[Speculum humanae salvationis. French. [from old catalog]]Le mirouer d...
Title from colophon, which continues: tra[n]slate de latin en francoys ... veu corrige [et] translate par ... frere Iulien des Augustins de Lyon ... Signatures: pi⁴ a-z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]¹⁰. Goff S-662 Pierpont Morga... More
[Farmers harvesting crops]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in: Opus ruralium commodorum Petri de Crescentijs. Strassburg (Argentine) : [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg], 9 Mar. (quinta feria ante festum S. Gregorii) 1486. Published in: The tradition... More
Theodor de Bry - Galli locum condendae arci aptum deligunt
French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce... More
[Star-shaped fortess surrounded by water-filled moat]
Illus. in: Le govvernail d'Ambroise Bachot, capitaine ingenievr dv roy. Melun : Imprimé soubz lauteur; et s'en trouuera aussi en son logis à Paris, 1598. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks o... More
[A method of hunting deer in the Northeast]
Natives using devices for making noise to drive deer and other game towards a fenced area. Illus. in: Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine [...] / Samuel... More
[Ox-powered machine for grinding or milling grain]
Illus. in: La premiere partie des desseins artificiavlx de tovtes sortes des movlins a vent, .... Impriméz a Francfort svr le Main : Par P. Iacques, 1617. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks ... More
[Title page illustration for La pyrotechnie showing columns, arches, a...
Illus. in: La pyrotechnie de Hanzelet Lorrain .... Pont a Mousson : par 1. & Gaspard Bernard, 1630, title page. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Brun... More
[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes "La Dioptrique...
Illus. in: Discours de la methode .... Plus La dioptriqve. Les meteores. Et La geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete methode. Leyde : De li̓mprimerie de I. Maire, 1637. Published in: The tradition of techno... More
[Illustration for chapter one of L'art de jetter les bombes showing a ...
Illus. in: L'art de jetter les bombes, ... / par Monsieur Blondel. Paris : Chez l'autheur et N. Langlois, 1683. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Brun... More
Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By the honorable, the Lieutenant co...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 29.
Avantures mal-heureuses du Sieur de la Salle / J. Van Vian en del. et ...
Print shows La Salle, priests and others on shore as supplies are unloaded from a ship. Illus. in: Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que l'Europe avec les reflections des entreprises du Sieur de la Salle ...... More
Benjamin Franklin / J. Pelicier sculp. 1782.
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing fur collar, in oval draped with foliage on pedestal with books, map, eagles, storm clouds and lightning, and with "VIR" ... More
By His Excellency, Joseph Dudley, Esq. Captain General and Governor in...
Positive Photostat.; Proclamation.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio ... More
Bras artificiel / Dheulland sculp.
Plate shows prosthetic arms and hands. Illus. in: Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Académie royale des sciences, depuis son établissement jusqu'à présent; avec leur description. Paris : G. Martin [etc.]... More
Le transport du grand soleil - Public domain dedication image
Native porters transporting the tribal leader whom they worshipped as the sun. Illus. in: Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terr... More
An act to restrain the sending of provisions to Cape-Breton, or any ot...
Evans 7509.; On verso: New York Acts 19 Feb 1755. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio... More
One hundred and twenty dollars reward Major Christopher French, Ens. J...
Positive Photostat.; Reward.; Imprint 2.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Port... More
Don Bernard de Gálvez colonel des armées de Sa Majesté, intandant & go...
A proclamation offering amnesty to all military deserters who return to duty within four months and fulfill given requirements. Signed: Signé Bernardo de Gálvez. Et plus bas. Par mandement de Sa Seigneurie Ju... More
Five hundred pounds reward. [For the capture of the Viginia built pilo...
Positive Photostat.; Printed in French and English.; Title.; Evans 15877. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... More
Avis au publico. To the Public. Oefentliche bekanntmachung. [Offering ...
Printed in three columns French, English and German.; Evans 15861. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... More
The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers
Print shows a depiction of the naval engagement between the British fleet under Admiral Keppel and the French fleet under Count d'Orvilliers; framed with elaborate border. Engraved for Cowley's history of engl... More
Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. - envoy from the American Congress to the Fre...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, facing right with left arm resting on arm of chair. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain an... More
Benjamin Franklin L.L.D. F.R.S. - one of the American plenipotentiarie...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, without spectacles, wearing fur cap, in oval. After a portrait by Cochin. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America;... More
B. Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. - ambassador from the Congress of America t...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in oval. After the medal by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres in 1778. Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between... More
[Marine -- shows a ship lying on its side] / Bernard direxit.
Illus. in: Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières, par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d'artistes.... Paris : Chez Panckoucke, 1782-1830, vol. 166, pl. 59, p. 94. Published in: The trad... More
Charles Henri Comte Destaing, né le 24 Novembre 1729
Charles Henri comte d'Estaing, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly right; in framed medallion. Illus. in: Extrait du journal d'un officier de la marine de l'escadre de M. le comte d'Es... More
St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...
Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More
Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 / N. ...
Print shows ten battle scenes from the American revolutionary war, from the battle of Trenton in December 1776 to the victory of Comte de Grimouard, commander of the Scipion, in the West Indies in November 1782... More
Prise de la Dominique / gravé par Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et Roy...
Print shows French troops storming the British fort on the island of Dominica in the Leeward Islands. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendan... More
John Malcom / dessiné et gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Académie Imple. et...
Print shows John Malcolm, a customs officer, standing in a two-wheeled cart on a street crowded with onlookers as men prepare to tar and feather him. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents é... More
Count de Grasse, the French admiral, resigning his sword to Admiral Ro...
Engraved for Raymond's history of England. Illus. in: A new, universal and impartial history of England ... to the spring of the year 1784 ... / by George Frederick Raymond, Esq.... London : Printed for J. Coo... More
An act to authorize a grant of lands to the French inhabitants of Gall...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 223, Folder 27.
All able bodied seamen who are willing to engage in the cause of Liber...
Cut of ship at head of page has caption: They steer to Liberty's shores.; Removed from the Papers of E. C. Genet.; On verso: 2-92-27.5; and 315842, 4F65 Available also through the Library of Congress web site ... More
... An act for the remission of duties arising on the tonnage of sundr...
Caption title: Third Congress of the United States:, at the first session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred ... More
... An act for the remission of the tonnage duties on certain French v...
Evans 29684.; Caption title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third of November one thousand s... More
A new entertainment, by Messrs. L'Egalité The very extraordinary spect...
3 columns printed in English, French and German.; Not in Evans.; Citizen Sans Culotte and Mr. Aristocrat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as facsimile page images. Printed Ephemera Colle... More
Hone's view of the Regent's bomb, now uncovered, ...
Illus. of a mortar and a "monsterous nondescript" animal on a pedestal; with text explaining that the mortar was caputred from the French after the siege of Cadiz, Spain, in 1812. Wood engraving by George Cruik... More
Headquaters, New-Hampshire militia. Adjutant-general's office Concord,...
Blank form of resignation filled in in nss for Nathaniel French and dated November, 1826.; On verso: Discharge from Military Duty, Bangor ME. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two form... More
By the President of the United States of America. Proclamation. Wherea...
English and French on same page. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site as facsimile page images. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 231, Folder 3.
Intérieur d'une cabane de Caloches (Ile de Sitkha, Côte N.O. de l'Amér...
Interior view of lodge or cabin with Natives gathered around fire. Illus. in: Voyage autour de monde, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur Nicolas 1er, sur la corvette le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, ... More
Harpers Ferry. (From the Blue Ridge).
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Circular. Washington, November 9th, 1840 Dear Sir: In the full convict...
On verso: 9 Nov. 1840. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 197, Folder 10.
Fellow Citizens of Essex County, The undersigned, having entire confid...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 57, Folder 17.
Micheal Kernan, Late 66 Royal street, Begs to inform [blank] that he h...
Louisiana 1845.; Dated "New Orleans, November 1st, 1845.".; 1. Advertising, Consumer. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Pri... More
It seems to be conceded on all sides that the bill for the relief of t...
On p. [2]" {stamp} May 2 1910 D. of D.; on p. [4]: 10 Oct. 1849. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.... More
Alphonse Daudet. A sketch of the famous French novelist and his works....
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 243, Folder 14.
George the IIId, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland / Pollard s...
Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, wearing armor and a laurel wreath; in oval. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the pr... More
Allegorical representation of freeing of slaves.
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Musicians' military & civic ball, complimentary to the Lowell cornet b...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 61, Folder 36.
The author from a photograph by Bingham (Paris)
Three-quarter length portrait of Alexis Sayer, seated, facing front. From a photograph by Bingham. Illus. in: Sayer's Culinary Campaign (London, 1857) frontis. Bitting Collection. No ref. copy. This record cont... More
[Photograph of Abraham Lincoln medal.], engraving, Library of Congress
Picryl description: Public domain image of a print - round portrait, medal, medallion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Emile Lassalle - [Lassalle portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 18...
Facsimile of Lincoln's signature at bottom of portrait. Signed on stone: Emile Lassalle.
Frank Leslie's pictorial history of the war. A magnificent record of t...
On verso: Gift Jos. Katz, Aug. 25, 1964; 11 1/2 x 15 1/2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; P... More
Browning & Jenkins, will open their importation of French hats, also a...
Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 21a.
[Metzmacher portrait of Lincoln.] President des Estats-Unis.
Based on Alexander Gardner photograph of Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ship's clearance issued for whaling voyage of the schooner Tekua
Signed by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward.
The last words of John Brown ... B. B. French Washington City. Nov. 24...
Poem. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 21b.
Lincoln's last hour. - Public domain portrait drawing
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seisure and death of the murderer Wilkie Booth.
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Assassination of the president Abraham Lincoln.
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
No. 233 Washington Street, (Under the Marlboro' Hotel,) is the cheapes...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 72, Folder 20.
Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson .... June 1, 1866.
A poem.; Andrew Jacskon and Andrew Johnson.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfoli... More
The lack of a strong French republican organ has long been felt all ov...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 20.
Portrait photo of Auguste Rodin - Rodin--Le penseur
Print shows Auguste Rodin, facing in silhouette with his sculpture "The Thinker" at right. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 11, July 1905, plate I.
Geneva Political Equality Club invites French Peace Advocate, Baron d'...
Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Le livre du roy Modus - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...
Authorship is now generally ascribed to Henri de Ferrières. Cf. J. Thiébaud's Bibl. des ouvrages français sur la chasse. Paris, 1934, col. 388-395. Goff M-739 Hain-Copinger 11447 BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 386 ... More
Cest le Romant de la rose : moralise cler et net
Begun by Guillaume de Lorris and finished by Jean de Meun. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 917
Heures a lusaige de Rōme tout au long sans rien requerir auecques plus...
Signatures : [A]-N⁸. On vellum. Initials and paragraph-marks supplied in gold on red or blue. Ornament pained beneath "Ad laudes" caption on p. [51] includes a cock (?) and green plant-form on gold shield. Libr... More
Discovrs et histoire veritable des navigations, peregrinations et voya...
Originally published in Lyon, 1567, under title: Les quatre premiers livres des navigations et peregrinations orientales. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1207 Also available in digital for... More
Problemes plaisans et delectables,
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC scc 2018-10-16 update (1 card)
Le voyage cvrievx, faict avtovr du monde,
The 1st part is a translation, by F. de Louvencourt, sieur de Vauchelles, of The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South Sea (as published in R. Hakluyt. The principall navigations ... 1589) It was pu... More
Traitez de l'eqvilibre des liqvevrs, et de la pesantevr de la masse de...
LAC ecr 2018-11-15 update (1 card)
Airs novveaux de la covr, - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congr...
Manuscript on vellum. Headlines in red; initials in gold and various colors; coat of arms (apparently of a lady of the Painel-Marcel family) in gold and colors on first leaf. Dessus and bassus parts on confron... More
De l'usage du caphé, du thé, et du chocolate
Attributed also to Jacob Spon. cf. Paris. Bibl. nat. Cat. "La première partie de cet ouvrage est traduite du traité de Naironi sur le café: seconde est extraite de P. Alexandre de Rhodes, de Nieuhoff; la tro... More
Abregé des observations & des reflexions svr la comete qui a paru au m...
Added t.-p.: Observations sur la comete. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1417 LAC ecr 2018-11-06 update (1 card)
Le nouveau recueil de curiositez rares & nouvelles des plus admirables...
Previously published under title: Recueil de curiositez rares et nouvelles des plus admirables effets de la nature. Added engraved title page; pt. 2 has special title page (p. [437]). Also available in digital ... More
La maison reglée, et l'art de diriger la maison d'un grand seigneur & ...
Dedicatory letter signed: Audiger. Commonly known in reference sources as: La maison reglée. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift A. W. Bitting Oct. 6, 1939 LAC tnb 2019-03-... More
Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting : reduced to mecha...
"Translated from the French, by James Anderson, M.A."--R. Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, Edinburgh, 1824. With French text and added title page: L'harmonie du coloris dans la peinture ... Copies were sold (by W... More
Cours de chymie contenant la manière de faire les operations qui sont ...
LAC ecr 2018-09-19 update
The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands : cont...
LC copy: paging and description in card catalogue: "2v., 100, 100, 20 col. pl., col. map ; 52 cm". LC copy: errors in paging from card catalogue: "Vol. 2, p. 59 numbered 56. Vol. 2, pl. 61 unnumbered; pl. 80 nu... More
Le cuisinier gascon - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress sc...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift A. W. Bitting Oct. 6, 1939 LAC tnb 2019-03-04 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-03-12 review
Traité des pierres de Théophraste,
LAC ecr 2018-09-27 update
Version latine du livre classique Chouking,
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Atlas céleste de Flamstéed, approuvé par l'Académie royal des sciences...
LAC ecr 2018-11-01 update (1 card)
Œuvres de Bernard Palissy - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congr...
Brunet, IV, 320 Grässe, V, 108 Caillet, A.L. Sciences psychiques, II, 8265 "A Monsieur Franklin" (publisher's dedication): p. vij-viij. Error in paging: p. [lxxvj] numbered xxvj. Signatures: pi⁴ a-h⁴i², A-4Z⁴... More
Dissertation sur le café : sa culture, ses différentes préparations, &...
With this are bound the author's Dissertation sure le thé. Paris, 1787, and Dissertation sur le cacao. Paris, 1787. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift: A. W. Bitting, Oct.... More
Bréviaire du gastronome utile et récréatif, aide-mémoire pour ordonner...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-02-21 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-02-28 review
La botanique de J. J. Rousseau,
The plates are of the first state without engr. titles. Cf G. Dunthorpe, Flower abd fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries, 1938 no. 252. Imprint on verso of half title; De l'imprimerie de l. E. Herh... More
Exposition du système du monde,
Microfilm. Washington, D.C. Library of Congress. LAC ecr 2018-10-30 update (1 card) LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-11-06
Almanach royal d'Hayti pour l'année ..
Annual "Presenté au roi par P. Roux." PREMARC/SERLOC merged record
Mécanique analytique, - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...
"Liste des ouvrages de M. lagrange communiquée par M. Lacroix" ; V. 2, p. "Liste des ouvrages de M. Lagrange, communiquée par M. Lacroix": v. 2, p. [372]-378. LAC scc 2018-11-13 update (1 card) LAC kcc 2018-1... More
Le cuisinier royal, ou, L'art de faire la cuisine, la pâtisserie, et t...
Published also under titles: Le cuisinier impérial; Le cuisinier impérial de la ville et de la campagne; Le cuisinier national; Le cuisinier national de la ville et de la campagne. "Notice sur les vins": p. 5... More
L'art de conserver et d'employer les fruits : contenant tous les procé...
Published anonymously. The author's name, Pierre Quentin, appears on the 4th (1874) and later editions. Cf. Bitting. Rev. ed. of: L'art d'employer les fruits, et de composer à peu de frais toutes sortes de con... More
Le cuisinier économe; ou, Élémens nouveaux de cuisine, de pâtisserie e...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift of A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec 1-8-47. LAC scc 2019-03-21 update (1 card)
Théorie des phénomènes électro-dynamiques, uniquement déduite de l'exp...
"Imprimerie de Firmin Didot ..." French LAC Review Completed 2018-08-16 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-08-28
Le Charivari Charles Philipon - Newspaper, public domain, Library of C...
Daily 1. année (1. déc. 1832)- 84. année (1915). "Journal publiant chaque jour un nouveau dessin" (varies slightly), dec. 1832-nov. 5, 1835. At head of title: Journal quotidien, politique, littéraire et d'a... More
Les contes de Pierre Parley sur l'Amérique : avec figures
Translated by F.M.J. Surault. Frontispiece with caption: Peter Parley telling stories, signed: J. Andrews. Shaw & Shoemaker 12661 Haviland, V. Yankee Doodle's literary sampler, p. 58 In original publisher's bi... More
Le Cuisinier méridional d'après la méthode provençale et languedocienn...
Bitting, K.G. Gastronomic bib., p. 540 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift; A.W. Bitting, presented in memory of Katherine Golden Bitting; Oct. 6, 1939. LAC scc 2019-03-19 ... More
Études sur les glaciers; - Public domain book scan / drawing
Plates 1-14 each preceded by leaf with outline drawing of objects representd, lettered 1a-14a. Atlas has illustrated cover-title: Études sur les glaciers, par L. Agassiz. Dessinés d'après nature et lithograp... More
Le patissier royal parisien, ou, Traité élémentaire et pratique de la ...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC has v. 1 only. Gift of A. W. Bitting October 6, 1939. Rec. 6-2-48, LAC scc 2019-04-04 update (1 card)