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The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia ... : to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees / illustrated by ... coloured copperplate engravings by Redoute, Bessa, etc. ; translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux ... ; with notes by J. Jay Smith.

Michaux, François André, 1770-1855.

Philadelphia : A.N. Hart, 1855.

PML 4503-08

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A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians : from its commencement, in the year 1740, to the close of the year 1808 ; comprising all the remarkable incidents which took place at their missionary stations during that period ; interspersed with anecdotes, historical facts, speeches of Indians, and other interesting matter / by John Heckewelder.

Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.

Philadelphia : McCarty & Davis, 1820.

PML 3549

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Certayne sermons : appoynted by the Quenes Maiestie, to be declared and read, by all persones, vycars, and curates, euery Sondaye and holy daye in theyr churches : and by her Graces aduyse perused & ouer sene, for the better vnderstandyng of the simple people : newly imprinted in partes accordynge as is mencioned in the booke of commune prayers.

London : Richard Jugge, Anno M. D. L. ix [1569]

PML 17313

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Ives's grand exhibition, at the Crown, Islington : this and every evening during his stay. Mr. Ives will exhibit his amazing deception by dexterity of hand ... likewise, a company of fancy ticklers will perform a dramatic piece, called King Richard the 3d ... a hornpipe by Miss Ives. To which will be added a pantomine, called Harlequin Dr. Faustus ...

Ives, Mr.

[London : s.n., 1784?]

PML 19327, leaf 054a

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The lucky idiot, or, Fools have fortune : Verified in the life of D. Pedro de Cenudo, whose follies had generally a prosperous event but when he pretended to be wise was usually unfortunate. Improv'd with variety of moral remarks, and diverting amusements / written in Spanish, by don Quevedo de Alcala. ; Now rendered into modern English by a person of quality.

Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jerónimo de, 1581-1635.

London : Printed for H. Hitch and L. Hawes, at the Red-Lyon, in Pater noster Row; S. Crowder and Co. facing St. Magnus Church, London Bridge, 1760.

PML 8210.1

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The regal and ecclesiastical antiquities of England : containing the representations of all the English monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth ; and of many persons that were eminent under their several reigns on sixty copper plates, engraved by the author, with a supplement, containing twelve plates ; the whole carefully collected from ancient illuminated manuscripts / by Joseph Strutt.

Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802.

London : Henry G. Bohn, 1842.

PML 145835

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The builder's jewel, or, The youth's instructor, and workman's remembrancer : explaining short and easy rules, made familiar to the meanest capacity, for drawing and working. I. The five orders of columns ... II. Block and cantaliver cornices ... : the whole illustrated by upwards of 200 examples, engraved on 100 copper plates / by B. and T. Langley.

Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.

Charlestown [Mass.] : Printed by S. Etheridge ; [Boston] : For Samuel Hill, engraver, No. 2, Cornhill, Boston, [1800].

PML 82275

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Youth's annual remembrancer, or, A new and curious perpetual calendar : consisting of a great variety of little polite histories both fabulous and real, sacred and prophane : together with a short, tho' comprehensive, explication of the feasts and fasts appointed to be observed by the Rubrick of the Church of England : and other little lessons of morality equally instructive and entertaining.

London : Printed for William Owen, at Homer's Head near Temple-Bar, And sold by all Booksellers in England, MDCCLI [1751].

PML 81092

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Political, miscellaneous, and philosophical pieces : arranged under the following heads, and distinguished by initial letters in each leaf: <G.P.> General politics; <A.B.T.> American politics before the troubles; <A.D.T.> American politics during the troubles; <P.P.> Provincial or colony politics; and <M.P.> Miscellaneous and philosophical pieces / written by Benj. Franklin, ... now first collected, with explanatory plates, notes, and an index to the whole.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1779.

PML 75034

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Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed; with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, etc. By William Scrope. Illustrated by lithographs and wood engravings by L. Haghe, T. Landseer, and S. Williams, from paintings by Sir David Wilkie, Edwin Landseer, R.A., Charles Landseer, William Simson, and Edward Cooke.

Scrope, William.

London : J. Murray, 1843.

PML 196761

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