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Manuscripts and Letters of Oscar Wilde

Browse all the items in a bound collection of Oscar Wilde's letters and manuscripts, the whereabouts of which has been unknown to scholars for over half a century.

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Degas: Drawings and Sketchbooks

September 24, 2010, through January 23, 2011

The exhibition features some twenty exceptional drawings by Degas, along with two of his sketchbooks, demonstrating the iconic artist's characteristic daring and inventiveness.

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An account of the commitment, arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Nicholas Bayard, esq : for high treason in endeavouring to subvert the government of the province of New York in America, by his signing and procuring others to sign scandalous libels, call'd petitions or addresses to his late Majesty King William, the Parliament of England, and the Lord Cornbury now governour of that province : before William Atwood esq : Abraham de Peyster esq : and Robert Walters esq : appointed by a special commission justices of oyer and terminer at the city of New York, February 19, 1701 / collected from several memorials taken by divers persons privately ... together with a true copy of the libels or addresses themselves.

Bayard, Nicholas, 1644-1707.

Printed at New York : By order of His Excellency the Lord Cornbury ; and reprinted at London, 1703.

PML 32279

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Tertia Ferdina[n]di Cortesii Sac. Caesar. et Cath. Maiesta. in noua maris oceani Hyspania generalis præfecti p[rae]clara narratio : in qua celebris ciuitatis Temixtitan expugnatio, aliaru[m]q[ue] prouintiaru[m], qu[a]e defecerant recuperatio continetur, in quaru[m] expugnatione, recuperatione q[ue] præfectus, una cum Hyspanis victorias œterna memoria dignas consequutus est, pr[a]eterea in ea Mare del Sur Cortesium detexisse rece[n]set[ur], quod nos Australe Indicu[m] Pelagus putam[us], & alias innumeras prouintias aurifodinis, unionibus, variisq[ue] gemmarum generibus refertas, et postremo illis innotuisse in eis quoq[ue] aromata contineri / per Doctore[m] Petrum Sauorgnanu[m] Foroiuliensem Reue[re]n[di] in Christo patris d[omi]ni Io. de Reuelles Episcopi Vie[n]nensis secretarium ex Hyspano ydiomate in Latinum versa.

Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.

Impressum in imperiali ciuitate Norimberga [Nuremberg] : Per discretum, & prouidum virum Fœdericu[m] Arthemesium ciuem ibidem, Anno Virginei partus millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo quarto [1524].

PML 3432.2

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Study for "The Tenth of August 1792"

baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard

1770-1837

2001.36

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Five Studies of a Man in Egyptian Dress

Adrien Dauzats

1804-1868

ca. 1830-1840

1996.154

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De balneis omnia quae extant apud Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas, tam medicos quàm quoscunque cȩterarum artium probatos scriptores : qui vel integris libris, vel quoquo alio modo hanc materiam tractauerunt, nuper hinc inde accurate conquisita & excerpta, atque in vnum tandem hoc volumen redacta : in quo aquarum ac thermarum omnium, quae in toto ferè orbe terrarum sunt, metallorum item, & reliquorum mineralium naturȩ, vires, atque vsus exquisitissime explicantur: indicibus quatuor appositis, quorum primus auctores omnes, qui in hoc volumine habentur, secundus balneorum nomina, tertius capita cuiuscunq[ue] libri, quartus mirabiles curationes in his libris contentas, quae vi ac beneficio balneorum factae fuerunt, complectitur : opus nostra hac aetate, in qua tam frequens est thermarum vsus, medicis quidem necessarium, caeteris vero omnibus tum summopere vtile, tum etiam periucundum.

Venetiis : Apud Iuntas, 1533.

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Sir Francis Drake reuiued: : calling vpon this dull or effeminate age, to folowe his noble steps for golde & siluer, by this memorable relation, of the rare occurrances (neuer yet declared to the world) in a thirde voyage, made by him into the West-Indies, in the yeares 72. & 73. when Nombre de Dios was by him and 52. others only in his company, surprised. Faithfully taken out of the reporte of Mr. Chirstofer Ceely, Ellis Hixon, and others, who were in the same voyage with him. / By Philip Nichols, preacher. Reviewed also by Sr. Francis Drake himselfe before his death, & much holpen and enlarged, by diuers notes, with his owne hand here and there inserted. Set forth by Sr. Francis Drake baronet (his nephew) now liuing.

Nichols, Philip.

London : Printed by E. A. for Nicholas Bourne dwelling at the South entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1626.

PML 38016

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A catalogue of the large and noble library of James West, Esq; ... consisting of an uncommon number of British history and antiquities, many on large paper and with manuscript notes: a matchless collection printed by Caxton, Wynkin de Worde, Pynson, &c. with great variety of others in the finest preservation, and most elegant bindings. Which (by order of the administratix,) will be sold by auction, by Mess. Langford's, at his late dwelling house in King's-street aforesaid. In two distinct parts, viz. the first part will begin selling on Wednesday the 3d and end the 13th of February 1773; and the second part will begin on Monday the 22d of February, and end the 13th of March following. ...

West, James, 1703-1772.

London : Catalogues of the whole may be had on the days of viewing at the place of sale, and at Mess. Langford's ... 1773.

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A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico : with a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William / by L. Hennepin ; to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

Hennepin, Louis, active17th century.

London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.

PML 3371

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