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Apophthegmes : that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and sentencious saiynges, of certain emperours, kynges, capitaines, philosophiers and oratours, aswell Grekes, as Romaines ... / first gathered and compiled in Latine by the ryght famous clerke Maister Erasmus of Roterodame ; and now translated into Englyshe by Nicolas Udall.

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.

[London] : Excusum typis Ricardi Grafton, 1542.

PML 17612

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A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the Christian religion : written in French: against atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Iewes, Mahumetists, and other infidels / by Philip of Mornay Lord of Plessie Marlie; begunne to be translated into English by Sir Philip Sidney Knight, and at his request finished by Arthur Golding.

Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.

London : [By George Robinson] for Thomas Cadman, 1587.

PML 75052

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Ornaments for the daughters of Zion, or, The character and happiness of a virtuous woman : in a disocurse which directs the female-sex how to express the fear of God in every age and state of their life, and obtain both temporal and eternal blessedness / written by Cotton Mather.

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.

London : Printed for Tho. Parkhurst ..., 1694.

PML 3589

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Certaine secrete wonders of nature : containing a description of sundry strange things, seming monstrous in our eyes and iudgement, bicause we are not priuie to the reasons of them : gathered out of diuers learned authors as well Greeke as Latine, sacred as prophane / [translated] by E. Fenton.

Boaistuau, Pierre, d. 1566.

London : Imprinted by H. Bynnemann, 1569.

PML 3268

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An essay on the education and genius of the female sex : to which is added an account of the commencement of the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia, held the 18th of December 1794, under the direction of Mr. John Poor, A.M., principal / by J.A. Neal.

Neal, James A. (James Armstrong), 1774-1808.

Philadelphia : Printed by Jacob Johnson & Co., No. 147, Market Street, 1795.

PML 125673.5

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An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling : illustrated with copper plates, and adorned with a portrait of the author / by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq., riding master, master of the horse, and Grand Equerry to the Doge of Venice.

Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.

London : Printed by W. Nicholson, Warner Street, for W. Baynes, 54, Paternoster Row, 1808.

PML 145639.1

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The Lancashire witches : containing their manner of becoming such; their enchantments, spells, revels, merry pranks, raising storms and tempests riding on winds, &c. The entertainments and frolick which have happened among them. Conducive to mirth and recreation. With the loves and humours of Roger and Dorothy.

London: : Printed and sold in Stonecutter Street, Fleet Market, [1780?]

PML 8219.4

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Picturesque views on the river Thames : from its source in Glocestershire to the Nore; with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its vicinity. In two volumes / by Samuel Ireland, author of a picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant and part of France ...

Ireland, Samuel, d. 1800.

London : Published by T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1792.

PML 145593-94

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Flowers in an Urn and Bird's Nest on a Stone Plinth, with a Statue of "Apollo and Daphne" in the Background

Jan van Huysum

1682-1749

I, 164

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Seated Prophet with Angel and Two Putti

Orazio Samacchini

1532-1577

1575-1576

1981.20

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Drawings and Prints