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Lindau Gospels (MS M.1).

Created

St. Gall, Switzerland, between 880 and 899.

Display Date

between 880 and 899.

Accession number

MS M.1

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

A seated courtier with his pet falcon.

Created

ca. 1600

Accession number

MS M.386.1r

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c. the climate, soil and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part laid down in the annexed map. Published by Thomas Hutchins, captain ln [!] the 60th regiment of foot. With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper. And an appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's Journal up the Illinois River, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c.

Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789.

London, Printed for the author, and sold by J. Almon, 1778.

PML 3732

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

A brief view of the conduct of Pennsylvania, for the year 1755 : so far as it affected the general service of the British colonies, particularly the expedition under the late General Braddock ; with an account of the shocking inhumanities, committed by incursions of the Indians upon the province in October and November ; which occasioned a body of the inhabitants to come down, while the Assembly were sitting, and to insist upon an immediate suspension of all disputes, and the passing of a law for the defence of the country ; interspers'd with several interesting anecdotes and original papers, relating to the politics and principles of the people called Quakers : being a sequel to a late well-known pamphlet, intitled, A brief state of Pennsylvania / in a second letter to a friend in London.

Smith, William, 1727-1803.

London : Printed for R. Griffiths, in Pater-noster row; and sold by Mr. Bradford in Philadelphia, 1756. (Price one-shilling and six pence.)

PML 3720

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

Britannia romana, or, The Roman antiquities of Britain : in three books. The I. contains a history of all the Roman transactions in Britain ... also a large description of the Roman walls ... II. contains a compleat collection of the Roman inscriptions and sculptures which have hitherto been discovered in Britain ... III. contains the Roman geography of Britain, in which are given the originals of Ptolemy, Antonini Itinerarium, the Notitia, the anonymous Ravennas and Peutinger's table so far as they relate to this island ... To which are added a chronological table, and indexes to the inscriptions and sculptures ... also geographical indexes both of the Latin and English names of the Roman places in Britain, and a general index to the work ... / By John Horsley.

Horsley, John, 1675-1732.

London : Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1732.

PML 4556

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books