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Book/Printed MaterialMr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies : published according to the true originall copies
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies | Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies | Comedies, histories & tragedies | Comedies, histories, and tragedies | Shakespeare's first folio | Shakespeare first folio | First folio of Shakespeare First folio ed.; first issue. Dedicatory epistle signed: Iohn Heminge, Henry Condell. Portrait of Shakespeare on t.p. engraved by Martin Droeshout. Colophon: Printed at the Charges of W. Jaggard, Ed. Blount, I. Smithweeke, and W. Aspley, 1623. Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁸(A1+chi1) A-2B⁶ 2C² a-g⁶ [superscript chi]2g⁸, h-x⁶ [par.]-2[par.]⁶ 3[par.]1 2a-2f⁶ 2g² [superscript 2chi]2g⁶ 2h⁶ 2k-3b⁶. Printed in 2 columns. Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books…- Contributor: Aspley, William - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Smethwicke, John - Heminge, John - Wright, Richard - Jaggard, Isaac - Droeshout, Martin - Jaggard, William - Blount, Edward - Shakespeare, William - Condell, Henry
- Date: 1623
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Book/Printed MaterialRegulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. Part I. Compiled by Baron de Steuben, inspector general of the Continental Army, and assisted by François-Louis Teissèydre. Illustrations drawn by Pierre L'Enfant. Errata note, p. [163-164]. "Explanation of the plates."--p. [165]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Evans 16627 ESTC W21709 LAC knj 2019-03-25 no edits (2 cards)- Contributor: Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin - L'enfant, Pierre Charles - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - United States. Continental Army. Inspector General
- Date: 1779
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3D Object[Charles Dickens's traveling kit].
Charles Dickens's traveling cutlery kit The traveling cutlery kit owned by Charles Dickens, marked with his initials, used by Dickens during his travels to the United States in the 1860s. Steel spoon, knife, and corkscrew unfold from ivory-covered case.- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1860
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3D Object[Charles Dickens's walking stick].
Dickens's walking stick | Title from 1938 exhibition list (item 220) Dickens' walking stick Wood walking stick with carved ivory head used by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) during the period of his second tour (1867-1868) to America and at Gadshill. Dickens's ownership of the item is authenticated by accompanying notes from his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth (1827-1917), to whom Dickens left his personal possessions.- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1860
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Book/Printed MaterialLa sorcière Includes bibliographical references. LAC ecr 2018-08-16 LAC Review Completed 2018-08-29 LAC iak 2018-08-29 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-30- Contributor: Michelet, Jules - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1862
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Christian philosopher: a collection of the best discoveries in nature, with religious improvements Dedication signed: Tho. Bradbury. Choice/form AACR2: vj39 08-15-96 LAC aaa 2018-11-26 update (2 cards)
- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Mather, Cotton
- Date: 1721
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Book/Printed MaterialLetters to a young lady on a variety of useful and interesting subjects : calculated to improve the heart, to form the manners, and enlighten the understanding Signatures: A-U⁶ W⁶ X⁶. Evans 33402 LC copy bound in 1 v. LAC aaa 2018-11-19 update (1 card)
- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Bennett, John
- Date: 1798
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Book/Printed MaterialThe American Chesterfield, or, Way to wealth, honour, and distinction; being selections from the letters of Lord Chesterfield to his son; and extracts from other eminent authors, on the subject of politeness; … Added t.-p., engraved. LAC aaa 2018-12-10 update (2 cards)
- Contributor: A Member of the Philadelphia Bar - Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1828
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Book/Printed MaterialInauguration Ball, March 4th 1881 : [programme]. Program for the March 4, 1881 inauguration of U.S. president James A. Garfield. Includes listing of inaugural ball committees: Executive Committee, Hall and Promenade Reception Committee, Reception Committee, Committee on Tickets, Committee on Decoration, Committee on Comfort, Committee on Carriages, Committee on Refreshments, Committee on Music, Committee on Programme, Floor Committee; followed by programme (including dance list). Cover title. "Programme executed by The Kendall…- Contributor: Inaugural Committee (U.S. : 1881) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1881-03-04
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Book/Printed MaterialA manual of astrology, or The book of the stars: which contains every requisite illustration of the celestial science; or the art of foretelling future events, by the influences of the heavenly … Added t.-p. engraved, with colored vignette. Choice/form AACR2. Cuttered for Smith, Robert C.: vj39 08-05-96 LAC ecr 2018-09-04 LAC scc 2018-09-10 LAC Review Completed 2018-09-10
- Contributor: Raphael - Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1837
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Book/Printed MaterialElementa geometria. Translated from Arabic by Adelardus, of Bath; edited by Giovanni Campano. While books I-XIII are genuine (cf. Th. Heath. The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. 1956, v. 3, p. 519), book XIV is a work of the 2d cent. Hypsicles and book XV, the work of a 6th cent. Roman land-surveyor. Printed in red and black. The diagrams are set in a wide margin…- Contributor: Adelard - Euclid - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Campano
- Date: 1482
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Book/Printed MaterialSpiritali di Herone Alessandrino Translation of Pneumatika. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ecr 2018-11-15 update (1 card)- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Bartholomeo & Simone Ragusi Fratelli - Hero - Giorgi, Alessandro
- Date: 1592
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Book/Printed MaterialArithmeticae practicae methodus facilis Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signatures: A-M⁸. LAC scc 2018-10-30 update (1 card) LAC kcc 2018-11-28 review- Contributor: Peletier, Jacques - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Tournes, Jean De - Gazeau, Guillaume - Gemma
- Date: 1556
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Book/Printed MaterialThe most excellent and lamentable tragedie, of Romeo and Juliet : newly corrected, augmented, and amended, as it hath bene sundry times publiquely acted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine his … STC (2nd ed.) 22323 Signatures: A-L⁴ M². LC copy from the libraries of E.D. Church and Frederick Locker, with their bookplates. LAC ael 2019-12-03 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Church, Elihu Dwight - Locker-Lampson, Frederick - Shakespeare, William - Creede, Thomas
- Date: 1599
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Book/Printed MaterialOpera In Greek. Aldus' epistles are in Latin. Lists of contents are in Latin (v. 1), Greek (v. 3), or Greek and Latin (v. 2, 4-5) Vol. 1 (1 Nov. 1495): [234] leaves; v. 2 (Feb. 1497): [32], 268 leaves (leaf 88 blank); v. 3 (29 Jan. 1497): 145, [8], 146-400, [1], 401-457, [1] leaves (the last blank, wanting); v. 4 (1 June 1497): 1,…- Contributor: Theophrastus - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Aristotle - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1495
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Book/Printed MaterialHērodotou Logoi ennea hoiper epikalountai Mousai : mousōn onomata, Kleio, Euterpē, Thaleia, Melpomenē, Terpsichorē, Eratō, Polymnia, Ourania, Kalliopē = Herodoti libri novem, quibus Musarum indita sunt nomina : Musarum nomina, Clio, Euterpe, …
Herodoti libri novem, quibus Musarum indita sunt nomina First portion of title in Greek characters. Imprint from colophon. Signatures (small Greek and larger Roman caps, double, combined; some irregularities) : aaAA-ppRR⁸, ..SS⁴ Printer's mark (anchor) on t.-p., and on verso of last leaf. Spaces with initial indicators at beginning of each book. Register and colophon in Greek and Latin. On verso of t.-p.: Aldus Manutius Romanus Ioanni Calpurnio. Brixiano. s. d. LC…- Contributor: Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Sonntag, Carl - Manuzio, Aldo - Herodotus
- Date: 1502
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Theogony, Works & days, & the Days of Hesiod, engraved from the compositions of Iohn Flaxman, R. A., scvlptor. Dates of publication on plates, 1816 and 1817. On plate 1: Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod. Designed by John Flaxman ... engraved by William Blake. Engraved throughout. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1837 Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 131 LAC ael 2019-09-05 update (2 cards) LAC ddw 2022-04-13 update (1 card)- Contributor: Blake, William - Flaxman, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1817
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Book/Printed MaterialRenati Des Cartes Specimina philosophiae, sev Dissertatio de methodo recte regendae rationis & veritatis in scientiis investigandae: Dioptrice et Meteora.
Specimina philosophiae Translation by Etienne de Courcelles. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1432 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: With: the author's Principia philosophiae. Amstelodami, 1644. Copy 2. Choice/form AACR2: vj39 08-15-96 Starts as image 343 of combined digital file LAC ecr 2018-10-16 no edits (2 cards) LC Review of LAC Completed/Not Approved 2018-10-24 LC Review…- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Descartes, René - Courcelles, Etienne De - Elzevir, Louis
- Date: 1644
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Book/Printed MaterialOdes Title vignette. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1753 English short title catalogue, T42023 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-12-02 no edits (2 cards) LAC ecr 2019-12-10 review LAC ddw 2022-04-04 update (1 card)- Contributor: Gray, Thomas - R. And J. Dodsley - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1757
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Book/Printed MaterialCatalogue of the Library of the United States : to which is annexed, a copious index, alphabetically arranged.
Half title: Catalogue of the Library of the Congress of the United States of America Half title located on p. [1], 2nd group. Prepared by the librarian, George Watterston. Based on a manuscript, made ca. 1812, of Thomas Jefferson's personal library sold to the Congress in 1814. Cf. Papers of the Bibl. Soc. of Amer., v. 78 (1984), p. 222. "Rules and regulations to be observed in the Library of Congress": p. xxiii-xxxii. Also available in digital form on…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Watterston, George - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Jefferson, Thomas - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1815
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Book/Printed MaterialViola sanctorum Signatures: pi¹⁰ a-d⁸ e-x⁶. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 176 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-338 Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 10872 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 395 (IA.6493) Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: Provenance: Jacobus P.R. Lyell. LC copy:…- Contributor: Froschauer, Johann - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Lyell, James P. R. (James Patrick Ronaldson)
- Date: 1496
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Book/Printed MaterialPoems on various subjects, religious and moral With a mixture of horizontal and vertical chain lines, and with two final contents leaves. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁴. Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4440 English Short Title Catalogue, T153734 Printer's advertisement: p. [4] at end. LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Misbound: [A]4 bound between [A]2 and [A]3. PS866.W5 1773 Copy 1 transferred from the general rare…- Contributor: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Ingraham, Edward D. (Edward Duncan) - Livermore, George - Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress) - Force, Peter - Wheatley, Phillis
- Date: 1773
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Book/Printed MaterialChronicles of England. A version of the popular English chronicle Brute of England, continued to the year 1461. Cf. F.W.D. Brie. Geschichte und Quellen der mittelenglischen Prosachronik The Brute of England oder The Chronicles of England. Marburg, 1905. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 561 Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-477 (pt. 1) (variations) Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5000 (pt. 1) Gesamtkatalog…- Contributor: Carysfort, William Proby - Leighton, John - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Freeling, Francis - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Caxton, William
- Date: 1480
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Book/Printed MaterialLibri Philomusi Leaf [Ia] (t.p.): Libri Philomusi. Panegyrici ad Regë. Tragoediä de Thurcis et Suldano. Dyalog[us] de heresiarchis. Includes also letters and verses by Locher. Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, L-264 Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, *10153 Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, I, p. 112 (IA.1468) IGI 5789 Schramm, XX, p. 5, 23, and illus. Library of Congress.…- Contributor: Hoe, Robert - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress) - Locher, Jacob - Grüninger, Johann
- Date: 1497
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe gentle art of making enemies, as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscretion, while overcome … 9 prelim. leaves, 292 p. 26 cm.- Contributor: Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc - Whistler, James McNeill - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc - Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1890
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