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A Compendious geographical and historical grammar : exhibiting a brief survey of the terraqueous globe ; and shewing the situation, extent, boundaries, and divisions of the various countries ; their chief towns, mountains, rivers, climates, and productions ; their governments, revenues, commerce, and their sea and land forces ; likewise, the religion, language, literature, customs, and manners of the respective inhabitants of the different nations : and also, a concise view of the political history of the several empires, kingdoms, and states. Embellished with maps.

London : Printed for W. Peacock and Sons, No. 18, Salisbury-Square ; and J. Scatcherd, Ave Maria-Lane, 1802 (London : [Printed] ... by T. Rickaby, Peterborough-court, Fleet-street.)

PML 152441

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Book

Department

Printed Books

Le coustumier des pays daniou et du maine.

PML 79747.1

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

Missal (MS M.331).

Created

France, probably Troyes, ca. 1400

Accession number

MS M.331

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours (MS M.152).

Created

Belgium, ca. 1470.

Accession number

MS M.152

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Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Bonus socius.

Created

Thérouanne or Saint-Omer, France, ca. 1290 -1300.

Accession number

MS M.108

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Nova Francia, or The description of that part of New France, which is one continent with Virginia : described in the three late voyages and plantation made by Monsieur de Monts, Monsieur du Pont-Graué and Monsieur de Poutriucourt, into the countries called by the French-men La Cadie, lying to the South west of Cape Breton : together with an excellent seuerall treatie of all the commodities of the said countries, and maners of the naturall inhabitants of the same / [Marc Lescarbot] ; translated out of French into English by P.E.

Lescarbot, Marc.

London : G. Bishop, 1609.

PML 3435

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Book

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Printed Books

PICTURING NATURAL HISTORY: FLORA AND FAUNA IN DRAWINGS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND PRINTED BOOKS OPENS FEBRUARY 12
FINAL EXHIBITION BEFORE MORGAN CLOSURE

Press release date

Tuesday, December 24, 2002

The wonder and beauty of nature, richly documented for over nearly a thousand years, is the subject of Picturing Natural History: Flora and Fauna in Drawings, Manuscripts, and Printed Books, the Morgan Library's first exhibition devoted to natural history illustration. Picturing Natural History is the last major exhibition before the Morgan closes to the public for approximately two years to undergo an extensive expansion project.

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Masterworks from the Morgan

April 29 through July 2, 2006

Masterworks from the Morgan presented more than three hundred masterworks drawn from all six of the Morgan's collection areas, including new acquisitions and works that have never been seen or have not been exhibited for many years.