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[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...

Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More

Bible. Manuscripts. Latin. Biblia latina. April 4, 1452-July 9, 1453. "Giant Bible of Mainz"

Bible. Manuscripts. Latin. Biblia latina. April 4, 1452-July 9, 1453. ...

Opening of Genesis. No file prints. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bible O.T.

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in decorative border]

[Earth, the sun, and moon carried on dragon's back below title in deco...

Title page in: Astronomicum caesareum / Petrus Apianus. [Ingolstadii, 1540] Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p.43.

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum - entire page including border

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum - entire page includi...

Illus. in: Werner Roelvinck, Fasciculus Temporum (Utrecht, 1480), fol. lxxj. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496 R - Incunabula. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Illus. in: Werner Roelvinck, Fasciculus Temporum (Utrecht, 1480), fol. lxxj. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496 R - Incunabula. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum

Illus. in: Werner Roelvinck, Fasciculus Temporum (Utrecht, 1480), fol. lxxj. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496 R - Incunabula. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum - entire page

Woodcut in Werner Rolevinck, Fasciculus Temporum - entire page

Illus. in: Werner Roelvinck, Fasciculus Temporum (Utrecht, 1480), fol. lxxj. Reference copy may be in LOT 4496 R - Incunabula. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monsters]

[Half-human monsters called "wonder-people" and soulless animal monste...

Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Magenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 79.

[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pots]

[Trees with medicinal virtues, growing naturally and cultivated in pot...

Illus. in: Buch der natur / Konrad von Megenberg. Augsburg : J. Bamler, 1481. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 55.

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P and geometric diagrams]

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P...

Title page in: Elementa geometria / Euclides. Venice : E. Ratdolt, 1482. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 225.

[Sigismund, emperor of Germany, on his death bed, 1437]

[Sigismund, emperor of Germany, on his death bed, 1437]

Illus. in: Reformation kaiser Sigmunds, 1484. Public domain scan of 15th-century woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of woodcut print, free to u... More

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...

Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485]

[Four illustrations of 15th c. daily live from the text of Boethius, D...

Illus. in: Boethius, De consolatione philosphiae. Dutch and Latin. Ghent, Arend de Kaysere, 3 May 1485. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORK... More

Du Temps. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Du Temps. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Medieval time wheel with twelve signs of zodiac; activities, usually related to plants or planting, for each month of the year; and center scene of woman in summer above man in winter. Illus. and text in: De pr... More

[Illustrated title page]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Illustrated title page]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Plautius, Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio, 1492, t.p. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

L'Aquatinta magnanimo duca. Book illustration from Library of Congress

L'Aquatinta magnanimo duca. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Decorated initial L showing mathematician Luca Paccioli as Franciscan monk, surrounded by text, and rope-patterened border. Illus. and text in: Somma di arithmetica, geometria, proporzione e proporzionalita / L... More

[Pietro da Montagnana, a Paduan medical teacher surrounded by Greek and Arabic medical books, and three patients waiting to have their urine examined]

[Pietro da Montagnana, a Paduan medical teacher surrounded by Greek an...

Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 130.

[Earth-centered universe, with orbits of moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the firmament in concentric circles]

[Earth-centered universe, with orbits of moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, J...

Illus. and text in: De caelo / Aristoteles. Venice : B. Locatellus for O. Scotus, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 255.

[Crowned Greek astronomer Ptolemy and his Renaissance translator Regiomontanus, seated beneath an armillary sphere and surrounded by decorated border]

[Crowned Greek astronomer Ptolemy and his Renaissance translator Regio...

Frontspiece in: Epytoma in Almagestum / Regiomontus. Venice : J. Hammam, 1496. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 29.

[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or boil under his armpit]

[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or bo...

Illus. and text in: Pestbuch : Hieronymus Brunschwig. [Strassburg] : J. Gruninger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 138.

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

[Britannia attacked by her enemies]

Print shows Britannia and the British lion being attacked from the left by a Dutchman, a Spaniard, and a Frenchman, and from the right by a Native woman representing America. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive ... More

[Crucifixion study]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Crucifixion study]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Inscribed in pencil on mat: [Raffaeli on old mat]. Ink inscription on back of drawing not deciphered. Title from P&P Bradley collection inventory card. George... More

[Ferdinand II, King of Spain, pointing across Atlantic to where Columbus is landing with three ships amid large group of Indians]

[Ferdinand II, King of Spain, pointing across Atlantic to where Columb...

Reference copy filed in P&P Biog. File under Fernando V. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus - Public domain dedication image

The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus - Public domain dedication image

Cut within border. Woodcut by Lukas Cranach the elder, 1472-1553. Hollstein, 80 (second state); Bartsch, 59. Bradley Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.... More

Typus arithmeticae. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Typus arithmeticae. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The form of arithmetic, possibly muse of arithmetic, shown as woman standing between Boethius writing Arabic numerals and Pythagorus doing reckoning with counters. Illus. in: Margarita philosophica / Gregor Rei... More

[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Incunabula illustrations, 1505]. Book illustration from Library of Co...

p. xciv - verso, v. 1. Illus. in: Ulrich Pender, Der Beschlossen Gart des Rosenkrantz Marie (Nuremburg, 1505). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

St. Christopher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

St. Christopher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Woodcut by Lukas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553. Hollstein, 79 (later impression IIa? without inscriptions and with three breaks in the border; two on bottom and one at upper left); Bartsch, 58; LeBlanc, 12. Wate... More

[The knight, Death, and the Devil] / AD [monogram].

[The knight, Death, and the Devil] / AD [monogram].

Title from mount. Hubbard Collection. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 186.

[Knight in armor, with lower body of fish]

[Knight in armor, with lower body of fish]

Illus. in: Tbouck vā wondre, Brussels, 1513. Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD; Fish (Symbolism); Knights; Shelf.

Illus. of man slicing bread (making communion wafers?) and of a hawk, in Hortus sanitatis [minor], Dè grotè herbari (The great Herbarium), Antwerpen, Gheprint bi C. de Graue, 1514

Illus. of man slicing bread (making communion wafers?) and of a hawk, ...

Illus. in: Hortus sanitatis [minor], Dè grotè herbari (The great Herbarium), Antwerpen, Gheprint bi C. de Graue, 1514. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

[Shepherd with bagpipes gazing at heavens, with sheepdogs, sheep and wolf]

[Shepherd with bagpipes gazing at heavens, with sheepdogs, sheep and w...

Illus. in: Der scaepherders kalengier. Antwerp : Gheprent bij W. Vosterman, 1516. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 24.

[Illus. poem showing mountain landslide threatening 3 horsemen]

[Illus. poem showing mountain landslide threatening 3 horsemen]

Woodcut on vellum by Hans Schaufrerlein. Illus. in: Theuerdank, Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen...(Nürnberg, Schönsperger [1517], pl. 36). Reference copy may be in SSF... More

[Deposition from the Cross] - Public domain dedication image

[Deposition from the Cross] - Public domain dedication image

Illus. in: Fascicula mirre..., Antwerp, 1518. Reference copy may be in LOT 4444-B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD; Bible, NT; Shelf.

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bordered in columns with scene of seated teacher lecturing as assistant dissects cadaver]

[Architectural title page of Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini bor...

Title page in: Commentaria ... super anatomia mudini / Jacopo di Berengario. [Bononiae : Impressum per H. da Benedictis, 1521]. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More

[Two illustrations showing a unicorn and several apes]

[Two illustrations showing a unicorn and several apes]

Illus. in: Hudson, Hortus sanitatis, London, 1521. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; Animals Apes; Unicorn. Sources checked and other information on... More

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

Illus. in: Nicole Gilles, Les Tres Elegantes...1527. Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Title page of Witelo, De Natura, illus. with composite of various phenomena of natural science: mirror; man wading in water to show refracted light; box balanced at fulcrum on another box; sunlight shining through glass to start fire; rainbow]

[Title page of Witelo, De Natura, illus. with composite of various phe...

Illus. in: Witelo, De Natura, 1535. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rainbow; Light; Natural phenomena; Science; BI Works; RBD; Shelf.

The Fall of Babylon - Public domain illuminated manuscript

The Fall of Babylon - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Illus. in: The Luther Bible of 1535, pl. CXCIII. No ref. copies. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bible.

[Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), in court, holding dagger to her breast] / I.K.

[Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), in court, holding dagger to her breast] ...

Woodcut from De claris mulieribus by G. Boccaccio. Bernae Helvet, [1539] Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Title page, showing 2 large ships with Saints Antonia, Nicola, Helme & Chiara in clouds]

[Title page, showing 2 large ships with Saints Antonia, Nicola, Helme ...

Illus. in: Consulate of the sea, Libro di consolato, [Vinegia] 1539, title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 4701. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Religion M... More

[Solar system diagram with seven planets in circular orbits, the earth as number V, Telluris; and surrounding text]

[Solar system diagram with seven planets in circular orbits, the earth...

Illus. and text in: Da revolutionibus orbium coelestium / Nicolaus Copernicus. Norimbergae : Apud I. Peteium, 1543. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congr... More

[Crowd watching dissection of female cadaver with skeleton at its head]

[Crowd watching dissection of female cadaver with skeleton at its head...

Illus. in: De humani corporis fabrica / Andreas Vesalius. Basileae : [ex oficina I. Oporini], 1543. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 120

Hans Sebald Beham - Ensign, drummer and piper

Hans Sebald Beham - Ensign, drummer and piper

Copy in reverse after B. Beham. Engraving by Hans Sebald Beham, 1500-1550. Bartscht 198, Pauli 201 (1st state), Hollstein 201. Signed with monogram and dated on plate. Coll. mark of Hubbard Coll. (Lugt Suppl. 1... More

De figuere vander divisien der spheren ... / graphien van Pe. Apiano.

De figuere vander divisien der spheren ... / graphien van Pe. Apiano.

Motionless earth in center of universe surrounded by seven concentric spheres which carry the sun, the moon, and the planets. Illus. in: Cosmografia / Petrus Apianus. Antuerpiae : G. Bonito, 1545. Published in:... More

Armes & amours. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Armes & amours. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing Hector and his Greek warriors on one side; Paris of Troy playing his harp on the other side. Illus. in: Giles Corrozet, Hecatongraphie (Paris, 1548). Reference copy may be in SSF - War Cart... More

Concordia, che l'ingegno e la forza ...

Concordia, che l'ingegno e la forza ...

Engraving by Andrea Alciati. Illus. in: Diverse Imprese accommodate a diverse moratitá. In Lione,1551, pl. 42. Reference copy may be in SSF - Allegory. This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More

Natura, ars naturam adiuuans - Public domain book illustration engraving

Natura, ars naturam adiuuans - Public domain book illustration engravi...

Engraving by Andrea Alciati. Illus. in: Emblemata..., (1550) pl. 107. Reference copy may be in SSF - Allegory. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Allegory; Medic... More

[Mathematician Girolamo Cardano, half-length portrait in oval, facing right, with text below]

[Mathematician Girolamo Cardano, half-length portrait in oval, facing ...

Illus. and text in: De subtilitate libri XXI / Girolamo Cardano. Basileae : Per L. Lucium, 1554. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 236.

[Eagle with prominent claws; and surrounding text]

[Eagle with prominent claws; and surrounding text]

Illus. and text in: Historiae animalium / Konrad Gesner. Tiguri : Apud C. Froschoverum, 1551-1558, p. 191. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 81

[Mining methods in 16th Century England]

[Mining methods in 16th Century England]

Cutaway sectioned view of large vertical mine shaft, with machinery powered by water wheel. Book 6, p. 145. Illus. in: Georg Agricola, De Re Metallica (Basel, 1556). Ref. copy may be in SSF - MINING. This recor... More

[Mining methods in 16th Century England]

[Mining methods in 16th Century England]

Water wheel powering pulley mechanism above mine shaft. Book 6, p. 155. Illus. in: Georg Agricola, De Re Metallica, (Basel, 1556). Ref. copy may be in SSF - MINING. This record contains unverified data from cap... More

Hammock Between Two Trees - Public domain dedication image

Hammock Between Two Trees - Public domain dedication image

Illus. in: Ramusio, G. Battista, Le Navigationi al Mondo Nuovo, III (Venice, 1556). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Meleagre & Atlante. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Meleagre & Atlante. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Page of poetry with illus. of the myth of Meleager. Illus. in: Ovid, Metamorphoses (Lyons, 1557). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incunabula; Mythology.

[Male and female mandrake roots]

[Male and female mandrake roots]

Illus. in: Commentarii secundo auct, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis / Pietro Andrea Mattioli. Venetiis : Ex Oficina Erasmiana, V. Valgrisij, 1558, p. 535. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. ... More

[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: hunting seals, wearing "counterfeit black skins"]

[Illustration of activities of Lapps and Finns: hunting seals, wearing...

Woodcuts from Historia Delle Genti, by Olaus Magnus, the 1565 ed. of Historia de Gentibus Septrionalibus. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

Modo che tengono i medici nel medicare gl'infermi

Modo che tengono i medici nel medicare gl'infermi

Illus. in: Griolamo Benzoni, La Historia del Mondo Nuova, p. 55 (Venetia, 1565). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians; Fishing; Bread; Hospitals; Viticultu... More

[Babo and Rotherius in Hapsburg armorial dress]

[Babo and Rotherius in Hapsburg armorial dress]

Engraving by Gaspar ab Avibus. Illus. in: Francisci Tertii Austriacae gentis imaginum (1569). Refereence copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Aboro, che sempre stilla acqua per le foglie, nell'isola del Ferro

Aboro, che sempre stilla acqua per le foglie, nell'isola del Ferro

Tree growing in circular-walled well. Illus. in: Girolamo Benzoni, La Historia del Mondo Nuovo, p. 179 (Venetia, 1572). Reference copy may be in SSF - ABORICULTURE. This record contains unverified, old data fro... More

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, argumenta

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...

Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... More

Feats of Light. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Feats of Light. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Scene illustrating many of the propoerties of light; such as rainbow, mirrored images, sunlight through glass causing fire; scene is of seaport with galleons in harbor; elephants crossing long bridge. Illus. in... More

[Geometric figure of earth, sun, and moon calculated by Aristarchus to approximate real scale of the solar system]

[Geometric figure of earth, sun, and moon calculated by Aristarchus to...

Illus. in: De magnitudinibus, et distantiis solis, et lunae / Aristarchus of Samos. Pisauri : Apud. C. Francischinum, 1572, p. 30. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : L... More

Modo di dormire nel Golfo di Paria...

Modo di dormire nel Golfo di Paria...

Native leanto dwellings, with hammocks. Gulf of Paria, betw. Trinidad and Venezuela. Illus. in: Girolamo Benzoni, La Historia del Mondo Nuova (Venetia, 1572). No reference copy. This record contains unverified,... More

[Procession of domestics serving the cardinals]

[Procession of domestics serving the cardinals]

Illus. in: Opera di m. Bartolomeo Scappi. Con il discorso funerale che fu fatto nelle essequie di papa Paulo III. [Venetia : M. Tramezzino, 1574?]. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Captio... More

[A Monstrous Fish]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[A Monstrous Fish]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Thevet, La Cosmographie universelle ... (Paris, 1575), vol. 2. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397L. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fishing Industry... More

[Hunting animals on snowshoes with spears and arrows]

[Hunting animals on snowshoes with spears and arrows]

Illus. in: Thevet, La Cosmographie universelle ... (Paris, 1575), vol. 2. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Snowshoes; Wint... More

Eskimo in Kayak. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Eskimo in Kayak. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Spearing duck, others on shore, one in tent, one holding kayak, etc. Print of the double page plate. Illus. in: Settle, De Martini Forbisseri angli navigatoine in regiones occidentis et sepeentrionis (1580). Th... More

Man employing measuring device - Public domain dedication image

Man employing measuring device - Public domain dedication image

Illus. in: Petrus Apianus, Cosmographie, Antwerp, 1581. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORKS; Cosmography; G&M Div.; Ma... More

[Aged eagle bathing in fountain, in an animal allegory of renewal by baptism]

[Aged eagle bathing in fountain, in an animal allegory of renewal by b...

Illus. and text in: Physiologus. Peri ton physiologon. Romae : Apud Zannettum et Ruffinellum, 1587, p. 22. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 77.

[Page showing two numbered diagrams from the Art of shooting in great ordanunce... written by William Bourne. Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcocke, 1587]

[Page showing two numbered diagrams from the Art of shooting in great ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: The art of shooting in great ordanunce / William Bourne. London : Thomas Woodcocke, 1587. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Title page from the Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by William Bourne. Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcocke, 1587]

[Title page from the Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Page 26 from the Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by William Bourne. Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcocke, 1587]

[Page 26 from the Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by Wil...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Page 9 from The Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by William Bourne. Imprinted at London for Thomas Woodcocke, 1587]

[Page 9 from The Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by Will...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Cutaway view of water-powered saw mill]

[Cutaway view of water-powered saw mill]

Illus. in: Le Diverse et Artificose Machine del Capitano Agostino Ramelli, 1588, oppos. p. 212. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Incun.; Sawmills.

[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]

[Complex machine using water-wheel, bellows, and turbine action]

Engraving by Agostino Ramelli. Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine, Paris, 1588. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Navigational charts & designs: The demonstration of the wyndes

Navigational charts & designs: The demonstration of the wyndes

Illus. in: Martin Cortés, Arte de Navigation, London, 1589, fol. 56. Reference copy may be in SSF - Navigation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Moon; Sun; Ast... More

Navigational charts & designs: Astrolab [to take the altitude of the sunne]

Navigational charts & designs: Astrolab [to take the altitude of the s...

Illus. in: Martin Cortés, Arte de Navigation, London, 1589, fol. 70. Reference copy may be in SSF - Navigation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Moon; Sun; Ast... More

Far che con un dracone ... - Public domain dedication image

Far che con un dracone ... - Public domain dedication image

An automatic theater run by a water siphon system, moving Hercules, with club, a dragon, and a fountain; surrounding text and decorated initial V. Illus. and text in: Gli artifitiosi et curiosi moti spiritali d... More

[Diagram of a ship at sea illustrating sight lines?]

[Diagram of a ship at sea illustrating sight lines?]

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Martin Cortés, The arte of navigation, London, 1589, fol. 50. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Theodor de Bry - [The town of Pomeiock] / T.B.

Theodor de Bry - [The town of Pomeiock] / T.B.

Fortified Native village the manner of construction of the buildings and the enclosing stockade. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... ... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.

Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.

Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More

Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]

Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]

Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... More

[Black slaves working in sugar mill. Hispaniola. Part 5, plate 2]

[Black slaves working in sugar mill. Hispaniola. Part 5, plate 2]

Illus. in: De Bay, Americae...1590. Reference copy may be in E141.B88. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Plantation crops Sugar, LOT 4410A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Indian seated in hut] - Public domain book illustration

[Indian seated in hut] - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: America. Edited by Theodor de Bry. Franckfort am Mayn : Gedruckt bey J. Wechel, in Verlegung d. Bry, 1590, plate 21.

Theodor de Bry - [How they build boats] / T.B.

Theodor de Bry - [How they build boats] / T.B.

Native men making dugout boats by burning and scraping with seashells. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590, [plate] 12.... More

[A fortified village]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[A fortified village]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A Native village with the chief's house in the center, surrounded by huts of other principal men, and fortified by a circular arrangement of tall palings that spiral to a narrow opening at the entrance. Illus. ... More

[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Exercises of youth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōniere ... anno MDLXIIII. Qvae est secvnda pars Americae ... / Auctore Iac... More

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More

Theodor de Bry - Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt

Theodor de Bry - Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt

Bird's-eye view of French fort, Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die... More

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More

Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio

Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio

French expedition under Jean Ribaut enter 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 Rena... More

Theodor de Bry - [The French arrive in Florida]

Theodor de Bry - [The French arrive in Florida]

The arrival of the French expedition under Laudonnière at the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Fran... More

Johannes Staden tries to swim to a French boat in order to escape, but the French do not accept him because they fear the anger of the Indians

Johannes Staden tries to swim to a French boat in order to escape, but...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 50. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Mandioka root [being] prepared by Indian women to produced a liquid brew. This makes the tribesmen drunk

Mandioka root [being] prepared by Indian women to produced a liquid br...

Indian men drinking and dancing. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, pl. 75. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Lerii's account of the description of the method the Indians use for "barbecuing" human flesh

Johannes Lerii's account of the description of the method the Indians ...

Indians barbecuing and eating parts of human bodies. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 155. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

Ceremonies used when killing enemies and eating these. Methods of killing and treating the enemy [by nude Indians]

Ceremonies used when killing enemies and eating these. Methods of kill...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 83. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Carius, an Indian from a different tribe, is slaughtered and eaten by the Tuppin Inwa, who are keeping Johannes Staden in Prison, 1554

Carius, an Indian from a different tribe, is slaughtered and eaten by ...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 48. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

A ship arrives from Brickioka looking for Johannes Staden, the prisoner

A ship arrives from Brickioka looking for Johannes Staden, the prisone...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, plate 37. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Tuppin Ikin Indians fight the Tuppin Inwa, who are holding Johannes Staden prisoner, at Boywassu Kange

The Tuppin Ikin Indians fight the Tuppin Inwa, who are holding Johanne...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 54. Same illus. used a second time on p. 189 in account of Johannes Lerii. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old ... More

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Indians: The typical compound of the Tuppin Inwa (prisoner being tortured)]

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

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