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Manuscript Bible Leaf from Latin Vulgate
(1240)Mansucript leaf from a Latin Vulgate Bible. Written in Latin. -
Leaf from "The Chronicles of England"
(Printed by William Caxton, 1480)A printed leaf from "The Chronicles of England." Printed in English by William Caxton. -
Excerpt from "The Golden Legend"
(Printed by William Caxton, 1483)Excerpt of "The Lyfe of Saynt George" from "The Golden Legend." Originally written by Jacobus de Voragine (1229-1298) and translated and printed in English by William Caxton (circa 1422-1492). -
De Philosophico Consolatu. . . [Consolation of Philosophy]
(Printed by Johann Grüninger, 1501)Excerpt of 1501 printing of Boethius's "Consolation of Philosophy." -
Le Terze Rime di Dante or Divina Commedia
(Printed by Aldus Manutius, 1502)Excerpt of the 1502 edition of Dante's "Divina Commedia" printed by Aldus Manutius. Printed in Italian. -
Excerpt from "The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers," King James Bible
(Printed by Robert Barker, 1611)Excerpt of the Book of Numbers from a 1611 King James Bible. Printed in English. -
Engraving of "Othello" Act Four, Scene Six
(Printed at the Theatre, 1744)Illustration of Act four, scene six of Shakespeare's "Othello." From a 1744 compilation of Shakespeare's works. -
The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers; Being a Selection from the Most Elegant, Entertaining, and Instructive Travels
(Mordecai Stewart., 1820)Advertisement and Table of Contents to "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . . ." This book was originally published in 1788, and the Bentley Rare Book Museum's copy is the second American edition printed circa 1820. ... -
"Account of the Dreadful Inundation of the Sea at Ingeram, on the Coast of Coromandel in the East Indies" featured in "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . ."
(Mordecai Stewart., 1820)Letter dated 1787 from William Parson to Alexander Dalrymple about a flood that occurred on the Coromandel coast - the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent. -
Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part two)
(1828)Part two of profile on Tom Hickman featured in Pierce Egan's "Boxiana." This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824). -
Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part one)
(1828)Part one of profile of boxer Tom Hickman written by Pierce Egan. This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824). -
Excerpt from "Boxiana" covering the death of Tom Hickman
(1828)Excerpt from "Boxiana" covering the death of nineteenth-century British boxer Tom Hickman. -
Excerpt from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage. . ."
(Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow, 1832)Select illustrated excerpts from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life." -
Freewill Baptist Missionary
(Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1843-09)An issue of the Freewill Baptist Missionary from September 1843. -
Preface to "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"
(G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853)Preface to Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to China, India, and Japan in the Year 1853."
