Aurangzeb , 1618-1707, History, History, Description and travel, Court and courtiers, Social life and customs, DS461.7 .B47 1671
The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of... Show moreThe history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol -- A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia. by Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier ; English'd out of French. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initial letters. Title page followed by seven pages of "An extrait of a letter written to Mr. H.O. from Monsr de Monceaux the younger, giving a character of the book here Englished and its author", which is followed by six pages of contents and an errata page. With a final advertisement leaf. Pagination: [16], 258, [2], 176, 102, [2] p. Page 208 is wrongly printed as 082. Translation by Henry Oldenburg of author's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, 1670. Volume two, entitled "Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol" has separate pagination and title page with following imprint: London : printed by S.G. for Moses Pitt at the white Hart in Little Britain, 1671. The third part entitled "A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia" has also separate pagination. Copy in FCO Historical collection is a variant copy without a Wing reference number. Imprint reads: London : printed and are to be sold by John Williams, book-seller in Plymouth, 1671. The map is signed: "Cross sculp:" Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.7 .B47 1671 Book Item-ID: i10203618 BIB-ID: 1021997 Text also available online from EEBO at: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. English translation of French original. Copy in Marsden Collection has armorial bookplate of William Marsden on front paste-down. UkLU-K Copy in FCO Historical Collection is from the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. It has a ms. inscription on second free endpaper: "E Libris Thomae Hewett, Anno Domini 1719" and a ms. inscription in Indic script on the same page. There is another ms. inscription on title page in another hand: "L. Moody, Mrs Hill". UkLU-K Show less
Horseshoeing, Horseshoeing--Early works to 1800, Horses--Diseases, Horsemanship, SF285 .S68 1696
by the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the present French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; to which is added, a... Show moreby the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the present French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris ; to which is added, a most excellent supplement of riding, collected from the best authors, with an alphabetical catalogue of all the physical simples in English, French, and Latin, by Sir William Hope, Kt. Deputy-Lieutenant of the Castle of Edinburgh. Translation of the author's : Le parfait mareschal. With frontis. portrait (plate) of the author. With additional engraved title pages (plates) for parts 1 and 2. "A supplement of horsemanship, to the first part of The parfait mareschal or the most Compendious and Excellent Treatise of riding. Whereby all kinds of horses may be wrought according to Nature, and Perfected by the subtility of Art. Being a Collection, taken from the Best and most Modern Writers upon that Subject. The whole Collected and Methodized by Sir William Hope of Kirklistoun, Kt. Lieutenant Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh" has separate undated title page, with imprint "Printed at Edinburgh", pagination and register. Part 1 is a reissue, with cancel t.p., of the sheets of the Edinburgh edition with title: The parfait mareschal or Compleat farrier. Part 2, "The compleat horseman. Part I." (caption title), has separate pagination and register. Main Heritage Shelves General SF285 .S68 1696 Book Item-ID: i21528615 BIB-ID: 1981958 Includes indexes. Show less
Manners and customs, Travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Social life and customs, Description and travel, Description and travel, D973 .B56 1669
by Sr. Henry Blunt knight. Page 52 incorrectly numbered 25. Spine title: Blunt's voyage Main Heritage Shelves General D973 .B56 1669 Book Item-ID: i23163264 ... Show moreby Sr. Henry Blunt knight. Page 52 incorrectly numbered 25. Spine title: Blunt's voyage Main Heritage Shelves General D973 .B56 1669 Book Item-ID: i23163264 BIB-ID: 2451437 Show less
Church orders, Ancient, Ethiopic language--Texts, PJ408 .O6 vol.37 1882
Edited and translated by Thomas Pell Platt, Esq., F.A.S. late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Printer from colophon and verso of t.p. Show moreEdited and translated by Thomas Pell Platt, Esq., F.A.S. late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Printer from colophon and verso of t.p. Show less
I. The Chaldean temple; Its construction and services.--II. The creation legends.--III. The palace.--IV. The deluge legend.--V. Chaldean libraries.... Show moreI. The Chaldean temple; Its construction and services.--II. The creation legends.--III. The palace.--IV. The deluge legend.--V. Chaldean libraries.--VI. The legends of Gizdhubar; The epic of Chaldea. by W. St. Chad Boscawen. Show less
Mechanics, Analytic, Mechanics, Analytic--Early works to 1800, Mechanical engineering, Mechanical engineering--Early works to 1800, QA804 .R64 1716
By Thomas Watts, of the Accomptant's Office, for Qualifying Young Gentlemen for Business. A translation of Jacques Rohault's "Les mhaniques",... Show moreBy Thomas Watts, of the Accomptant's Office, for Qualifying Young Gentlemen for Business. A translation of Jacques Rohault's "Les mhaniques", originally published in 1682 in "Oeuvres posthumes." With a recommendatory preface by William Whiston. Collation: 8vo: A⁸( -A8) B-L⁸ M1[=A8] [$4 signed]; 88 leaves, pp. [14 unn.] [1] 2-160 [161-162] [misprinting 112 as 102] + plates, 'Tab 1'-'Tab 4'. Title within double line border; head-pieces, initials. Errata: prelim. p. [14] (A7v). Advertisement, "At the Accomptant's-Office for Qualifying Young Gentlemen for Business, in Abchurch-Lane ... ": prelim. p. [2], facing title. Main Heritage Shelves General QA804 .R64 1716 Book Item-ID: i23451439 BIB-ID: 2504258 Show less