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Rb005: Anatomia In Qua Tota Humani Corporis Fabrica... Amstelodami, Ioannes Ianssonius, 1617, Andreas Vesalius 1514-1564, Thomas Geminus D. 1562

Anatomical Texts

A paper affixed to the rear free endpaper of the item states that is edition contains “fine reproductions of the Gemini plates.”

“Thomas Geminus was a a pseudonym for Thomas Lambrit, an engraver and printer…shown as active from about 1540; he died in May 1562.” http://www.arsanatomica.lib.ed.ac.uk/geminus.html accessed 11/20/2012. Geminus (Lambrit) printed Compendiosa totius anatomiae delineation aere exarata in 1545 copied from Vesalius’ 1543, De humani corporis fabrica . (Wellcome Library catalog, accessed 11/20/2012.)

This book is a 1617 reproduction of the engraved copperplates which Lambrit himself copied from the original woodblock prints of the Vesalius’ book.

Because the illustrations were …

A Description Of New England, John Smith

Zea E-Books in American Studies

John Smith (1580-1631) made one voyage to the coast of Massachusetts and Maine in 1614, and attempted a second one the following year, only to be captured by French pirates and detained for several months near the Azores before escaping and making his way back to England. This book is the story of these two voyages.

Smith went to the coasts of America north of Virginia to explore the opportunities for fisheries, fur trading, and settlement. Smith was a veteran soldier, sailor, traveller, explorer, cartographer, and colonist: he had fought the Spanish in France and Italy, the Turks in Hungary …

Pages From Exodus And Genesis From King James Bible Printed By Robert Barker, Robert Barker

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Two leaves from Exodus and two leaves from Genesis, each from different printings of the Bible, printed by Robert Barker at London, England in 1614 and 1615. Leaves reveal differences between "black letter" type and roman type printings.

A Monument Of Remembrance, Erected In Albion, In Honor Of The Magnificent Departure From Britannie, And Honorable Receiving In Germany, Namely At Heidelberge, Of The Two Most Noble Princes Fredericke, First Prince Of The Imperiall Blood ... Count Palatine Of Rhine, Duke Of Bavier ... & Elizabeth Infanta Of Albion, Princesse Palatine, And Dutchesse Of Bavier ... / By James Maxwell, James Maxwell

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

Text in verse and in prose, with copious side notes to the poetical text Celebrating the marriage of James First's daughter Elizabeth to Frederick, Count Palatine and later King of Bohemia Signatures: Ap4s ap4s B-Fp4s

Letters Patent

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

Letters patent were legal documents normally issued by a head of state to grant something to the recipient, such as money, a title, or a right. This one was issued to William Blackstone (Blaxton), of Gibside in County Durham, squire to Sir Nicholas Tempest, Knight, also of County Durham, and a Mr. Chapman, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, during the reign of James I/IV. The purpose of the document is unknown. William Blackstone went on to become the first European settler of Boston and Rhode Island, in 1625. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

Don Philippe, Por La Gracia De Dios, Rey De Castilla, De Leon, De Aragon, De Las Dos Sicilias ..

Rare Books and Manuscripts

Manuscript on parchment. Illuminated. Ruled in red. Elaborate double title page, with colored illus. Contemporary leather binding, gold-tooled

The last 5 leaves were added between 1611-1632, in various hands

Details the rights and privileges of the Campuzano family as granted by the kings of Spain. The signature of King Philip III appears at the end of this petition

The Argument Of Master Nicholas Fuller In The Case Of Thomas Lad And Richard Maunsell, His Clients : Wherein It Is Plainely Proved, That The Ecclesiasticall Commissioners Have No Power, By Vertue Of Their Commission, To Imprison, To Put To The Oath Ex Officio, Or To Fine Any Of His Majesties Subjects

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

This is a text by English lawyer Nicholas Fuller, published in the year 1607. The writings detail the legal case of Thomas Lad and Richard Maunsell vs. the Ecclesiastical Commissioners who charged the men with refusing to take the ex officio oath. Fuller sets out to prove, through this text, that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners do not have the power to imprison individuals, as they did with Lad and Maunsell. Fuller makes five points in his argument to prove stance.

A Discovrse Plainely Proving The Euident Vtilitie And Vrgent Necessitie Of The Desired Happie Vnion Of The Two Famous Kingdomes Of England And Scotland : By Way Of Answer To Certaine Objections Against The Same

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

This pamphlet was printed in the year 1604 in London by Richard Field for a fellow named Thomas Chard. It is encompassed of forty-eight pages that are discolored and stained from time. The title is a statement of what the pamphlet will be about: the necessity of a happy union between England and Scotland. It is addressed to the King James who is king of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. The final four pages with text are of "The Objections." The author discusses four 'objections': common reason, law, intercourse, and reputation.

Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

All Medieval churches were required to own both a Gradual and an Antiphonal. The recto contains a small mark in the right margin, next to verse four of Psalm 67 to signal fit reverentia, or 'all bow.' The Roman pagination in the upper right corner of both leaves (CXXXVIII and XCIX) indicates them as coming from pages 138 and 99 of the full Gradual.

Shoe

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Silk Chinese binding shoes. Has gold and blue fish detailing and embroidery on a red background. Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Footwear

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

As the musical counterpart to the Breviary, Antiphonals contain the music and chant necessary for the Divine Office.

Leaf From An Antiphonal, Spain, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

As the musical counterpart to the Breviary, Antiphonals contain the music and chant necessary for the Divine Office. The verso of this leaf contains a catchword in black in the lower right corner indicating it was the last leaf in a quire.

Leaves From A Gradual, Italy, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

All Medieval churches were required to own both a Gradual and an Antiphonal.

Completorium Romanum, Primus Et Secundus Chorus: Alma Redemptoris, Ave Regina Coelorum, Giovanni Asola

Marian Sheet Music

Compline, or night prayers of the Divine Office, with two additional in honor of Mary, "Alma Redemptoris" and "Ave Regina Cœlorum." This piece is the tenor part of a work composed for three voice parts.

Ornatvs Ecclsiasticvs : Hoc Est Compendivm Praecipvarvm Rervm, Qvibvs Qvaevis Rite Decenterqve Compositae Ecclesiae Exornari, Ac Redimiri Debent: Omnibus Ecclesiarum Praelatis & Rectoribus, Pr Totam Ratisbonensem Dioecesin Cum Primus Necessarium, Latinè & Germanic̀, Adiectis Etiam Quarundam Supellectilium Figuris / Conscriptum A Iacobo Myllero ..., Jacob Müller, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Furniture

2 volumes in 1 ([16] pages, 143 pages ; [8] pages, 168 pages : woodcut decorations and illustrations. Second volume has separate paging and signatures, and separate title page with title: Kirchen Geschmuck, das ist, Kurtzer Begriff der fürnembsten Dingen, damit ein jede recht vnd wol zugerichte Kirchen geziert vnd auffgebutzt seyn solle : allen Prelaten vnd Pfarrherren durch das gantze Bistumb Regenspurg sehr notwendig / in Lateinischer vnd Teutscher Sprache, sambt beygesetzten etlichen schönen Figuren, beschrieben durch Herrn Jacob Müllern ... Illustrations (in German text only): 42 prints : woodcut ; image 41 x 30 cm (1), 19 x …

Brevis Narratio Eorum Quae In Florida Americae Provi[N]Cia Gallis Acciderunt : Secunda In Illam Navigatione, Duce Renato De Laudo[N]Niere Classis Praefecto, Anno Mdlxiiii : Quae Est Secunda Pars Americae, Additae Figurae & Incolarum Eicones Ibidem Ad Vivu[M] Expressae, Brevis Item Declaratio Religionis, Vituum, Vivendique Ratione Ipsorum, Theodor De Bry, Jacques Le Moyne De Morgues

Le Moyne's Brief Narrative of Florida (Full)

Contains the illustrations by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues of his travels in Florida. Also provides visuals of the expeditions to Florida under Jean Ribaut and Dominique de Gourgues.

A Brief And True Report Of The New Found Land Of Virginia, Thomas Hariot

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This is an ebook edition of the first book published by an English colonist in America. Its author, Thomas Hariot or Harriot, was a cartographer, mathematician, astronomer, linguist, and philosopher, who was a participant in Sir Walter Ralegh’s first attempt to establish a colony in “Virginia,” on Roanoke Island in modern-day North Carolina, from June 1585 until June 1586. Hariot had learned the rudiments of the Algonkian language from two natives brought back to England from an earlier exploratory voyage, and he served as interpreter and liaison with the native peoples of the surrounding region. His Brief and True Report …

The Seuerall Factes Of Witch-Crafte, Approoued And Laid To The Charge Of Margaret Harkett, Of The Towne Of Stanmore, In The Countie Of Middlesex, For The Which She Was Arraigned And Condemned At The Sessions House, Before Her Maisties Iustices The 17. Of February, And Executed For The Same At Tyborne This 19. Of February. 1585

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

This is a pamphlet created in England in 1585. It is written in Old English. The pamphlet is ten pages long, and the pages have stains and crumbled edges. It details the witchcraft occurrences of a woman, Margaret Harkett, from the town of Stanmore. She was blamed and executed for the deaths of two people from the town. Margaret was trialed and condemned at the Sessions of Gaole on February 7th in Stanmore, England. The deaths are reviewed within the pamphlet.

In Theophrasti Paracelsi: Auroram Philosophorum, Thesauraum, Mineralem Oeconomian, Commentaria Cum Quibusdm Argumentis: Per Gerardum Dorneum, Gerhard Dorn

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

Concordia (Book Of Concord, 1581), Jakob Andreae, Martin Chemnitz, Martin Luther, Matthes StöCkel, Gimel Bergen

16th Century Reformation Materials

The Book of Concord (Concordia) is the foundational collection of Lutheran confessional teachings. It includes the three ecumenical creeds (Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed), the Augsburg Confession of 1530, the Apology to the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles of Martin Luther, the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, the Small Catechism of Martin Luther, the Large Catechism of Martin Luther, the Epitome of the Formula of Concord, and the Declaration of the Formula of Concord.

The definitive edition of the book was first published in Dresden, Germany, in 1580 by the printers Stöckel and …

A Detection Of Damnable Driftes, Practized By Three Vvitches Arraigned At Chelmisforde In Essex At The Late Assizes There Holden, Whiche Were Executed In Aprill 1579.

English Historical Library of Wallace Notestein

This text is a pamphlet printed and distributed in Chelmsford (spelled Chelmisforde in the text), England in the year 1579. The pamphlet details the allegations against, and the subsequent executions of, Elizabeth Fraunces of Hatfeelde, Elleine Smithe of Maldon, and Mother Nokes of Lamberd Parishe. All three women were accused of witchcraft and put to death as a result. Fraunces, was seen as guilty for supposedly bewitching her neighbor, Mrs. Poole, for not giving her yeast; she also confessed to knowing that one "Mother Osborne" was too a witch. Smithe, age thirteen, was seen as guilty for supposedly bewitching Mrs. …

De Lapide Philosophorum, Drey Tractat: Philippi Tehophrasti Paracelli, Des Themren Un Hocherfarnen Deueschenm Philosophi, Und Bender Urknen Doctoris; I. Manuale De Lapide Medicinali ; Ii. De Tinctura Physicorum ; Iii. De Tinctura Planetarum., Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

Zwen Tractatus ... / Des Hocherfarnen Und Bewärtisten ... Philippi Theophrasti Paracelsi I. De Viribus Membrorum Spiritualium; Ii. De Electro ; Mit Erklärung Ettlicher Wörter Und Praeparationum., Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

Indenture, Anthony Tunsload, County Of Derby With The Master Of The Rolls, [Vellum], 1568, Sir William Cordell

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This indenture, written in Elizabethan Chancery Court hand, appears to govern a matter to do with land. While paper did exist in Elizabethan England, it was very rare, and this document is written on finely scraped vellum. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

Zwey Buecher Theophrasti Paracelsi Des Erfar, Nesten ... Von Der Pestilentz Und Ihren Zůfaellen / Durch ... Adamen Von Bodenstein, In Druck Verfertiget ..., Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

Drei Bücher Von Wunden Und Schäden : Sampt Allen Jren Zůfellen, Und Derselben Vollkommener Cur / Des Hochgelarten Unnd Weitberhümpten Aureoli Theophrasti Paracelsi Von Hohenheim / ... ; Mit Einer Vorrede ... Adami Von Bodenstein ..., Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

Prieres Ordinaires Des Soldatz De L'Armee Conduite Par Monsieur Le Prince De Condé, Accommodees Selon L'Occurrence Du Temps, Louis Prince De Condé (1530-1569)

Albert A. Howard Book History Collection

Morning and evening prayers for the use of soldiers, according to Calvinist rites.

Full title: Prieres ordinaires des soldatz de l'armee conduite par Monsieur le Prince de Condé, accommodees selon l'occurrence du temps = Zwey schone Gebet welche die Soldaten die unter dem herrn Printzen von Conde ligen beide Abends vnd Morgens wenn sie auf vnd von der Wacht zihen sprechen

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Viri Illustrissimi Aureoli Theophrasti Ab Hohenheim, Helvetii Et Haeremit Ae Prudentissimi, Medeici Praestrantissimi, De Gradibus, De Compositionibus Et Dosibus Receptorum Ac Naturalium, Libri Septem, Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.

Baderbüchlin : Sechs Köstliche Tractat, Armen Und Reychen, Nutzlich Und Notwendig Von Wasserbädern ... / Durch Den Hocherfarnen Herren Theophrastum Paracelsum ; Mit Fleyss Und Müe Doctor Adams Von Bodenstein Zu Einem Güten Neuwen Jar Publicirt., Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

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Medicorum Ac Philosophorum Facile Principis / Theophrasti Paracelsi Eremitae Libri V. De Vita Longa, Incognitarum Rerrum, & Hucusque A Nemine Tractarum Refertissimi, Una Cum Commendatoria / Valentii De Retiis, Et Adami A Bodenstein, Dedicatoria Epistola, Quibus Theophrasti Singularis Et Excellens Cruditio Commendatur, Paracelsus

The Robert E. Schlueter – Paracelsus Collection

No abstract provided.