
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 1
The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World (Yale Center for British Art, February 15, 2018-May 27, 2018) 1

Credit Line

22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
22653478920008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 4
22711752780008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711752810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711752840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22606613200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607041020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22607832970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22618692010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623000310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22630560700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631657110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631673910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634121490008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22636055700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22650563560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22660289620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662709460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662711940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666615840008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666741050008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22677325730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686295940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686295960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686855570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686872070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695359740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695403390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699073710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699224810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 57
Latin 53
Italian 34
German 24
French 5
Dutch 3
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 2
Romance (Other) 2
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Spanish 1

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Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492

Vocabulary in French and English

1964
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Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485–1557

Terzo volume delle nauigationi et viaggi

l'anno MDLXV [1565]
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Wyngaerde, Anton van den, d. 1571

Van den Wyngaerde's View of London (circa 1550)

1881-1882
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Geminus, Thomas, -1562

Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio aere exarata

anno Domini, 1545, mense Octobri
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatrum orbis terrarum

MDLXXIIII [1574]
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Lily, George, active 1528–1559

Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia... [Read more]

MDLVIII [1558]
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Polo, Marco, 1254–1323?

Marco Polo Venetiano

[1555]
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Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298

[The legende named in latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in englysshe the golden... [Read more]

15 Feb. 1512
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Vasari, Giorgio, 1511–1574

Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori

1568
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The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the... [Read more]

anno 1599-1600
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Fl. Vegetii Renati viri illustris De re militari libri quatuor

Anno M.D.XXXII. [1532] decimo Kalendas Septembres
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Stumpf, Johannes, 1500–1576?

Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschaft Stetten, Landen und Völckern chronicwürdiger... [Read more]

1586
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Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452–1498

Libro di Frate Hieronymo da Ferrare ...

1516
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Rugen, Jörg, active 15th century

Thurnier Buch

MDLXVI [1566]
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Here endeth this presente Cronycle of Englande with the fruyte of tymes,... [Read more]

in the yere of oure lorde god MCCCCC and xx [1520]
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Intrationu[m] excellentissimus liber

anno n[ost]re redemptionis, MCCCCCx, die vero vltima mensis Februarii [1510 February 28]
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

Vegecivs De re miltari

[1511 or 1512?]
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Leslie, John, 1527–1596

De origine, moribus, et rebua gestis Scotorum libri decem

1578
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Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]

[1579]
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Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485–1557

Primo volume, & terza editione delle nauigationi et viaggi

l'anno MDLXIII [1563]
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatrum orbis terrarum

[1571]
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Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522

De Moluccis insulis

Anno uirginei partus. MDXXIII mense Ianuario [1523]
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

Flauij Vegetij Renati, Vier bücher der Ritterschafft

Vollendet am xvij.tag Nouembris, Jm[m] Jar M.D.XXXIIII [1534]
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Kettenbach, Heinrich von, fl. 1522

Eyne predigt auff den achten Sutag nach de Pfingstag uber das Evangelion Mattei am... [Read more]

1525
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Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592

Disegno, nel quale si rappresenta l'ordine tenuto in alzare la Guglia ...

1586
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De Houtsneden van Mansion's Ovide moralise, Bruges 1484

1922
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

De heteroclitis no[min]ibus

[1515?]
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Ketham, Joannes de, active 15th century

Der Fasciculus medicinae des Johannes de Ketham, Alemannus

1923
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Castiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478–1529

Il libro del cortegiano

nell'anno 1528 del mese d'aprile
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Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D

The metamorphoses of Ovid

1968
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Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535–1606

Speculum nauticum super nauigatione maris occidentalis confectum

MDXCI [1591]
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Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474–1559

De arte supputandi libri quattuor Cutheberti Tonstalli

Anno Verbi incarnati, MDXXII, pridie idus Octobris [1522 October 14]
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Münzer, Thomas, approximately 1490–1525

Eyn schrecklicht Geschicht vnd Gericht Gottes

1525]
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Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547

Luculentissima quaeda[m] terrae totius descriptio

anno Domini 1515
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A mapp of the north part from the equinoctial, with the auncient seates of... [Read more]

[ca. 1590]
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Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of... [Read more]

[1519?]
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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594

Atlas siue Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et... [Read more]

anno 1595
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Fronsperger, Leonhardt, 1520–1575

Kriegssbuch

1573
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Styward, Thomas

The pathwaie to martiall discipline

[1582]
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Boazio, Baptista

S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida

[1588?]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Syntaxis

anno .xx. supra sesquimillesimu[m] Ibib[us] [sic] Marcij [15 March 1520, i.e. 1521]
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur)

1589
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Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561

A newe booke containing the arte of ryding, and breaking greate... [Read more]

[not before 1566]
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Nouus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum

1555
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Maggi, Girolamo, -1572

Della fortificatione delle città

MDLXIIII [1564]
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The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation,... [Read more]

1589
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Thucydides

Thoukudidou tou Olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto =

anno MDLXIIII [1564]
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Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566

The Spanish colonie, or Briefe chronicle of the acts and gestes of the... [Read more]

1583
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Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–

The gardeners labyrinth

1982
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Saviolo, Vincentio

Vincentio Sauiolo his practise

1595
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Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549–1584

De architectura Iacobi Androuetii du Cerceau, opus

1559
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Capo Bianco, Alessandro, -1610

Corona e palma militare di arteglieria

1598
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Astley, John, d. 1595

The art of riding

1584
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The iust reckenyng, or, Accompt of the whole nomber of the yeares

1547
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Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485–1557

Secondo volume delle nauigationi et viaggi

l'anno MDLXXIIII [1574]
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Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.

Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre which the Romayns had agaynst... [Read more]

[1523 or 1524?]
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Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622

Cantebrigia opulentissimi Angliae Regni vrbs celeberrimi nominis,... [Read more]

[1575]
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Lily, George, active 1528–1559

Britania insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia... [Read more]

anno MDLXII [1562]
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Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600

Idea del tempio della pittura

[1590]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Roberti Whitintoni L. Secunda grammatic[ae] pars de syllabaru[m] quantitate, acce[n]tu

vicesimo primo supra sesquimillesimu[m] nostrae salutis anno [1521]
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Ruini, Carlo, d. 1598

Dell'anotomia et dell'infirmità del cauallo

MDXCVIII [1598]
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Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592

Disegno del modo di condurre l'obelisco detto uolgarm[en]te la Guglia dal luogo... [Read more]

MDLXXXVI [1586]
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatro de la tierra vniuersal

Año MDLXXXVIII [1588]
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Theti, Carlo, 1529–1589

Discorsi delle fortificationi

MDLXXV [1575]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Syntaxis

Christi ab incarnatione, anno. xxi. supra sesquimillesimu[m] Men. Noue[m] [1521]
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Foresti, Jacobo Filippo, da Bergamo, 1434–1520

Nouissime historiaru[m] omniu[m] repercussiones

1503
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Grammatices primae partis liber primus Roberti W. L.L. nuperrime recognitus.... [Read more]

vicesimo primo verbi Incarnati supra sesquimillessimum anno. Idibus Iunij [1521]
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Münster, Sebastian, 1489–1552

Cosmographiae uniuersalis

[1559]
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Crescentio Romano, Bartolomeo

Proteo militare

1595
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Aelianus, Tacticus, active 2nd century

Aeliani De militaribus ordinibus instituendis more Graecorum

MDLII [1552]
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Helm, Franz, approximately 1500–1567

Buch von den probierten Künsten

1570
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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini

MDLXII [1562]
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James I, King of England, 1566–1625

Letter from James I to an unidentified recipient

circa 1590?
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Macer, Floridus

De viribus herbarum carmen

[1501-1606?]
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Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580

I quattro libri dell'architettura di Andrea Palladio

1570
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England

Noua statuta

[1500 or 1501]
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Polo, Marco, 1254–1323?

Marco Polo Venetiano

1555
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Dolce, Lodovico, 1508–1568

Dialogo della pittvra

1557
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Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616

Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the... [Read more]

1582
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatrum orbis terrarum

XX Maij MDLXX [1570]
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Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539–1590

Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis

[1574]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Praeterita verbo[rum]

xxi. supra ses[qui]millesimu[m] nostr[ae] redemptionis anno [1521]

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