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A short treatise on the application of steam : whereby is clearly shewn, from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity great velocity [sic] : the same principles are also introduced with effect by a machine of a simple and che[a]p construction, for the purpose of raising water sufficient for the working of grist-mills, saw-mills, &c. and for watering meadows and other purposes of agriculture / by James Rumsey ...

Rumsey, James, 1743?-1792.

Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph James ..., 1788.

PML 7833

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Anno septimo Edwardi Sexti : actes made in the Parlamente holden at Westminster, the first daie of Marche, in the VII. yere of the reigne of our moste redoubted sovereine lorde Edwarde the VI by the grace of God King of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, defendour of the faieth, and of the Churche of Englande & also of Irelande in earth the supreme head, and there continued to the dissolucion of the same being the laste daie of the saied moneth of Marche, as foloweth.

Londini : In aedibus Richardi Graftoni typographi regii excusum, mense Aprilis, anno Domini M.D.LIII [Apr. 1553]

PML 15135

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Posthumous works of the learned Sir Thomas Browne, kt. M.D. late of Norwich: printed from his original manuscripts. Viz. I. Repertorium: or, The antiquities of the cathedral church of Norwich. II. An account of some urns, &c. found at Brampton in Norfolk, anno 1667. III. Letters between Sir William Dugdale and Sir Tho. Browne. IV. Miscellanies. To which is prefix'd his life. There is also added, Antiquitates capellae D. Johannis Evangelistae; hodie Scholae regiae norwicensis. Authore Johanne Burton, A.M. ejusdem ludimagistro ...

Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.

London : Printed for E. Curll [etc.] 1712.

PML 5865

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An account of the life of the late reverend Mr. David Brainerd, : minister of the gospel, missionary to the Indians, from the honourable Society in Scotland, for the propagation of Christian knowledge, and pastor of the church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey. Who died at Northampton in New-England, Octob. 9th 1747. in the 30th year of his age: chiefly taken from his own diary, and other private writings, written for his own use; and now published, by Jonathan Edwards.

Brainerd, David, 1718-1747.

Boston : Printed for and Sold by D. Henchman, 1749.

PML 17296

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The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director : being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture in the Gothic, Chinese, and modern taste ... : to which is prefixed a short explanation of the five orders of architecture and rules of perspective, with proper directions for executing the most difficult pieces, the mouldings being exhibited at large and the dimensions of each design specified : the whole comprehended in one hundred and sixty copper-plates, neatly engraved ... / by Thomas Chippendale ...

Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779.

London : Printed by J. Haberkorn ... for the author, and sold at his house in St. Martin's-Lane, also by T. Osborne [and 5 others], 1754.

PML 53030

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Catalogue of an exceedingly choice and varied collection of books and wood engravings by or relating to Thomas & John Bewick, and their pupils / collected by Mr. Edwin Pearson ; many of the volumes are in elegant bindings by Messrs. Bedford, Lewis, Zaehnsdorf, Hayday, and others ; also a few miscellaneous rare, curious and useful books which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge ... on Wednesday, 10th of June, 1868, and following day, at one o'clock precisely ...

London : Printed by J. Davy and Sons, 1868.

PML 144633

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A rational illustration of the Book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : Wherein liturgies in general are proved lawful and necessary, and an historical account is given of our own ... The whole being the substance of every thing material in all former ritualists, commentators or others ... collected and reduc'd into one continued and regular method, and interspersed ... with new observations.

Wheatly, Charles, 1686-1742.

London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Rivington, 1720.

PML 7792

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Program for Dixie to Broadway : presenting the world's greatest colored entertainer Florence Mills, the sensation of two continents, with Shelton Brooks and Hamtree Harrington, an all star cast of colored artists and Will Vodery's Famous Plantation Orchestra : music by George W. Meyer and Arthur Johnson, lyrics by Grant Clark and Roy Turk, book by Walter De Leon, Tom Howard and Lew Leslie, entire production conceived and staged by Lew Leslie : at the Shubert Garrick Theatre, second week, beginning ... August 24, 1924.

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[Chicago : s.n., 1924]

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A form of prayer with thanksgiving for the safe delivery of the Queen; and happy birth of the young Prince : To be used on Sunday next, being the seventeenth day of this instant June, in all churches and chappels, within the cities of London and Westminster, and ten miles distance; And upon the first day of July next, in all other places throughout this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick upon Tweed. By his majesties special command.

London : Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1688.

PML 28561.1

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Four Soldiers Brandishing Swords and Other Sketches. Verso: Designs for Lintels and Grotesque Decoration

Circle of Bernardo Buontalenti

1536-1608

late 16th or early 17th century

1978.3

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Drawings and Prints