translated from the French of L. de Grandpré. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS412 .G73 1803 Book Item-ID: i10045004 BIB-ID: 1006303 Show moretranslated from the French of L. de Grandpré. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS412 .G73 1803 Book Item-ID: i10045004 BIB-ID: 1006303 Show less
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
Natural history, Natural history--Egypt, Description and travel, DT53 .S66 1800
With a half title, an index and final leaf containing errata and advertisement. Translated by William Combe. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .S66 1800 ... Show moreWith a half title, an index and final leaf containing errata and advertisement. Translated by William Combe. Main Heritage Shelves General DT53 .S66 1800 Book Item-ID: i10233751 BIB-ID: 1025011 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
