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PirkΓͺ de Rabbi Eliezer : (the chapters of Rabbi Eliezer the Great) according to the text of the manuscript belonging to Abraham Epstein of ViennaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton manuscript in modern spelling : with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's "Navigations, voyages & discoveries"Author: Classic Public Domain
Splendor solis; alchemical treatises of Solomon Trismosin ... including 22 allegorical pictures reproduced from the original paintings in the unique manuscript on vellum, dated 1582, in the British museumAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Longinus on the sublime: the Greek text edited after the Paris manuscript with introduction, translation, facsimiles and appendicesAuthor: W. Rhys Roberts
The description of Ireland, and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598 : now for the first time published from a manuscript preserved in Clongowes-Wood CollegeAuthor: Classic Public Domain
PirkΜ£eΜ de Rabbi Eliezer = (The chapters of Rabbi Eliezer the Great) : according to the text of the manuscript belonging to Abraham Epstein of ViennaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Japanese marks and seals. Part I, Pottery. Part II, Illuminated mss. and printed books. Part III, Lacquer, enamels, metal, wood, ivory, &c.Author: Classic Public Domain
The Dean of Lismore's book : a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry from a manuscript collection madeAuthor: Sir James M'Gregor, Dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the sixteenth century
The Ta'rΓkh-i-guzΓda; or, "Select history" of HamdullΓ‘h MustawfΓ-i-QazwΓnΓ, compiled in A.H. 730 (A.D. 1330), and now reproduced in fac-simile from a manuscript dated A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453)Author: Classic Public Domain
The parochial history of Cornwall, founded on the manuscript histories of Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin; with additions and various appendicesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The history of Fulk Fitz Warine, an outlawed baron in the reign of King John. Ed. from a manuscript preserved in the British museum, with an English translation and explanatory and illustrative notes,Author: Thomas Wright ..
Syrian anatomy, pathology, and therapeutics; or, "The Book of Medicines", the Syriac text; edited from a rare manuscript with an English translation, etcAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Vita Sancti Columbae. [The text printed from a manuscript of the 8th century to which area added copious notes and dissertationsAuthor: William Reeves]
Chronicles of the Frasers: the Wardlaw manuscript entitled 'Polichronicon seu policratica temporum, or, The true genealogy of the Frasers', 916-1674Author: Classic Public Domain
The service for the consecration of a church and altar according to the Coptic rite; edited with translations from a Coptic and Arabic manuscript of A.D. 1307 for the Bishop of SalisburyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Christopher Columbus and the participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese discoveries. By Dr. M. Kayserling. Tr. from the author's manuscript with his sanction and revisionAuthor: Charles Gross
Domesday book : a popular account of the exchequer manuscript so called, with notices of the principal points of general interest which it containsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Bibliotheca cornubiensis. A catalogue of the writings, both manuscript and printed, of Cornishmen, and of works relating to the county of Cornwall, with biographical memoranda and copious literary referencesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
[Police records. vol. 56. Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919 [manuscript] / Office of the Police Commissioner]. September (pp.1171-1422).Author: Classic Public Domain
Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and CambridgeAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The poetical works of William Blake; a new and verbatim text from the manuscript engraved and letterpress originals. With variorum readings and bibliographical notes and prefacesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The banquet of Dun na n-Gedh and The battle of Magh Rath : an ancient historical tale now first published from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, DublinAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A Baptist bibliography; being a register of the chief materials for Baptist history, whether in manuscript or in print, preserved in Great Britain, Ireland, and the coloniesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The press and poetry of modern Persia : partly based on the manuscript work of MΓrzΓ‘ Muhammad 'AlΓ KhΓ‘n "Tarbivat" of TabrΓzAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Annals of Ireland. Three fragments, copied from ancient sourcesAuthor: Dubhaltach MacFirbisigh; and edited, with a translation and notes, from a manuscript preserved in the Burgundian Library at Brussels
History "Of Plimoth Plantation," from the original manuscript, with a report of the proceedings incident to the return of the manuscript to MassachusettsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
[Police records. vol. 56. Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919 [manuscript] / Office of the Police Commissioner]. July (pp.777-1047).Author: Classic Public Domain
The King family of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, 1595-1901. Compiled from public records, family papers and the manuscript King genealogy of Mr. Rufus King of Yonkers, N. Y.Author: Classic Public Domain
Records of the Cape Colony 1793-1831 copied for the Cape government, from the manuscript documents in the Public Record Office, LondonAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Vie de Seint Auban: a poem in Norman-French, ascribed to Matthew Paris; now for the first time edited, from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity college, Dublin, with concordance-glossary, and notesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of Rev. David Kinnear (1840)Author: Classic Public Domain
The Belgian galleries : being a history of the Flemish school of painting, illuminated and demonstratedAuthor: critical descriptions of the great paintings in Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and other Belgian cities
The articles of Christian instruction in Favorlang-Formosan, Dutch and English, from Vertrecht's manuscript of 1650 : with Psalmanazar's dialogue between a Japanese and a Formosan, and Happart's Favorlang vocabularyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ancient Scotish melodies : from a manuscript of the reign of King James VI : with an introductory enquiry illustrative of the history of the music of ScotlandAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The Itineraries of William Wey, fellow of Eton college. To Jerusalem, A.D. 1458 and A.D. 1462; and to Saint James of Compostella, A.D. 1456. From the original manuscript in the Bodleian libraryAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history : delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland, during the sessions of 1855 and 1856Author: Classic Public Domain
A primer of the art of illumination for the use of beginners : with a rudimentary treatise on the art, practical directions for its exercise, and examples taken from illuminated mss.Author: Classic Public Domain
Letters and state papers during the reign of King James the Sixth, chiefly from the manuscript collections of Sir James Balfour of DenmylnAuthor: Classic Public Domain
[Police records. vol. 56. Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919 [manuscript] / Office of the Police Commissioner]. April (pp.371-510).Author: Classic Public Domain
A glossary of North country words, in use. From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, Esq., M. P., with considerable additionsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Sketches of the New Church in America on a background of civic and social life : drawn from faded manuscript, printed record, and living reminiscenceAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Thomo I de sermones i platicas que contiene 47 desde 10 de henero de 1700 aΓ±[o] hasta 3 de nov[embre] de 1709 : manuscriptAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The sermons and conferences of John Tauler, of the Order of preachers, surnamed "the illuminated doctor"; being his spiritual doctrine. First complete English translation, with introduction and indexAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Historical introduction to the collection of illuminated letters and borders in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert MuseumAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The diary of Samuel Pepys : TranscribedAuthor: the late Rev. Mynors Bright, from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge
Extracts from the Style book of the Government Printing Office, designed for the use fo typewriter operators engaged in preparing manuscript for printing;Author: Classic Public Domain
La Chanson de Roland: a modern French translation of Theodor MΓΌller's text of the Oxford manuscript with introduction, bibliography, notes, and index, map, illustrations, and manuscript readingsAuthor: J. Geddes, Jr.
Register of wills and inventories of the Diocese of Dublin in the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton, 1457-1483 : from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity College, DublinAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A memoir of Jacques Cartier, sieur de Limoilou, his voyages to the St. Lawrence, a bibliography and a facsimile of the manuscript of 1534Author: Classic Public Domain
York plays; the plays performedAuthor: the crafts or mysteries of York on the day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries now first printed from the unique manuscript in the library of Lord Ashburnham
The diaries of John Hull, mint-master and treasurer of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, from the original manuscript in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, with a memoir of the author.Author: Classic Public Domain
The press and poetry of modern Persia; partly based on the manuscript work of MiΜrzaΜ Muhammad Κ»AliΜ KhaΜn "Tarbivat" of TabriΜzAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The visitation of Dorsetshire 1623 together with a collection of Dorsetshire pedigrees : from a manuscript in the Dorchester MuseumAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The illuminated books of the Middle Ages : an account of the development and progress of the art of illumination, as a distinct branch of pictorial ornamentation, from the IVth to the XVIIth centuriesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Explore a carefully assembled historical library of 125 books devoted to illuminated manuscripts. The selection prioritises useful, readable editions and substantial works.
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Excessively rare books, letters and illuminated manuscripts
A collection of excessively rare books, letters and illuminated manuscripts : ... to be sold December 14 and 15, 1909
Illuminated ornaments : selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries
Fac-similes of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts
Raymond Lull, the illuminated doctor : a study in mediaeval missions
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PirkΓͺ de Rabbi Eliezer : (the chapters of Rabbi Eliezer the Great) according to the text of the manuscript belonging to Abraham Epstein of Vienna
An Anglo-Saxon dictionary : based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth. Supplement
The travels of Sir John Mandeville : the version of the Cotton manuscript in modern spelling : with three narratives, in illustration of it, from Hakluyt's "Navigations, voyages & discoveries"
Splendor solis; alchemical treatises of Solomon Trismosin ... including 22 allegorical pictures reproduced from the original paintings in the unique manuscript on vellum, dated 1582, in the British museum
Longinus on the sublime: the Greek text edited after the Paris manuscript with introduction, translation, facsimiles and appendices by W. Rhys Roberts
The illuminated book of needlework : comprising knitting, netting, crochet, and embroidery
Manuscript: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Broxourne 84.3
Manuscript remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan; facsimiles with transcripts, translation and notes
Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc., copied from the manuscript collections of the late Rev. Frederick Brown
The description of Ireland, and the state thereof as it is at this present in anno 1598 : now for the first time published from a manuscript preserved in Clongowes-Wood College
Guide to the manuscript materials relating to American history in the German state archives
Illuminated manuscripts
The Voynich Manuscript
PirkΜ£eΜ de Rabbi Eliezer = (The chapters of Rabbi Eliezer the Great) : according to the text of the manuscript belonging to Abraham Epstein of Vienna
The Oera Linda book, from a manuscript of the thirteenth century
City of Boston School Committee minutes : manuscript, 1792-1905
Japanese marks and seals. Part I, Pottery. Part II, Illuminated mss. and printed books. Part III, Lacquer, enamels, metal, wood, ivory, &c.
Wycliffite Bible [manuscript] : ms., [ca. 1425]
Epistle of Barnabas : from the Sinaitic manuscript of the Bible
The New Testament : translated from the Sinaitic manuscript discovered by Constantine Tischendorf at Mt. Sinai
Catalogue of the pictures, miniatures, pastels, framed drawings, etc. in the Rijks-Museum at Amsterdam, with supplement
Sinonoma Bartholomei, a glossary from a fourteenth-century manuscript in the Library of Pembroke college, Oxford
The Dean of Lismore's book : a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry from a manuscript collection made by Sir James M'Gregor, Dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the sixteenth century
The Ta'rΓkh-i-guzΓda; or, "Select history" of HamdullΓ‘h MustawfΓ-i-QazwΓnΓ, compiled in A.H. 730 (A.D. 1330), and now reproduced in fac-simile from a manuscript dated A.H. 857 (A.D. 1453)
An Anglo-Saxon dictionary, based on the manuscript collections. Edited and enl. by T. Northcote Toller. Supplement
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : published verbatim from the original manuscript
The parochial history of Cornwall, founded on the manuscript histories of Mr. Hals and Mr. Tonkin; with additions and various appendices
Manuscript remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan
Catalogue of manuscript music in the British museum
The martyrology of Gorman : edited from a manuscript in the Royal Library Brussels
[De proprietatibus rerum] [manuscript]
The history of Fulk Fitz Warine, an outlawed baron in the reign of King John. Ed. from a manuscript preserved in the British museum, with an English translation and explanatory and illustrative notes, by Thomas Wright ..
Syrian anatomy, pathology, and therapeutics; or, "The Book of Medicines", the Syriac text; edited from a rare manuscript with an English translation, etc
Morte d'Arthur, a poem. [Written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. Reproduced by the Graphic Engraving Co. for Chatto & Windus]
Prakrit Dhammapada: based upon M. Senart's Kharosthi manuscript, with text, translation & notes
Vita Sancti Columbae. [The text printed from a manuscript of the 8th century to which area added copious notes and dissertations by William Reeves]
Chronicles of the Frasers: the Wardlaw manuscript entitled 'Polichronicon seu policratica temporum, or, The true genealogy of the Frasers', 916-1674
The service for the consecration of a church and altar according to the Coptic rite; edited with translations from a Coptic and Arabic manuscript of A.D. 1307 for the Bishop of Salisbury
Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times : their art and their technique
Christopher Columbus and the participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese discoveries. By Dr. M. Kayserling. Tr. from the author's manuscript with his sanction and revision by Charles Gross
Domesday book : a popular account of the exchequer manuscript so called, with notices of the principal points of general interest which it contains
On the Bakshali manuscript
Irish manuscript series, 4Β°
Assessment lists and other manuscript documents of Lancaster County prior to 1729
Bibliotheca cornubiensis. A catalogue of the writings, both manuscript and printed, of Cornishmen, and of works relating to the county of Cornwall, with biographical memoranda and copious literary references
Voynich Manuscript
[Police records. vol. 56. Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919 [manuscript] / Office of the Police Commissioner]. September (pp.1171-1422).
Codex Vaticanus No. 3773 (Codex Vaticanus B) : an old Mexican pictorial manuscript in the Vatican Library
Guide to the manuscript materials for the history of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London archives, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge
Personal narrative of the first voyage of Columbus to America : from a manuscript recently discovered in Spain
The poetical works of William Blake; a new and verbatim text from the manuscript engraved and letterpress originals. With variorum readings and bibliographical notes and prefaces
The Cambridge Songs; a Goliard's song book of the 11th Century. Edited from the unique manuscript in the University Library by Karl Breul
The banquet of Dun na n-Gedh and The battle of Magh Rath : an ancient historical tale now first published from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin
Banners, standards, and badges, from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms
A Baptist bibliography; being a register of the chief materials for Baptist history, whether in manuscript or in print, preserved in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies
Bishop Percy's folio manuscript : ballads and romances
The press and poetry of modern Persia : partly based on the manuscript work of MΓrzΓ‘ Muhammad 'AlΓ KhΓ‘n "Tarbivat" of TabrΓz
Clavicula Salomonis, a Hebrew manuscript
Boston Board of Health records : manuscript, 1799-1824
Annals of Ireland. Three fragments, copied from ancient sources by Dubhaltach MacFirbisigh; and edited, with a translation and notes, from a manuscript preserved in the Burgundian Library at Brussels
Disciplina Clericalis (English translation) from the fifteenth century Worcester Catherdral Manuscript F. 172
Manuscript Writing and Lettering: A Handbook for Schools & Colleges
[Commonplace book concerning science and mathematics] [manuscript]
The articles of Christian instruction in Favorlang-Formosan, Dutch and English, from Vertrecht's manuscript of 1650
An Anglo-Saxon dictionary, based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth
History "Of Plimoth Plantation," from the original manuscript, with a report of the proceedings incident to the return of the manuscript to Massachusetts
The mystic key to spiritual illumination and occult mastery
Classification. Class D: History, Universal and old world history. Printed as manuscript
Codex exoniensis. A collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry, from a manuscript in the library of the dean and chapter of Exeter
Types of insanity, an illustrated guide in the physical diagnosis of mental disease [with manuscript notes]
[Police records. vol. 56. Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919 [manuscript] / Office of the Police Commissioner]. July (pp.777-1047).
A collection of excessively rare books, letters and illuminated manuscripts : ... to be sold December 14 and 15, 1909
The King family of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, 1595-1901. Compiled from public records, family papers and the manuscript King genealogy of Mr. Rufus King of Yonkers, N. Y.
The Winchester Manuscript: Le Morte d'Arthur
Records of the Cape Colony 1793-1831 copied for the Cape government, from the manuscript documents in the Public Record Office, London
Vie de Seint Auban: a poem in Norman-French, ascribed to Matthew Paris; now for the first time edited, from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity college, Dublin, with concordance-glossary, and notes
The sheaf catalogue; a practical handbook on the compilation of manuscript catalogues for public and private libraries
The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of Rev. David Kinnear (1840)
Journal on matters relating to bees, etc., begun Jan. 29th, 1852 in Philadelphia, Vol. 1- : manuscript 1852-1862
The Way Of Illumination
The Belgian galleries : being a history of the Flemish school of painting, illuminated and demonstrated by critical descriptions of the great paintings in Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and other Belgian cities
Excessively rare books, letters and illuminated manuscripts
The articles of Christian instruction in Favorlang-Formosan, Dutch and English, from Vertrecht's manuscript of 1650 : with Psalmanazar's dialogue between a Japanese and a Formosan, and Happart's Favorlang vocabulary
Ancient Scotish melodies : from a manuscript of the reign of King James VI : with an introductory enquiry illustrative of the history of the music of Scotland
Notes of lectures delivered on natural philosophy, to the senior class of 1848 & '49 [manuscript], 1848-1849
The Itineraries of William Wey, fellow of Eton college. To Jerusalem, A.D. 1458 and A.D. 1462; and to Saint James of Compostella, A.D. 1456. From the original manuscript in the Bodleian library
Extracta E Variis Cronicis Scocie, From the Ancient Manuscript in the Advocates Library At Edinburgh
Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history : delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland, during the sessions of 1855 and 1856
A primer of the art of illumination for the use of beginners : with a rudimentary treatise on the art, practical directions for its exercise, and examples taken from illuminated mss.
Illuminated ornaments : selected from manuscripts and early printed books, from the sixth to the seventeenth centuries
Fac-similes of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts
Letters and state papers during the reign of King James the Sixth, chiefly from the manuscript collections of Sir James Balfour of Denmyln
[Police records. vol. 56. Jan. 1, 1919 to Dec. 31, 1919 [manuscript] / Office of the Police Commissioner]. April (pp.371-510).
A glossary of North country words, in use. From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, Esq., M. P., with considerable additions
Sketches of the New Church in America on a background of civic and social life : drawn from faded manuscript, printed record, and living reminiscence
Thomo I de sermones i platicas que contiene 47 desde 10 de henero de 1700 aΓ±[o] hasta 3 de nov[embre] de 1709 : manuscript
Raymond Lull, the illuminated doctor : a study in mediaeval missions
The sermons and conferences of John Tauler, of the Order of preachers, surnamed "the illuminated doctor"; being his spiritual doctrine. First complete English translation, with introduction and index
Historical introduction to the collection of illuminated letters and borders in the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum
The diary of Samuel Pepys : Transcribed by the late Rev. Mynors Bright, from the shorthand manuscript in the Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge
The language of the Konungs skuggsjΓ‘ (Speculum regale) according to the chief manuscript, AM. 243 B a, fol
Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history
The Burgh records of Dunfermline, transcribed from the original manuscript volume courts, sasines, etc., 1488-1584
Irish manuscript series 8o
Extracts from the Style book of the Government Printing Office, designed for the use fo typewriter operators engaged in preparing manuscript for printing;
La Chanson de Roland: a modern French translation of Theodor MΓΌller's text of the Oxford manuscript with introduction, bibliography, notes, and index, map, illustrations, and manuscript readings by J. Geddes, Jr.
Register of wills and inventories of the Diocese of Dublin in the time of Archbishops Tregury and Walton, 1457-1483 : from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin
Romain Rolland; the man and his work. Translated from the original manuscript by Eden and Cedar Paul
Manuscript & inscription letters for schools & classes & for the use of craftsmen
A memoir of Jacques Cartier, sieur de Limoilou, his voyages to the St. Lawrence, a bibliography and a facsimile of the manuscript of 1534
The Bodleian manuscript of Jerome's version of the Chronicle of Eusebius : reproduced in collotype
Bibliography of the writings of Albert Pike: prose, poetry, manuscript
York plays; the plays performed by the crafts or mysteries of York on the day of Corpus Christi in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries now first printed from the unique manuscript in the library of Lord Ashburnham
The diaries of John Hull, mint-master and treasurer of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, from the original manuscript in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, with a memoir of the author.
The press and poetry of modern Persia; partly based on the manuscript work of MiΜrzaΜ Muhammad Κ»AliΜ KhaΜn "Tarbivat" of TabriΜz
The Floral gift : an illuminated souvenir
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : edited from his manuscript, with notes and an introduction
A manual of illumination on paper and vellum
The visitation of Dorsetshire 1623 together with a collection of Dorsetshire pedigrees : from a manuscript in the Dorchester Museum
Manuscript Remains Of Buddhist Literature Found In Eastern Turkestan Vol.-i
The illuminated books of the Middle Ages : an account of the development and progress of the art of illumination, as a distinct branch of pictorial ornamentation, from the IVth to the XVIIth centuries
Lighthouse construction and illumination;
The Byrhtferth's Manuscript (MS 17) β Saint Johnβs College β Oxford β [1111]
[Governing documents and records of the New England Anti-Slavery Society] [manuscript]
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