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Magnalia Christi Americana, Cotton Mather, Thomas Parkhurst

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Full title: Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical history of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of Our Lord, 1698. In seven books ... By the Reverend and learned Cotton Mather. London: Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crows in Cheapside. MDCCII.

Early New England history.

7 parts in 1 volume

Hunting License, England 1700, Charles Beauclerk

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

Charles Beauclerk, natural son of King Charles I and his mistress Nell Gwynne was given the title of Duke of St. Albans in 1684. With the title came land, and the wild game living on it. This slip of paper grants permission for Christopher Roleston to hunt in the Duke�s parks. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

A Light Shining Out Of Darkness, Or, Occasional Queries Submitted To The Judgment Of Such As Would Enquire Into The True State Of Things In Our Times, Henry Stubbe

Historical Quaker Books

Sometimes attributed to Sir Henry Vane (1613-1662)

Henry Stubbe (1632-1676)

3rd edition, 230 pages

Essays About The Poor, Manufactures, Trade, Plantations, & Immorality And Of The Excellency And Divinity Of Inward Light, Demonstrated From The Attributes Of God And The Nature Of Mans Soul, As Well As From The Testimony Of The Holy Scriptures (1699), John Bellers

Historical Quaker Books

A series of essays by John Bellers.

Selected Pages From A New Discovery Of A Vast Country In America : Extending Above Four Thousand Miles, Between New France And New Mexico : With A Description Of The Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, And Animals : Also, The Manners, Customs, And Languages Of The Several Native Indians, And The Advantage Of Commerce With Those Different Nations : With A Continuation, Giving An Account, Louis Hennepin

Selections from Special Collections

[24], 243, [33], 228 p., [9] leaves of plates (8 folded) : ill., maps ; 20 cm. (8vo).

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2009. The abstract was prepared by Kyle Brennan.

Les Metamorphoses D'Ovide, T. 1 (Selections), Ovid, Thomas Corneille

As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library

Selection from Ovid's work. Scholars surmise the author was another source of inspriation for Shakespeare; "mises en vers francois par T. Corneille"

Les Metamorphoses D'Ovide, T. 3 (Selections), Ovid, Thomas Corneille

As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library

Selection from Ovid's work. Scholars surmise the author was another source of inspriation for Shakespeare; "mises en vers francois par T. Corneille"

Selected Pages From A Short View Of The Immorality And Profaneness Of The English Stage..., Jeremy Collier

Selections from Special Collections

288 p. 20 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2012. The abstract was prepared by Megan Hagar.

A New Discovery Of A Vast Country In America, Louis Hennepin, Jacob Tonson

Osher Map Library Rare Books

Full title: A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico with a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with …

Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica Ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configurata. Or, Some Few Lines Towards A Description Of The New Heaven, Samuel Sewall, Reiner Smolinski

Zea E-Books in American Studies

SAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730) is best remembered as a colonial judge during the Salem Witchcraft trials, as a significant diarist, and as an ardent millenarian, who published a number of eschatological tracts on his favorite obsession. Apart from his political achievements in the colonial judicature, Sewall published a number of significant works. The Selling of Joseph (1700) is one of the earliest abolitionist documents in American history. His famous Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 (1878-82) is a Puritan document par excellence and a window on a crucial period in the development of the colony. His millenarian tract Proposals Touching the Accomplishment …

Truth's Innocency And Simplicity Shining Through The Conversion ... (With The Long And Patient Sufferings) Of That Ancient And Faithful Minister And Servant Of Jesus Christ, Thomas Taylor

Historical Quaker Books

First few pages partially missing. Numbers 97-104 are skipped in the page numbering. The group of 54 pages are inserted between p. 130 and 131.
351, 54 pages ; 21 cm

The Talking Deaf Man, Or, A Method Proposed, Whereby He Who Is Born Deaf May Learn To Speak, Johann Conrad Amman

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Mercury, Or, The Secret And Swift Messenger : Shewing, How A Man May With Privacy And Speed Communicate His Thoughts To A Friend At Any Distance, John Wilkins

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Indenture: March 17, 1692

Historical Legal Documents

Indenture between Elizabeth Palmer of St. Giles, Middlesex (?) and John and Edward Roper of St. Giles, Middlesex.

Old Mens Tears For Their Own Declensions, Mixed With Fears Of Their And Posterities Further Falling Off From New-England’S Primitive Constitution, Joshua Scottow

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is an online edition of Scottow’s popular tract, published in Boston in 1691, based on the first edition. Later editions were published in Boston in 1715, 1733, and 1749, and in New London in 1769. It is a searchable PDF document. The characteristics of Scottow’s original text (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, italics, etc.) have been retained. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected, and a list of emendations is included at the end. Its typographic design is based on that of the original. The work decries the falling off of New England from the purity and purpose of its original founding, …

Examination Of A Witness, Charleston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, July 20, 1687, Simon Lynde

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This document, signed by Simon Lynde, Justice of the Peace of Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, documents the testimony of Thomas Richards of Boston on the subject of his knowledge of an accusation of murder of a child against parties unknown. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

A Relation Of The Invasion And Conquest Of Florida By The Spaniards, Under The Command Of Hernando De Soto, Unknown

Select Florida Studies Publications

An English translation of "A Relation of the Invasion and Conquest of Florida by the Spaniards, Under the Command of Fernando de Soto." The book provides a detailed history of Spain's obtainment, occupation and rule of Florida. Originally published in 1686.

A Form Of Prayer With Thanksgiving, To Be Used On Sunday September The 9th; Being The Day Of Thanksgiving, Appointed By The Kings Declaration: To Be Solemnly Observ'd In All Churches, And Chappels Within This Kingdom, Church Of England

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

No abstract provided.

His Majesties Declaration To All His Loving Subjects, Concerning The Treasonable Conspiracy Against His Sacred Person And Government, Lately Discovered. Appointed To Be Read In All Churches And Chappels Within This Kingdom. / By His Majesties Special Command, England And Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles Ii)

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

No abstract provided.

The Compleat Troller : Or, The Art Of Trolling, With A Description Of All The Utensils, Instruments, Tackling, And Materials Requisite Thereto : With Rules And Directions How To Use Them : As Also A Brief Account Of Most Of The Principal Rivers In England., Nobbes, Robert, 1652-1706?

Angling

Dedication signed: Ro. Nobbes. Advertisement on p. [2] at end.

Selected Pages From The History Of The Reformation Of The Church Of England, Gilbert Burnet

Selections from Special Collections

3 v. engr. fronts., ports. ; 32 cm. 2nd ed., corr. London, Printed by T.H. for R. Chiswell, 1681-1753.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2012. The abstract was prepared by Alexander George.

Didascalocophus : Or The Deaf And Dumb Mans Tutor, To Which Is Added A Discourse Of The Nature And Number Of Double Consonants: Both Which Tracts Being The First (For What The Author Knows) That Have Been Published Upon Either Of The Subjects, George Dalgarno

Deaf Rare Books

No abstract provided.

Prophesies Concerning Christs 2d Coming, Isaac Newton

Rare Books at James White Library

Written sometime in the early 1680s, in English and Latin with quotations in Greek and Hebrew, c. 19,367 words, 40 pp. on 5 quarto signatures

For more information see Kimakwa, Sarah, "James White Library Hidden Treasures Isaac Newton: Early Adventist Pioneer? A Physicist’s Perspective" (2014) at https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/library-pubs/13/

The Testimony Of Truth Exalted: By The Collected Labours Of That Worthy Man, Good Scribe, And Faithful Minister Of Jesus Christ, Samuel Fisher Who Died A Prisoner For The Testimony Of Jesus And Word Of God, Samuel Fisher, Luke Howard, William Penn, Ellis Hookes

Historical Quaker Books

Contents: The scorned Quakers true and honest account --The scorned Quakers second account of his second attempt to give testimony to the truth of Jesus --The burden of the Word of the Lord to the people at Lydd --To the Parliament of England and the several members thereof -- Rusticus ad academico, therusticks alarum to the rabbics -- An additional appendix to Rusticus ad academicos -- Christ's light springing, arising up, shining forth and displaying itself throw the whole world -- One antidote more against that provoking sin of swearing -- Supplementum sublatum -- Velata quaedam revelata --Thebishop busied beside …

Il Tempio Ravivato Di S. Maria Della Pace, Posto Nel Chiostro Esteriore De Rr. Pp. Dell' Ordine De Predicatori De' Santi Gio: E Paolo Di Venetia, Francesco Carboni

Rare Books

Short history of devotion to an icon of Santa Maria della Pace in the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, including verse and reported miracles.

The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans, Compared Together, By That Grave Learned Philosopher & Historiographer Plutarch Of Chaeronea. Tr. Out Of The Greek Into French, By James Amiot ... With The Lives Of Hannibal & Scipio, African ... Into English, By Sir Thomas North. Hereunto Are Added The Lives Of Epaminodas, Of Phillip Of Macedon, ... Collected Out Of Æmilius Probus, By S.G.S. ... The Lives Of Twenty Selected Eminent Persons Tr. Out Of The Work Of That Famous Historiographer ... Andrew Thevet., Plutarch

Selections from Special Collections

8 p. ℓ., 1030 (i.e. 1026) [56] p., 2 ℓ., 91 p. illus. (ports.) 36 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Fall 2012. The abstract was prepared by Christopher Fuelling.

A Brief History Of The Warr With The Indians In New-England, Increase Mather

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This ebook represents a new edition of Increase Mather’s influential contemporary account of King Philip’s War, between the English colonists in New England (and their Native allies) and the Wampanoag, Naragansett, and other Indian nations of the region, beginning in 1675. Mather’s account runs through August of 1676, when hostilities in southern, central, and western New England ended; fighting continued in the region of Maine until 1678. The war was disastrous for both sides, but particularly for the hostile Native Americans, who were brought very close to extermination.

Mather describes his history as “brief” (its 30,00 words run to 89 …

The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans (Title Page), Plutarch, Thomas North

As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library

Title page from the 1676 edition of Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Scholars surmise that earlier editions of North's translations influenced Shakespeare's work.

The Cry Of Sodom Enquired Into, Samuel Danforth

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is a well-known execution sermon from seventeenth-century Massachusetts, delivered on the occasion of the sentencing to death of a young man convicted of bestiality—specifically of copulation with a mare, in which he was discovered in the open in broad daylight. Samuel Danforth, who wrote and delivered the sermon, would have known the condemned young man very well. Benjamin Goad had been born into Danforth’s congregation at Roxbury and had grown up under his pastoral care. Danforth was also familiar with the anguish of a parent over the death of a child, having suffered the deaths of eight of his …

A Brief Recognition Of New-Englands Errand Into The Wilderness, Samuel Danforth

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Samuel Danforth’s election sermon of 1670 is a classic example of the New England jeremiad. Addressed to the assembled delegates on the occasion of the election of officers for the Massachusetts General Court, it asks the very pointed question: “What is it that distinguisheth New-England from other Colonies and Plantations in America?” The answer, of course, is that the Puritan colonies (Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven) were founded for the pursuit of religious ends by the reformed Protestant churches of England:

“You have solemnly professed before God, Angels and Men, that the Cause of your leaving your Country, Kindred …