per F. de Witt. Relief shown pictiorially Inset map of North Africa Reprint of De Wit's map of 1665 (Tibbets 117) Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP... Show moreper F. de Witt. Relief shown pictiorially Inset map of North Africa Reprint of De Wit's map of 1665 (Tibbets 117) Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00178 Print Map Item-ID: i17066402 BIB-ID: 1525306 Show less
Historical geography, Historical geography--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps--Early works to 1800, Civilization, Historical geography--Maps, Maps, Maps, G7420 1635 .B5
This is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia... Show moreThis is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the South and Caspian and Tartaria in the North. The focus on the map is on Persia, but includes areas of present day Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Hundreds of towns and cities are noted as well as rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges. A decorative title cartouche shows three Persian gentlemen, two of which hold a spear and sword also a sailing ship roams the Arabian Sea. [Willem Janszoon Blaeu]. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Novus Atlas, das ist Abbildung vnd Beschreibung von allen Ländern des Erdreichs, gantz vernewt vnd verbessert. Amsterdam, 1635. 2 v. (v.2, map no. 183). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00241 Print Map Item-ID: i11400559 BIB-ID: 1843971 Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Maps, Maps, Maps, Maps, G8220 1606 .M4
Highly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador... Show moreHighly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador, Canary Islands and Madeira, north to the Spanish Coast with beautiful original coloring. This map in the upper left corner shows Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. The map was published in the so called "Mercator-Hondius Atlas" by Jodocus Hondius and based upon a map by Gerhard Mercator. The engraver Pieter van der Keere was a Dutch engraver, publisher and globe maker. Hondius republished in the "Mercator-Hondius Atlas", that is now known as one of the most famous atlases from the early 17th century. The Mercator's maps were re-engraved by van der Keere in his distinguished style. Copper engraving. Relief shown pictorially. Title, inset and scale bars in decorative cartouches.Title cartouche has a lion head at top. Embellished with two sailing ships and a sea monster. Inset at top left: Penōn de Velez, high angle pictorial view showing the rock fortress and sailing vessels. Includes two scale bars which read, "Hispanicarum leucarum" and "Milliaria Germanica communia." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00239 Print Map Item-ID: i11400535 BIB-ID: 1843966 Map title and placenames in Latin. Text on verso in French. Show less
Leap year, Calendar--Early works to 1800, CE73 .W33 1676
Nunc primum editae è bibliotheca Georgii Hieronymi Velschii cujus accedit dissertatio, de earundem usu. Includes indexes. Added engraved t.-p. Signatu... Show moreNunc primum editae è bibliotheca Georgii Hieronymi Velschii cujus accedit dissertatio, de earundem usu. Includes indexes. Added engraved t.-p. Signatures: 1 uns. ., )(³, )()(⁴, A-T⁴, V². Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1508
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum at the end Capital spaces with guide letters. Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1508 Book Item-ID: i22814644 BIB-ID: 2427303 Show less
Covers Libya, Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and... Show moreCovers Libya, Egypt, Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan and portions of Ethiopia and Russia. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Colored in outline. Inset: Neu Inventiert. Genealogischer Stamm-Baum Der Griechisch. Kaÿser Welche Theils Zu Constantinopel Theils Zu Trapezunt Residiret : desgleichen ein StammBaum Der Türckischen Kaÿser Bis Auf Den Heüt Zu Tag Regierenden Sultan / ins Kupfer gebracht u. verlegt von Matth. Seütter. Includes ill. This is the representation of family tree chart of the Greek and Turkish monarches. Showing also pictures of the two last kings. Inset is the Turkish Empire territory in Africa, Europe and Asia. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00943 Print Map Item-ID: i11402519 BIB-ID: 1172594 In German and Latin. Show less
[Hrsg.:] [Abraham Ortelius]. Relief shown pictorially Scale in graph. Form. A decorative boldly engraved map from a Latin text edition of the Theatrum... Show more[Hrsg.:] [Abraham Ortelius]. Relief shown pictorially Scale in graph. Form. A decorative boldly engraved map from a Latin text edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, renowned as the first world atlas. This map appeared in all editions of the atlas, from 1570-1612. A map rich in place names, obviously based on Italian sources as they were frequent travellers to this part of the world. An interesting error is the depiction of the Caspian Sea as linger and narrower than in reality, while the number of big rivers flowing into the Persian Gulf and Caspian is exaggerated. Scale: Scala leucerum sive Farsangarum 3000, ......... 180 [low l. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00282 Print Map Item-ID: i11400705 BIB-ID: 1172413 Show less
accuratissima cura delineatum per Matthæum Seutter s. c. maj. geogr. aug ; Abraham Drentwet iunior del. Relief shown pictorially Covers: 33°-92°E. 11... Show moreaccuratissima cura delineatum per Matthæum Seutter s. c. maj. geogr. aug ; Abraham Drentwet iunior del. Relief shown pictorially Covers: 33°-92°E. 11°-52°N. Represents the Turkish Empire with parts of Persian Empire and Russia. The Arabian peninsula is divided into several chiefdom with towns depicted in castles. Letters around the pannels. Key note Sic Notantur of towns (4 sizes) centre and Universities given [cart. low r. h.]. This map is copy of the Visscher maps of 1690. Scale: Milliaria Germanica Com. 15 in un uno Gradu, 125. Milliaria Galica Com 25 in uno Gradu, 225. Milliaria Italica 60 in uno Gradu, 540. [below cart. l. h.]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00947 Print Map Item-ID: i11402532 BIB-ID: 1172596 Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Maps, Maps, Maps, Maps, G8220 1606 .M4
Highly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador... Show moreHighly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador, Canary Islands and Madeira, north to the Spanish Coast with beautiful original coloring. This map in the upper left corner shows Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. The map was published in the so called "Mercator-Hondius Atlas" by Jodocus Hondius and based upon a map by Gerhard Mercator. The engraver Pieter van der Keere was a Dutch engraver, publisher and globe maker. Hondius republished in the "Mercator-Hondius Atlas", that is now known as one of the most famous atlases from the early 17th century. The Mercator's maps were re-engraved by van der Keere in his distinguished style. Copper engraving. Relief shown pictorially. Title, inset and scale bars in decorative cartouches.Title cartouche has a lion head at top. Embellished with two sailing ships and a sea monster. Inset at top left: Penōn de Velez, high angle pictorial view showing the rock fortress and sailing vessels. Includes two scale bars which read, "Hispanicarum leucarum" and "Milliaria Germanica communia." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00239 Print Map Item-ID: i11400535 BIB-ID: 1843966 Map title and placenames in Latin. Text on verso in French. Show less
Historical geography, Historical geography--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps--Early works to 1800, Civilization, Historical geography--Maps, Maps, Maps, G7420 1635 .B5
This is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia... Show moreThis is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the South and Caspian and Tartaria in the North. The focus on the map is on Persia, but includes areas of present day Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Hundreds of towns and cities are noted as well as rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges. A decorative title cartouche shows three Persian gentlemen, two of which hold a spear and sword also a sailing ship roams the Arabian Sea. [Willem Janszoon Blaeu]. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Novus Atlas, das ist Abbildung vnd Beschreibung von allen Ländern des Erdreichs, gantz vernewt vnd verbessert. Amsterdam, 1635. 2 v. (v.2, map no. 183). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00241 Print Map Item-ID: i11400559 BIB-ID: 1843971 Show less
Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish Dutch cartographer and publisher of maps and a central figure in the golden age of Dutch cartography. He was... Show moreJodocus Hondius was a Flemish Dutch cartographer and publisher of maps and a central figure in the golden age of Dutch cartography. He was responsible for publishing the maps of Gerhard Mercator, the single most important cartographer of the age of discovery. The map depicts the realm of the legendary Christian Emperor Prester John in Abyssinia, an object of much speculation in the middle ages up to the early modern period. The map abounds in the fantasies of the time about the interior of Africa, in addition to Prester John there are the lands of the Amazons throughout the southern regions, a nearby lake named Zaire is inhabited by Tritons and Sirens and cannibals threaten the then recently Christianized kingdom of the Congo on the Atlantic coast of Africa, here called the Ethiopian Ocean (Oceanus Aethiopicus) and is shown in more detail in the inset map (possibly derived from Filippo Pigafettas map of the Congo itself derived from the reports of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Lopez). The map also depicts part of Arabia, up to Jeddah on the Red Sea, including Mecca to the north, the area of the Straits of Bab el-Mandeb and along the coast of Yemen up to the area of Dhofar in present day Oman. The modern day Gulf of Aden is here named the Arabian Gulf (Sinus Arabicus). Distances are given in German miles and Spanish leagues. This is a beautiful engraved map of Eastern Africa showing the legendary Kingdom of Prester John, who is said that he was ready to help the Crusaders in their campaign against Muslims. An interesting mistake depicting the deformation of lake Tanganyika and lake Victoria Being very small. The number of rivers is exegerrated. Scale: Milliaria Germanicor, 75, Leucarum Hispanicaru, 87,1/2 [cart. low r. h.] Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset map of "Congi Regni in Africa Christiani Nova Descriptio. From: "Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi... On verso: Text "Abissinorum et Congi regna," 353,352. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00246 Print Map Item-ID: i11400560 BIB-ID: 1172399 in Latin. Show less
olim Ab Arriano descriptus, nunc verò ab Abrah. Ortelio ex eodem delineatus. Relief shown pictorially Lower inset map showing the wanderings of... Show moreolim Ab Arriano descriptus, nunc verò ab Abrah. Ortelio ex eodem delineatus. Relief shown pictorially Lower inset map showing the wanderings of Odysseus/Ulysses Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01201 Print Map Item-ID: i11404590 BIB-ID: 1172802 Show less
Sumptibus Ioannis Iansonii. Two insets, Annonis Periplus. Hyperborei. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01192 Print Map Item-ID: i11404723 BIB-ID:... Show moreSumptibus Ioannis Iansonii. Two insets, Annonis Periplus. Hyperborei. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01192 Print Map Item-ID: i11404723 BIB-ID: 1172815 Show less
S. Wheatley sculpt. Shows land currently Iran, Saudi Arabia, and India. Relief shown pictorially. "Vol. II against page 26." Map of Persia and the... Show moreS. Wheatley sculpt. Shows land currently Iran, Saudi Arabia, and India. Relief shown pictorially. "Vol. II against page 26." Map of Persia and the Arabian peninsula.Only few towns are shown, Mekka and medina are not marked.towns presented in castles.Shaded sea banks. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01100 Print Map Item-ID: i11403627 BIB-ID: 1172705 Show less
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of... Show moreAbraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of Discovery. He was famously the first to publish a printed collection of maps with the title of atlas. A very colorful map with a lot of detail and great deal of text depicting the land of Tartary which was the medieval name for north and central Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacifica Ocean. This is one of the earliest maps to show the Bering Strait between Asia and America (here given as the "Stretto di Anian") Relief shown pictorially and with hachures A map of Tartary, and some parts of China, America and Europe. Japan is also marked. There are descriptive texts on the map. Continet hec tabula dem Tartariam, cum religua Asie Orientasions ... [decorat. cart. low. l. h.]. Decorated margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00485 Print Map Item-ID: i11401722 BIB-ID: 1172515 Show less
Pretiosi Joannis Imperiũm. Relief shown pictorially. The map covers the east and central Arabia. South Arabia is partly shown. It depicts the... Show morePretiosi Joannis Imperiũm. Relief shown pictorially. The map covers the east and central Arabia. South Arabia is partly shown. It depicts the legendary empire of christian King Prester John. Scale: Milliarum Germanicor, 75 Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00403 Print Map Item-ID: i11401126 BIB-ID: 1172455 In Latin. Show less
accuratissima cura delineatum per Tob. Conr. Lotter, chalcogr. et geogr. Aug. ; Abraham Drentwet Iunior del. "Cum gratia et privil. S.R.I. vicariat... Show moreaccuratissima cura delineatum per Tob. Conr. Lotter, chalcogr. et geogr. Aug. ; Abraham Drentwet Iunior del. "Cum gratia et privil. S.R.I. vicariat[us] in partib[us] Rheni Sveviae et juris Francon." Relief shown pictorially. Watermark. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes four bar scales. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00415 Print Map Item-ID: i11401199 BIB-ID: 1172462 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1519
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum Capital spaces with guide letters. Gilbert de Villiers' woodcut device Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1519 Book Item-ID: i22816938 BIB-ID: 2427893 Show less
Atlases, Atlases--Early works to 1800, Atlases, G1015 .B48 1662
v. 1. Arctica -- Europa, liber 1-2:. Norvegia. Dania. Sleswic -- v. 2. Europa, liber 3-7: Suecia. Russia. Polonia. Regiones orientales ultra... Show morev. 1. Arctica -- Europa, liber 1-2:. Norvegia. Dania. Sleswic -- v. 2. Europa, liber 3-7: Suecia. Russia. Polonia. Regiones orientales ultra Germaniam circa Danubium. Graecia -- v. 3. Europa, liber 8: Germania --v. 4. Europa, liber 9-10: Belgica regia -- v. 5. Europa, liber 11: Anglia -- v. 6. Europa, liber 12-13: Scotia. Hibernia -- v. 7. Europa, liber 14-15: Gallia. Helvetia -- v. 8. Europa, liber 16: Italia -- v. 9. Europa, liber 17: Hispania. Africa -- v. 10. Asia -- v. 11. America. Each vol. has t.p. with general title: Geographia Blaviana Each vol. has engraved special t.p., hand colored. First edition. Subsequently published in French, Dutch, German, and Spanish; the Latin version was also sold with v. 1 dated 1665 and v. 2-11 dated 1662. Main Heritage Display General G1015 .B48 1662 Book vol. 10 Item-ID: i23288280 BIB-ID: 2495570 Show less
Title page engraved vignette. Includes index. Pages 91-94 incorrectly bound after p. 184. Signatures: *⁴, A-Z⁴, Aa-Ss⁴, A-F⁴. Main Heritage Shelves... Show moreTitle page engraved vignette. Includes index. Pages 91-94 incorrectly bound after p. 184. Signatures: *⁴, A-Z⁴, Aa-Ss⁴, A-F⁴. Main Heritage Shelves General Z7046 .H68 1658 Book Item-ID: i1016604x BIB-ID: 1018240 Show less