Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves
circa 1450-1598
2
Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
3
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
4
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
5
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
The boke of Saint Albans,
1881
6
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans
1975
7
Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
The noble & joyous boke entytled Le Morte Darthur
1934
8
Helmingham herbal and bestiary
circa 1500
9
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
[Here begynneth the legende named in latyn Legenda aurea, that is to saye in Englysse the golden legende]
16 Feb. 1503 [i.e. 1504]
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Brant, Sebastian, 1458–1521
Stultifera nauis
1509 (14 Dec.)]
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Brant, Sebastian, 1458–1521
Stultifera Nauis,
[1570]
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Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235–approximately 1314
Here begynneth a lytell cronycle
[approximately 1520?]
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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 legende]
15 Feb. 1512
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Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of god
[1519?]
15
Here endeth this presente Cronycle of Englande with the fruyte of tymes, compyled in a boke, & also impry[n]ted by one sumtyme scole mayster of Seynt Albons ..
in the yere of oure lorde god MCCCCC and xx [1520]
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Stanbridge, John, 1463–1510
Accidentia ex Sta[n]brigiana editione nuper recognita et castigata lima Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis in florentissimna dromensi academia laureati
anno d[omi]ni MDxxii [1522]
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Fitzherbert, John, d. 1531
Here begynneth a ryght frutefull mater and hath to name the boke of surueyeng and improume[n]tes
1523
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Ortus vocabuloru[m]
1528
19
The iust reckenyng, or, Accompt of the whole nomber of the yeares
1547
20
The first map of Australia
[1856]
21
Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484–1531
A short pathwaye to the ryghte and true vnderstanding of the holye & sacred scriptures
1550
22
Wyngaerde, Anton van den, d. 1571
Van den Wyngaerde's View of London (circa 1550)
1881-1882
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Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Selections from Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura
second half of the 15th century
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More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535
A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of a publique weale, & of the new yle, called Utopia
MCMXXIX [1929]
25
Newbery, Thomas, fl.1563
A booke in Englysh metre,
1910
26
Mediciues for horses
[approximately 1565?]
27
Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561
A newe booke containing the arte of ryding, and breaking greate horses
[not before 1566]
28
Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561
The fower chiefest offices belonging to horsemanshippe
[1570?]
29
A very proper treatise,
1573
30
Gascoigne, George, -1577
The noble arte of venerie or hunting
[1575]
31
Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550–1640
The post of the world
1576
32
Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?
The first volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande
1577
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Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576
The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes
1577
34
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1579]
35
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
Letter from James I to an unidentified recipient
circa 1590?
36
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the ilands adiacent vnto the same,
1582
37
Styward, Thomas
The pathwaie to martiall discipline
[1582]
38
Castanheda, Fernão Lopes de, -1559
The first booke of the Historie of the discouerie and conquest of the East Indias, enterprised by the Portingales, in their daungerous nauigations, in the time of King Don Iohn, the second of that name.
1582
39
Remedies for diseases in horses
1583
40
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
The Spanish colonie, or Briefe chronicle of the acts and gestes of the Spaniardes in the West Indies, called the newe World, for the space of XL. yeeres
1583
41
Astley, John, d. 1595
The art of riding
1584
42
Corte, Claudio
The art of riding
1584
43
Clifford, Christopher
The schoole of horsmanship
1585
44
Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617
The destruction of the Spanish Armada
1588
45
Boazio, Baptista
S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida
[1588?]
46
Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world
1978
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A very proper treatise
1588
48
Boazio, Baptista
The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes
[1589?]
49
The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
1589
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Boazio, Baptista
The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes
[1589?]
51
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1590?]
52
Ubaldini, Petruccio, 1524?-1600?
A discourse concerninge the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Englande in the yeare 1588
1590
53
A mapp of the north part from the equinoctial, with the auncient seates of the families mentioned in Genesis
[ca. 1590]
54
Boazio, Baptista
The true description or draffte of that famous Ile of Wighte
1591
55
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
A short treatise of hunting
1897
56
Cavendish, Thomas, 1560–1592
Account of the last voyage of Thomas Cavendish
1592
57
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–
The gardeners labyrinth
1982
58
Saviolo, Vincentio
Vincentio Sauiolo his practise
1595
59
A booke of secrets
1596
60
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Translation of a report by Álvaro de Bazan, marquês de Santa Cruz, on the defense of Spain and the West Indies from Sir Francis Drake
circa 1597
61
Norden, John, 1548–1625?
Speculi Britaniæ pars
1598
62
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563–1611
Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
[1598]
63
The principal nauigations voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
1598 [-1600]
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Manwood, John, -1610
A treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest
1598
65
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge
1969
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Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses
1599
67
Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615
Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ..
[1599?]
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The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation