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
Leap year, Calendar, Calendar--Early works to 1800, Calendar, Leap year, CE73 .W34 1676
Nunc primum editae è bibliotheca Georgii Hieronymi Velschii cujus accedit dissertatio, de earundem usu. Includes indexes. First and only edition of... Show moreNunc primum editae è bibliotheca Georgii Hieronymi Velschii cujus accedit dissertatio, de earundem usu. Includes indexes. First and only edition of this Landmark in Arabic printing, containing the first facsimile of a manuscript written in Arabic alphabet. Main Heritage Shelves General CE73 .W34 1676 Book Item-ID: i25109182 BIB-ID: 2695104 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1495
Johannes Mesue. Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf... Show moreJohannes Mesue. Text 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. Printer's device on recto of last leaf. Capital spaces with guide letters. Signatures: A⁸ b-z⁸ [et ]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ 2a-2p⁸ chi2 Main Heritage Vault RS79 .I266 1495 Book Item-ID: i10036957 BIB-ID: 1005498 Show less
The volume is the first complete edition of the well known Saʻdī Šīrāzī's work, entitled "Gulistan", a work on the tradition of the Mirror for... Show moreThe volume is the first complete edition of the well known Saʻdī Šīrāzī's work, entitled "Gulistan", a work on the tradition of the Mirror for Magistrates, that Saʻdī dedicated to the rulers son, Sad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Sad. It is a collection of moralising anecdotes, arranged according to subject matter in 8 books. The mixture of prose and verse presented in it, if not the first instance of its kind in Persian, immediately makes the genre central to Persian literary history and elevates it to a new level of sophistication. Gentius's translation includes a final and extensive chapter with explanatory notes to the different chapters of the work.The printing made by Blaeu shows splendid Naskhi types. de Persico in Latinum versum, necessariisque notis illustratum a Georgio Gentio. Device on title page with motto: Indefessus Agendo Initial letters in woodcut. Signatures: *⁴ **⁶ A-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Vuu⁴ Xxx Yyy-Zzz⁴ Aaaa-Kkkk⁴ L Each part of the two texts has catchword. Main Heritage Shelves General PK6542.L3 S23 1651 Book Item-ID: i19659830 BIB-ID: 1779884 Persian original text and Latin translation on opposite pages. Show less
Florula littoris Galliæ ad Estac prope Massilliam. Accedit florula insulæ Maltæ. p. [i]-xiv.--Flora constantinopolitana, littoris ad Dardenellos et... Show moreFlorula littoris Galliæ ad Estac prope Massilliam. Accedit florula insulæ Maltæ. p. [i]-xiv.--Flora constantinopolitana, littoris ad Dardenellos et insularum Tenedos, Imros, Rhodi. p. [xv]-xxxvi.--Flora ægyptiaca: sive Catalogus plantarum systematicus Ægypti inferioris: Alexandriæ, Rosettæ, Kahiræ, Sues. p. [xxxvii]-lxxviii.--Flora arabicoyemen. Sive Catalogus plantarum Arabiæ felicis systematicus. p. [lxxix]-cxxvi.--Descriptiones plantarum floræ ægyptiaco-arabicæ. p. 1-219. quas per ægytum inferiorem et arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskäl. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Main Heritage Shelves General QK353 .F6 1775 Book Item-ID: i10092481 BIB-ID: 1010884 Show less
Barberini, Francesco , 1597-1679 (dedicatee.), Coptic language--Grammar, Coptic language--Grammar--Early works to 1800, PJ2024 .K57 1636
... in quo Cùm linguae Coptæ, sive Aegyptiacæ, quondam Pharaonicæ, origo, ætas, vicissitudo, inclinatio, tùm hieroglyphicæ literaturæ instauratio .... Show more... in quo Cùm linguae Coptæ, sive Aegyptiacæ, quondam Pharaonicæ, origo, ætas, vicissitudo, inclinatio, tùm hieroglyphicæ literaturæ instauratio ... exhibentur. Title page with Cardenal Francesco Barberini xilographic device. Catchword and marginal endnotes. Signature: -3⁴ A-Z⁴ aA-Ss⁴ Tt Includes "Primitiae linguae Coptae sive Aegyptiacae antiquae" (pages 281-332) and "Idea sive Ichnographia oedipi Aegyptiaci" (pages 333-338) Main Heritage Shelves General PJ2024 .K57 1636 Book Item-ID: i21454723 BIB-ID: 1884002 Texts in Latin, Copto and Arabic Show less
