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1. Liber acquisitionis Te[r]re Sa[n]te de ultra mare : [Christi] no[m]i[n]e invocato : Regi Francie i[n]tytulato.

Liber acquisitionis Te[r]re Sa[n]te de ultra mare : [Christi] no[m]i[n]e invocato : Regi Francie i[n]tytulato.
Creator:
Vigevano, Guido da, approximately 1280–approximately 1350
Date:
1375
Physical Description:
1 v. ([52] pages, with 2 blank pages) : ill. ; 29 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus : eiusdem Norvicus.

Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus : eiusdem Norvicus.
Creator:
Neville, Alexander, 1544–1614
Date:
1575
Physical Description:
[16], 156, [12], 207, [13] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : geneal. tables, coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The antiquaries museum : illustrating the antient architecture, painting, and sculpture of Great Britain, from the time of the Saxons to the introduction of the Grecian and Roman architecture by Inigo Jones in the reign of King James I. / By Jacob Schnebbelie ...

The antiquaries museum : illustrating the antient architecture, painting, and sculpture of Great Britain, from the time of the Saxons to the introduction of the Grecian and Roman architecture by Inigo Jones in the reign of King James I. / By Jacob Schnebbelie ...
Creator:
Schnebbelie, Jacob, 1760–1792
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791, i.e. 1800]
Physical Description:
[148] p. in various pagings, [58] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.

Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
Creator:
Kingsborough, Edward King, Viscount, 1795–1837
Date:
1831-1848
Physical Description:
9 v. : ill., facsims. (most col.) ; 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A discourse concerninge the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Englande in the yeare 1588 : and ouerthrowne by Her Ma[ies]ties nauie vnder the conduction of the Right-honorable the Lorde Charles Howarde highe Admirall of Englande: / written in Italian by Petruccio Vbaldino citizen of Florence, and translated for A Ryther: vnto the w[hi]ch discourse are annexed certaine tables expressinge the seuerall exploites, and conflictes had with the said fleete. These bookes with the tables belonginge to them are to be solde at the shoppe of A. Ryther beinge a little from Leaden hall next to the signe of the Tower.

A discourse concerninge the Spanishe fleete inuadinge Englande in the yeare 1588 : and ouerthrowne by Her Ma[ies]ties nauie vnder the conduction of the Right-honorable the Lorde Charles Howarde highe Admirall of Englande: / written in Italian by Petruccio Vbaldino citizen of Florence, and translated for A Ryther: vnto the w[hi]ch discourse are annexed certaine tables expressinge the seuerall exploites, and conflictes had with the said fleete. These bookes with the tables belonginge to them are to be solde at the shoppe of A. Ryther beinge a little from Leaden hall next to the signe of the Tower.
Creator:
Ubaldini, Petruccio, 1524?-1600?
Date:
1590
Physical Description:
[8], 27, [1] p. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The prettiest love letters in the world : letters between Lucrezia Borgia & Pietro Bembo, 1503 to 1519 / translation and preface, Hugh Shankland ; wood engravings, Richard Shirley Smith.

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Creator:
Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480–1519
Date:
1987
Physical Description:
[112] p. in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.

7. The state papers and letters of Sir Ralph Sadler, knight-banneret / edited by Arthur Clifford ... ; to which is added a memoir of the life of Sir Ralph Sadler, with historical notes, by Walter Scott.

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Creator:
Sadler, Ralph, Sir, 1507–1587
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and the Kelmscott Chaucer / Duncan Robinson.

William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and the Kelmscott Chaucer / Duncan Robinson.
Creator:
Robinson, Duncan
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
116 p. : ill., ports. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

9. The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publike and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cites, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miled compasse / begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stow, in the yeere 1598 ; afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618 ; and now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. ; H.D., and others, this present yeere 1633, whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables, especially two ; the first, an index of things ; the second, a concordance of names.

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Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:
1633
Physical Description:
[16], 534, 527-652, 655-770, 773-939, [29] p. : illustrations 35 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Divi Caroli V. imp. opt. max. victoriae, ex multis praecipuae ... / Hieronymus Coccius, typograph, pictor, quanto potest humilitatis ac reverentiae adfectu, ultro adfert, dicatque.

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Creator:
Coornhert, D. V. (Dirk Volkertszoon), 1522–1590
Date:
1556
Physical Description:
12 prints : engraving with etching ; each approximately 22 x 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The pathwaie to martiall discipline : now newly imprinted, and devided into three bookes ...

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Creator:
Styward, Thomas
Date:
[1582]
Physical Description:
[2], 166, [2] pages ; [4], 20 leaves, [8] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Fabliaux or tales / abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries by M. Le Grand ; selected and translated into English verse, by the late G. L. Way ... ; with a preface, notes, and appendix, by the late G. Ellis ...

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Creator:
Legrand, cit., 1737–1800
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Historia de la conquista de Mexico, problacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva España / escrivióla Don Antonio de Solis ...

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Creator:
Solís, Antonio de, 1610–1686
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
[20] p., 604 columns, [18] p., [24] leaves of plates (some folded) ill., plans, maps ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The history of Scotland : during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till his accession to the Crown of England, with a review of the Scottish history previous to that period and an appendix containing original papers / by William Robertson.

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Creator:
Robertson, William, 1721–1793
Date:
1759
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. 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 : manuscript.

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Creator:
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Date:
circa 1597
Physical Description:
1 sheet : pen and black ink ; 29 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts