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An inquiry concerning the invention of printing : in which the systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are reviewed : including also notices of the early use of wood-engraving in Europe, the block-books, etc. / by the late William Young Ottley ... ; with an introduction by J.Ph. Berjeau ... ; illustrated with thirty-seven plates, and numerous wood-engravings.

Ottley, William Young, 1771-1836.

London : Joseph Lilly ..., 1863.

PML 78345

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Printed Books

Observations topographical, moral, & physiological; made in a journey through part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France: ; with A catalogue of plants not native of England, found spontaneously growing in those parts, and their virtues. / By John Ray, Fellow of the Royal Society. ; Whereunto is added A brief account of Francis Willughby Esq; his Voyage through a great part of Spain.

Ray, John, 1627-1705.

London: Printed for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-yard., 1673.

PML 151510

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Printed Books

Dresses of the representatives of the people, members of the two councils, and of the executive directory : also of the ministers, judges, messengers, ushers and other public officers, &c. &c. / from the original drawings given by the Minister of the Interior to Citizen Grasset S. Sauveur ; the whole is illustrated by an historical description, translated from the French.

Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810.

Paris : Printed for Deroy ; London : Printed for E. and S. Harding, printersellers ..., 1796.

PML 151681

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Printed Books

An inquiry into the history, authenticity, & characteristics of the Shakspeare portraits, in which the criticisms of Malone, Steevens, Boaden, & others, are examined, confirmed, or refuted. Embracing the Felton, the Chandos, the Duke of Somerset's pictures, the Droeshout print, and the monument of Shakspeare, at Stratford; together with an exposé of the spurious pictures and prints. By Abraham Wivell ...

Wivell, Abraham, 1786-1849.

London : The author, 1827.

PML 7661.1

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Printed Books

Under the immediate sanction and patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. New Argyll Rooms, Regent Street. Master Antonio Minasi, (aged ten years,) most respectfully acquaints the nobility, gentry, his friends, and the public in general, that his first benefit concert will take place on Friday, the 17th of June, 1825 at the above rooms.

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PMC 1199.3

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[London : publisher not identified], 1825.

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Music Manuscripts and Printed Music

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Printed Material

Through the outlooking glass : being the curious adventues of Theodore the red knight in his quest of the third cup of his faithful companion Alice, of the old lady who lived in a shoe behind a high tariff wall, and divers quaint and lively persons, all comprising a veritable theodyssey of incidents, set down in simple third terms / by Simeon Strunsky.

Strunsky, Simeon, 1879-1948.

[New York] : [Evening Post], [ca. 1912]

PML 352447

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Printed Books

Journal of a voyage to North-America. Undertaken by order of the French king. Containing the geographical description and natural history of that country, particularly Canada. Together with an account of the customs, characters, religion, manners and traditions of the original inhabitants. In a series of letters to the Duchess of Lesdiguières. Translated from the French of P. de Charlevoix ...

Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761.

London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761.

PML 3842

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Printed Books

A most pleasant comedy of Mucedorus the kings sonne of Valentia, and Amadine the kings daughter of Aragon : with the merry conceits of Mouse : amplified with new additions, as it was acted before the Kings Majestie at Whitehall, on Shrove-Sunday night by His Highnesse servants usually playing at the Globe : very delectable and full of conceited mirth.

London : Printed for John Wright, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Bible in Giltspurre-Street without Newgate, 1639.

PML 5104

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Printed Books

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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Printed Books

Common sense : addressed to the inhabitants of America on the following interesting subjects, I. of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution, II. of monarchy and hereditary succession, III. thoughts on the present state of American affairs, IV. of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections / by Thomas Paine.

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.

London : Printed for H.D. Symonds, 1792.

PML 46008.1

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Printed Books