Browsing Williams Rare Book Museum Collections by Title

Excerpt from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage. . ."

Egan, Pierce (Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow, 2020-08-05)

Select illustrated excerpts from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life."

Excerpt from "Quicksand and Passing" (1986)

Larsen, Nella (Rutgers University Press, 2020-09-02)

Excerpt from a 1986 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's novels "Quicksand" and "Passing"

Excerpt from "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen" (2001)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 2020-09-07)

Excerpt of the 2001 paperback edition of "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen"

Excerpt from "The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers," King James Bible

Unknown author (Printed by Robert Barker, 2020-03-26)

Excerpt of the Book of Numbers from a 1611 King James Bible. Printed in English.

Excerpt from "The Golden Legend"

de Voragine, Jacobus (Printed by William Caxton, 2020-03-23)

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).

Excerpt of chapter two from "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 2021-03-10)

Digitized excerpt of chapter two from Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853."

The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers; Being a Selection from the Most Elegant, Entertaining, and Instructive Travels

Adams, Rev. John (Mordecai Stewart., 2021-03-08)

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. ...

Frederick Douglass' Paper

Frederick Douglass (Frederick Douglass, 2019-06-12)

In 1847, Frederick Douglass founded the abolitionist newspaper entitled "The North Star" in Rochester, NY. " In 1851, "The North Star" merged with The Liberty Paper Party in Syracuse, NY, and its name changed to "Frederick ...