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B04673 Information and direction to such persons as are inclined to America, more especially those related to the province of Pennsylvania. Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1686 (1686) Wing P1302; ESTC R181621 8,664 6 View Text
A54152 Information and direction to such persons as are inclined to America, more especially those related to the province of Pensilvania Penn, William, 1644-1718. 1686 (1686) Wing P1303; ESTC R18824 8,666 9 View Text
A07574 Mesolabium architectonicum that is, a most rare, and singular instrument, for the easie, speedy, and most certaine measuring of plaines and solids by the foote: necessary to be knowne of all men whatsoeuer, who would not in this case be notably defrauded: inuented long since by Mr. Thomas Bedwell Esquire: and now published, and the vse thereof declared by Wilhelm Bedwell, his nephew, Vicar of Tottenham. Bedwell, William, ca. 1561-1632. 1631 (1631) STC 1796; ESTC S101421 11,621 33 View Text
A25366 The making of rockets in two parts, the first containing the making of rockets for the meanest capacity, the other to make rockets by a duplicate proposition, to 1000 pound weight or higher / experimentally and mathematically demonstrated, by Robert Anderson. Anderson, Robert, fl. 1668-1696. 1696 (1696) Wing A3105; ESTC R1638 16,468 65 View Text
A09729 The nevve and admirable arte of setting of corne with all the necessarie tooles and other circumstances belonging to the same: the particular titles whereof, are set downe in the page following. Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611? 1600 (1600) STC 19993.5; ESTC S103552 18,282 34 View Text
A03251 A true description of His Majesties royall ship, built this yeare 1637. at Wooll-witch in Kent To the great glory of our English nation, and not paraleld in the whole Christian world. Published by authoritie. Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. 1637 (1637) STC 13367; ESTC S106217 19,030 56 View Text
A34137 The common-wealths great ship commonly called the Soveraigne of the Seas, built in the yeare, 1637 with a true and exact dimension of her bulk and burden, and those decorements which beautifie and adorne her, with the carving work, figures, and mottoes upon them : shee is besides her tunnage 1637 tuns in burden, shee beareth five lanthorns, the biggest of which will hold ten persons to stand upright, without shouldring or pressing one another, with the names of all the ropes, masts, sailes, and cordage that belong unto a ship : as also the names of all our commanders at sea, the number of men and gunnes which every ship carrieth both in their admirall, vice admirall, and reare-admirall : with all the fights wee have had with the Hollander, since the engagement of Lieutenant-Admirall Trompe neere Dover, against the English fleet under the command of Generall Blake, at the same time that three of their embassadours were here treating of peace : with a perfect rehearsall of an act for encrease of shipping, and encouragement of the navigation of this nation, which so much displeaseth the Hollander. 1653 (1653) Wing C5577; ESTC R37267 20,099 35 View Text
A29757 The description and use of an ordinary joynt-rule fitted with lines for the ready finding the lengths and angles of rafters and hips, and collar-beams in any square or bevilling roofes at any pitch, and the ready drawing the architrave, freize and cornice in any order. With other useful conclusions by the said rule. By John Browne. Browne, John, 1642-ca. 1700. 1669 (1669) Wing B5039; ESTC R216684 21,418 36 View Text
A93911 The artificers plain scale, or, The carpenters new rule in two parts ... : also, how to take heights and distances severall wayes, and to draw the plot of a town or city / by Thomas Stirrup, Philomat. Stirrup, Thomas. 1651 (1651) Wing S5686; Thomason E1375_3 21,744 129 View Text
A48999 Lawrence Mayor. Comm. Concil. tent. vicesimo septimo die Januarii, anno Dom. 1664. Annoque regni Regis Caroli Secundi nunc Angliæ, &c. Decimo sexto City of London (England). Court of Common Council. 1675 (1675) Wing L2854N; ESTC R216799 23,674 47 View Text
A78143 The measurer's guide: or, the whole art of measuring made short, plain and easie Shewing, 1. How to measure any plain superficies. 2. How to measure all sorts of regular solids. 3. The art of gaugeing. 4. How to measure artificers work, viz. carpenters, joyners, plasterers, painters, paviers, glaziers, bricklayers, tylors, &c. of singuler use to all gentlmen, artificers and others. By John Barker. Barker, John, writer on fortification. 1692 (1692) Wing B771A; ESTC R228729 29,851 150 View Text
A30706 The compleat ship-wright plainly and demonstratively teaching the proportions used by experienced ship-wrights according to their custome of building, both geometrically and arithmetically performed : to which by Edmund Bushnell, ship-wright. Bushnell, Edmund. 1664 (1664) Wing B6252; ESTC R13270 32,747 62 View Text
A48340 The line of proportion or numbers, commonly called Gunters line, made easie by the which may be measured all manner of superficies and solids, as board, glass, pavement, timber, stone, &c. : also, how to perform the same by a line of equal parts ... : whereunto is added, the use of the line of proportion improved ... / by William Leybourn. Leybourn, William, 1626-1716. 1667 (1667) Wing L1916; ESTC R18369 39,128 184 View Text
A38393 Englands golden treasury, or, The true vade mecum being the most necessary and useful pocket-companion ever published : for the use and advantage of gentlemen, tradesmen, and others : furnished with variety of tables of accompt, trade, merchandize, merchants goods, weights and measures of all kinds ... : choice precedents of bills, bonds, and all manner of useful writings, with many other things very useful, profitable and necessary. 1694 (1694) Wing E2970; ESTC R21120 40,957 81 View Text
A47667 The art of fair building represented in the figures of several uprights of houses, with their ground-plots, fitting for persons of several qualities : wherein is divided each room and office according to their by Pierre Le Muet ... ; published in English by Robert Pricke ...; Manière de bastir pour touttes sortes de personnes. English Le Muet, Pierre, 1591-1669.; Pricke, Robert. 1670 (1670) Wing L1047; ESTC R15714 47,376 84 View Text
A54729 The first book of architecture, by Andrea Palladio. Translated out of Italian: with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Dr Le Muet architect to the French King: translated out of French by G.R. Also rules and demonstrations, with several designs for the framing of any manner of roofs either above pitch or under pitch, whether square or bevel, never published before. With designes of floors of variety of small pieces of wood, lately made in the pallace of the Queen Mother, at Sommerset-House; a curiosity never practiced in England before; Quattro libri dell'architettura. English Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.; Le Muet, Pierre, 1591-1669. Divers traictez d'architecture pour l'art de bien bastir. aut; Richards, Godfrey. 1668 (1668) Wing P205; ESTC R220416 50,205 249 View Text
A62293 The mirror of architecture, or, The ground-rules of the art of building exactly laid down by Vincent Scamozzi ... ; reviewed and inlarged with the addition of a diagonal scale ... by Joachim Schuym of Amsterdam ; translated out of the Dutch by W.F. ; hereunto is added the description and use of an ordinary joynt-rule ... by John Browne.; Idea dell'architettura universale. English Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552-1616.; Schuym, Joachim.; Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639. Ground-rules of architecture.; Brown, John, philomath. Description and use of an ordinary joynt-rule.; W. F. (William Fisher) 1687 (1687) Wing S811; ESTC R23192 51,353 186 View Text
A64223 The semicircle on a sector in two books. Containing the description of a general and portable instrument; whereby most problems (reducible to instrumental practice) in astronomy, trigonometry, arithmetick, geometry, geography, topography, navigation, dyalling, &c. are speedily and exactly resolved. By J. T. Taylor, John, 1666 or 7-1687. 1667 (1667) Wing T533B; ESTC R221720 52,688 153 View Text
A04334 The nauigators supply Conteining many things of principall importance belonging to nauigation, with the description and vse of diuerse instruments framed chiefly for that purpose; but seruing also for sundry other of cosmography in generall: the particular instruments are specified on the next page. Barlow, William, d. 1625. 1597 (1597) STC 1445; ESTC S100864 53,601 102 View Text
A29756 The description and use of a joynt-rule fitted with lines for the finding the hour of the day and azimuth of the sun, to any particular latitude, or, to apply the same generally to any latitude : together with all the uses of Gunters quadrant applyed thereunto ... / contriv'd & written by J. Brown, philomath. Brown, John, philomath. 1661 (1661) Wing B5038; ESTC R33265 55,838 193 View Text
A29760 The description and use of the carpenters-rule together with The use of the line of numbers commonly called Gunters-line : applyed to the measuring of all superficies and solids, as board, glass, plaistering, wainscoat, tyling, paving, flooring, &c., timber, stone, square on round, gauging of vessels, &c. : also military orders, simple and compound interest, and tables of reduction, with the way of working by arithmatick in most of them : together with the use of the glasiers and Mr. White's sliding-rules, rendred plain and easie for ordinary capacities / by John Brown. Brown, John, philomath. 1688 (1688) Wing B5040; ESTC R37165 60,566 214 View Text
A12531 The arte of gunnerie. Wherein is set foorth a number of seruiceable secrets, and practical conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished: both pretie, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie. / Compiled by Thomas Smith of Barwicke vpon Tweed souldier. Smith, Thomas, fl. 1600-1627. 1601 (1601) STC 22855; ESTC S116363 60,711 126 View Text
A65137 An abridgment of the architecture of Vitruvius containing a system of the whole works of that author : illustrated with divers copper plates, curiously engraved : with a table of explanation : to which is added in this edition the etymology and derivation of the terms used in architecture / first done in French by Monsr Perrault, of the Academy of Paris, and now Englished, with additions. Vitruvius Pollio.; Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688. Dix livres d'architecture de Vitruve. 1692 (1692) Wing V663; ESTC R19317 64,558 198 View Text
A43484 The third part of the principles of the art military practised in the warres of the United Provinces vnder the Lords the States Generall and His Highnesse the Prince of Orange : treating of severall peeces of ordnance ... : together with a list of all necessary preparations appertaining to an armie ... / written and composed by Henry Hexham. Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? 1643 (1643) Wing H1655; ESTC R26057 68,175 138 View Text
A77649 The description and use of the carpenters-rule: together with the use of the line of numbers (inscribed thereon) in arithmetick and geometry. And the application thereof to the measuring of superficies and solids, gaging of vessels, military orders, interest and annuities: with tables of reduction, &c. : To which is added, the use of a (portable) geometrical sun-dial, with a nocturnal on the backside, for the exact and ready finding the hour of the day and night: and other mathematical conclusions. Also of a universal-dial for the use of seamen or others. With the use of a sliding or glasiers-rule and Mr. White's rule for solid measure. / Collected and fitted to the meanest capacity by J. Browne. Brown, John, philomath.; Gaywood, Richard, fl. 1650-1680. 1667 (1667) Wing B5039D; ESTC R173095 73,644 256 View Text
A56521 The description and use of an instrument called the dovble scale of proportion by which instrument, all questions in arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, astronomy, geography, navigation, fortification, gunnery, gaging vessels, dialling may be most accurately and speedily performed without the assistance of either pen or compasses / by Seth Partridge. Partridge, Seth, 1603-1686. 1661 (1661) Wing P630A; ESTC R40063 73,667 202 View Text
A08582 The circles of proportion and the horizontal instrument The former shewing the maner how to work proportions both simple and compound: and the ready and easy resolving of quæstions both in arithmetic, geometrie, & astronomie: and is newly increased with an additament for navigation. All which rules may also be wrought with the penne by arithmetic, and the canon of triangles. The later teaching how to work most quæstions, which may be performed by the globe: and to delineat dialls upon any kind of plaine. Invented, and written in latine by W.O. Translated into English, and set out for the public benefit, by William Forster. Oughtred, William, 1575-1660.; Forster, William, mathematician.; Oughtred, William, 1575-1660. Addition unto the use of the circles of proportion. aut 1633 (1633) STC 18899B; ESTC S120820 74,822 159 View Text
A43483 The second part of the principles of art military, practised in the warres of the United Provinces consisting of the severall formes of battels, represented by the illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange of famous memorie, and His Highnesse Frederick Henry Prince of Orange, that is Captaine Generall of the Army of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall of the United Provinces : together with the order and forme of quartering, encamping, and approaching, in a warre offensive and defensive.; Principles of the art militarie. Part 2 Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? 1642 (1642) Wing H1654; ESTC R18347 75,268 96 View Text
A28989 Hydrostatical paradoxes made out by new experiments, for the most physical and easie / by Robert Boyle ... Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1666 (1666) Wing B3985; ESTC R17464 84,560 288 View Text
A26162 The faithfull surveyour discovering divers errours in land measuring, and showing how to measure all manner of ground, and to plot it, and to prove the shutting by the chain onely ... / by George Atwell. Atwell, George. 1658 (1658) Wing A4163; ESTC R24190 96,139 143 View Text
A93912 The description and use of the universall quadrat. By which is performed, with great expedition, the whole doctrine of triangles, both plain and sphericall, two severall wayes with ease and exactness. Also the resolution of such propositions as are most usefull in astronomie, navigation, and dialling. By which is also performed the proportioning of lines and superficies: the measuring of all manner of land, board, glasse; timber, stone. &c. / By Thomas Stirrup, Philomathemat. Stirrup, Thomas. 1655 (1655) Wing S5687; Thomason E823_8; ESTC R207671 96,908 228 View Text
A58408 The Scots gard'ner in two parts, the first of contriving and planting gardens, orchards, avenues, groves, with new and profitable wayes of levelling, and how to measure and divide land : the second of the propagation & improvement of forrest, and fruit-trees, kitchen hearbes, roots and fruits, with some physick hearbs, shrubs and flowers : appendix shewing how to use the fruits of the garden : whereunto is annexed The gard'ners kalendar / published for the climate of Scotland by John Reid ... Reid, John, Gardener.; Reid, John, Gardener. Gard'ners kalendar. 1683 (1683) Wing R764_PARTIAL; ESTC R22175 97,749 153 View Text
A74684 The scales of commerce and trade: ballancing betwixt the buyer and seller, artificer and manufacture, debitor and creditor, the most general questions, artificiall rules, and usefull conclusions incident to traffique: comprehended in two books. The first states the ponderates to equity and custome, all usuall rules, legall bargains and contracts, in wholesale ot [sic] retaile, with factorage, returnes, and exchanges of forraign coyn, of interest-money, both simple and compounded, with solutions from naturall and artificiall arithmetick. The second book treats of geometricall problems and arithmeticall solutions, in dimensions of lines, superficies and bodies, both solid and concave, viz. land, wainscot, hangings, board, timber, stone, gaging of casks, military propositions, merchants accounts by debitor and creditor; architectonice, or the art of building. / By Thomas Willsford Gent. Willsford, Thomas. 1660 (1660) Wing W2876; Thomason E1748_1; Thomason E1748_2; ESTC R209647 103,352 283 View Text
A60494 The sea-mans grammar and dictionary explaining all the difficult terms in navigation : and the practical navigator and gunner : in two parts / by Captain John Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admiral of New England. Smith, John, 1580-1631. 1691 (1691) Wing S4124; ESTC R37567 112,601 181 View Text
A09711 The accomplisht ladys delight in preserving, physick and cookery Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670.; Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611?, attrib. author.; Harris, Thomas. 1675 (1675) STC 19976; Wing W3268; ESTC S103441 121,532 188 View Text
A50263 A very useful manual, or, The young mans companion containing plain and easy directions for spelling, reading, and uniting English, with easy rules, for their attaining to writing, and arithmetick, and the Englishing of the Latin Bible without a tutor, likewise the plotting and measuring of land, globes, steeples, walls, barrels, timber, stone, boards, glass, &c. ... : and several other considerable and necessary matters, intended for the good of all, and for promoting love to one another : as by the table annexed particularly appears / collected by William Mather. Mather, W. (William), fl. 1695. 1681 (1681) Wing M1286; ESTC R36919 124,932 462 View Text
A61139 The gentleman's compleat jockey with the perfect horseman, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, roweling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. by A. S. gent. A. S.; Speed, Adolphus, fl. 1652-1659. 1697 (1697) Wing S5; ESTC R219778 132,086 185 View Text
A04555 The most famous history of the seauen champions of Christendome Saint George of England, Saint Dennis of Fraunce, Saint Iames of Spaine, Saint Anthonie of Italie, Saint Andrew of Scotland, Saint Pattricke of Ireland, and Saint Dauid of Wales. Shewing their honorable battailes by sea and land: their tilts, iousts, and turnaments for ladies: their combats vvith giants, monsters, and dragons: their aduentures in forraine nations; their inchauntments in the holie land: their knighthoods, prowesse, and chiualrie, in Europe, Affrica, and Asia, with their victories against the enemies of Christ.; Most famous history of the seven champions of Christendome. Part 1 Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659? 1596 (1596) STC 14677; ESTC S109165 135,141 216 View Text
A28477 A natural history containing many not common observations extracted out of the best modern writers / by Sir Thomas Pope Blount, Baronet. Blount, Thomas Pope, Sir, 1649-1697. 1693 (1693) Wing B3351; ESTC R17881 141,855 470 View Text
A35222 The English empire in America, or, A prospect of His Majesties dominions in the West-Indies ... with an account of the discovery, scituation, product, and other excellencies of these countries : to which is prefixed a relation of the first discovery of the New World called America, by the Spaniards, and of the remarkable voyages of several Englishmen to divers places therein : illustrated with maps and pictures by R.B., author of Englands monarchs, &c., Admirable curiosities in England, &c., Historical remarks of London, &c., The late wars in England, &c., and The history of Scotland and Ireland. R. B., 1632?-1725? 1685 (1685) Wing C7319; ESTC R21113 146,553 216 View Text
A08347 The gunner shevving the vvhole practise of artillerie: vvith all the appurtenances therevnto belonging. Together with the making of extra-ordinary artificiall fireworkes, as well for pleasure and triumphes, as for warre and seruice. VVritten by Robert Norton, one of his Maiesties gunners and enginiers. Norton, Robert, d. 1635.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, engraver. 1628 (1628) STC 18673; ESTC S115254 149,353 214 View Text
A28398 The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America ... with new maps of every place : together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands, from the year 1686 to 1700 : also a table by which ... you may know what hour it is in any of those parts, and how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places. Blome, Richard, d. 1705. 1687 (1687) Wing B3215 166,818 327 View Text
A51548 Mechanick exercises, or, The doctrine of handy-works by Joseph Moxon. Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691. 1693 (1693) Wing M3015; ESTC R25166 173,243 357 View Text
A34425 The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forrest-trees also, how to plant, make and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. : with several figures proper for avenues and walks to end in, and convenient figures for lawns : also rules by M. Cook. Cook, Moses. 1676 (1676) Wing C6032; ESTC R20593 184,153 232 View Text
A60464 England's improvement reviv'd digested into six books / by Captain John Smith. Smith, John, fl. 1633-1673. 1670 (1670) Wing S4092; ESTC R22597 189,167 284 View Text
A07721 The perfection of horse-manship, drawne from nature; arte, and practise. By Nicholas Morgan of Crolane, in the countye of Kent, Gent [Morgan, Nicholas, of Crolane]. 1609 (1609) STC 18105; ESTC S110036 189,920 367 View Text
A58195 Flora, seu, De florum cultura, or, A complete florilege, furnished with all requisites belonging to a florist by John Rea, Gent. Rea, John, d. 1681. 1665 (1665) Wing R421; ESTC R6376 199,542 292 View Text
A28326 Blagrave's supplement or enlargement to Mr. Nich. Culpeppers English physitian containing a description of the form, names, place, time, coelestial government, and virtues, all such medicinal plants as grow in England, and are omitted in his book, called, The English-physitian, and supplying the additional virtues of such plants wherein he is defective : also the description, kinds, names, place, time, nature, planetary regiment, temperature, and physical virtues of all such trees, herbs, roots, flowers, fruits, excrescencies of plants, gums, ceres, and condensate juices, as are found in any part of the world, and brought to be sold in our druggist and apothecaries shops, with their dangers and corrections / by Joseph Blagrave ... ; to which is annexed, a new tract for the cure of wounds made by gun-shot or otherways, and remedies for the help of seamen troubled with the scurvy and other distempers ... Blagrave, Joseph, 1610-1682.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. English physician. 1674 (1674) Wing B3121; ESTC R15907 274,441 310 View Text
A67154 Certain errors in navigation detected and corrected by Edw. Wright ; with many additions that were not in the former editions. Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615. 1657 (1657) Wing W3689; ESTC R16243 281,730 362 View Text
A69811 The scrivener's guide being choice and approved forms of presidents of all sorts of business now in use and practice, in a much better method than any yet printed, being useful for all gentlemen, but chiefly for those who practice the law, viz. assignments, articles of agreement, acquittances, bargains and sale, bills, conditions, copartnerships, covenants, deeds, defeazances, grants, joyntures, indentures, letters of attorny, licenses, obligations, provisoes, presidents for parish business, releases, revocations, wills, warrants of attorny, &c. / by Nicholas Cobert ... Covert, Nicholas.; Bohun, William. 1700 (1700) Wing C6633A; ESTC R9889 290,539 478 View Text
A30109 A view of the people of the vvhole vvorld, or, A short survey of their policies, dispositions, naturall deportments, complexions, ancient and moderne customes, manners, habits & fashions a worke every where adorned with philosophicall, morall, and historicall observations on the occasions of their mutations & changes throughout all ages : for the readers greater delight figures are annexed to most of the relations / scripsit J.B. ...; Anthropometamorphosis J. B. (John Bulwer), fl. 1648-1654. 1654 (1654) Wing B5470; ESTC R3856 290,691 513 View Text
A50576 Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris / Englished by Alexander Pitfeild ... ; to which is added an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the earth, published by the same Academy and Englished by Richard Waller ...; Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. English Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.; Pitfield, Alexander, 1658-1728.; Waller, Richard.; Académie royale des sciences (France) 1688 (1688) Wing M1667_PARTIAL; Wing M1582_PARTIAL; ESTC R2399 302,762 395 View Text
A34843 The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same. Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721.; Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692. Hunter, a discourse in horsemanship. 1686 (1686) Wing C6705; ESTC R33687 308,510 564 View Text
A77798 Anthropometamorphosis: = man transform'd: or, the artificiall changling historically presented, in the mad and cruell gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome loveliness of most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature; with figures of those transfigurations. To which artificiall and affected deformations are added, all the native and nationall monstrosities that have appeared to disfigure the humane fabrick. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant. Scripsit J.B. cognomento chirosophus. M.D. J. B. (John Bulwer), fl. 1648-1654.; Fathorn, William, 1616-1691, engraver.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682. 1653 (1653) Wing B5461; Thomason E700_1; ESTC R202040 309,892 550 View Text
A13042 The abridgement of the English Chronicle, first collected by M. Iohn Stow, and after him augmented with very many memorable antiquities, and continued with matters forreine and domesticall, vnto the beginning of the yeare, 1618. by E.H. Gentleman. There is a briefe table at the end of the booke; Summarie of Englyshe chronicles. Abridgments Stow, John, 1525?-1605.; Howes, Edmund, fl. 1607-1631. 1618 (1618) STC 23332; ESTC S117863 314,292 619 View Text
A38811 Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions as it was deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, MDCLXII upon occasion of certain quæries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy : to which is annexed Pomona, or, An appendix concerning fruit-trees in relation to cider, the making, and severall wayes of ordering it published by expresse order of the Royal Society : also Kalendarivm hortense, or, the Gard'ners almanac, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year / by John Evelyn ... Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. 1670 (1670) Wing E3517; ESTC R586 328,786 359 View Text
A03069 Foure bookes of husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, counseller to the hygh and mighty prince, the Duke of Cleue: conteyning the whole arte and trade of husbandry, vvith the antiquitie, and commendation thereof. Nevvely Englished, and increased, by Barnabe Googe, Esquire; Rei rusticae libri quatuor. English Heresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576.; Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594. 1577 (1577) STC 13196; ESTC S103974 336,239 412 View Text
A57484 The history of the Caribby-islands, viz, Barbados, St Christophers, St Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis, Antego, &c in all XXVIII in two books : the first containing the natural, the second, the moral history of those islands : illustrated with several pieces of sculpture representing the most considerable rarities therein described : with a Caribbian vocabulary / rendred into English by John Davies ...; Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique. English Rochefort, César de, b. 1605.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.; Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679. 1666 (1666) Wing R1740; ESTC R16877 340,702 386 View Text
A33754 An English dictionary explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, phylosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences : containing many thousands of hard words, and proper names of places, more than are in any other English dictionary or expositor : together with the etymological derivation of them from their proper fountains, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, or any other language : in a method more comprehensive than any that is extant / by E. Coles ... Coles, Elisha, 1640?-1680. 1677 (1677) Wing C5071; ESTC R13911 383,305 374 View Text
A58159 A collection of curious travels & voyages in two tomes ... / by John Ray ... Ray, John, 1627-1705.; Rauwolf, Leonhard, ca. 1540-1596. Seer aanmerkelyke reysen na en door Syrien t́ Joodsche Land, Arabien, Mesopotamien, Babylonien, Assyrien, Armenien, &c. in t́ Jaar 1573 en vervolgens gedaan. English.; Staphorst, Nicolaus, 1679-1731.; Belon, Pierre, 1517?-1564. 1693 (1693) Wing R385; ESTC R17904 394,438 648 View Text
A46926 The famous history of the seven champions of Christendom St. George of England, St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, and St. David of Wales. Shewing their honourable battels by sea and land: their tilts, justs, turnaments, for ladies: their combats with gyants, monsters and dragons: their adventures in foreign nations: their enchantments in the Holy Land: their knighthoods, prowess, and chivalry, in Europe, Africa, and Asia; with their victories against the enemies of Christ. Also the true manner and places of their deaths, being seven tragedies: and how they came to be called, the seven saints of Christendom. The first part.; Most famous history of the seven champions of Christendome. Part 1 Johnson, Richard, 1573-1659? 1696 (1696) Wing J800; ESTC R202613 400,947 510 View Text
A51007 A new voyage to Italy with a description of the chief towns, churches, tombs, libraries, palaces, statues, and antiquities of that country : together with useful instructions for those who shall travel thither / by Maximilian Mission ; done into English and adorned with figures.; Nouveau voyage d'Italie. English Misson, Maximilien, 1650?-1722. 1695 (1695) Wing M2253; ESTC R28829 405,658 759 View Text
A28464 Glossographia, or, A dictionary interpreting all such hard words of whatsoever language now used in our refined English tongue with etymologies, definitions and historical observations on the same : also the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks and other arts and sciences explicated / by T.B. Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679. 1661 (1661) Wing B3335; ESTC R25635 507,622 698 View Text
A14059 The first and seconde partes of the herbal of William Turner Doctor in Phisick, lately ouersene, corrected and enlarged with the thirde parte, lately gathered, and nowe set oute with the names of the herbes, in Greke Latin, English, Duche, Frenche, and in the apothecaries and herbaries Latin, with the properties, degrees, and naturall places of the same. Here vnto is ioyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in England, and of the vertues of the same with diuerse other bathes, moste holsom and effectuall, both in Almanye and England, set furth by William Turner Doctor in Phisick. God saue the Quene; New herball Turner, William, d. 1568. 1568 (1568) STC 24367; ESTC S117784 522,976 674 View Text
A14722 Anima'dversions of vvarre; or, A militarie magazine of the truest rules, and ablest instructions, for the managing of warre Composed, of the most refined discipline, and choice experiments that these late Netherlandish, and Swedish warres have produced. With divers new inventions, both of fortifications and stratagems. As also sundry collections taken out of the most approved authors, ancient and moderne, either in Greeke. Latine. Italian. French. Spanish. Dutch, or English. In two bookes. By Robert Ward, Gentleman and commander. Ward, Robert, fl. 1639.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1639 (1639) STC 25025; ESTC S118037 599,688 501 View Text
A36795 The history of imbanking and drayning of divers fenns and marshes, both in forein parts and in this kingdom, and of the improvements thereby extracted from records, manuscripts, and other authentick testimonies / by William Dugdale. Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686. 1662 (1662) Wing D2481; ESTC R975 640,720 507 View Text
A66534 The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ... Ray, John, 1627-1705.; Willughby, Francis, 1635-1672. Ornithologiae libri tres. English. 1678 (1678) Wing W2880; ESTC R9288 670,235 621 View Text
A64495 The travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant in three parts, viz. into I. Turkey, II. Persia, III. the East-Indies / newly done out of French.; Relation d'un voyage fait au Levant. English Thévenot, Jean de, 1633-1667.; Lovell, Archibald. 1687 (1687) Wing T887; ESTC R17556 965,668 658 View Text
A09654 The first set of madrigals and pastorals of 3. 4 and 5. parts. Newly composed by Francis Pilkington, Batchelor of Musicke and lutenist, and one of the Cathedrall Church of Christ and blessed Mary the Virgin in Chester; Madrigals and pastorals. Set 1 Pilkington, Francis, d. 1638. 1614 (1614) STC 19923; ESTC S110423 2,464,998 120 View Text
A09763 The historie of the vvorld: commonly called, The naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of Physicke. The first [-second] tome; Naturalis historia. English Pliny, the Elder.; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637. 1634 (1634) STC 20030; ESTC S121936 2,464,998 1,444 View Text
A09011 Theatrum botanicum: = The theater of plants. Or, An herball of a large extent containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants that are in other authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange plants from all the parts of the world, with sundry gummes, and other physicall materials, than hath beene hitherto published by any before; and a most large demonstration of their natures and vertues. Shevving vvithall the many errors, differences, and oversights of sundry authors that have formerly written of them; and a certaine confidence, or most probable conjecture of the true and genuine herbes and plants. Distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many herbes of one nature and property, with the chiefe notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and others inserted therein. Collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject, by Iohn Parkinson apothecary of London, and the Kings herbarist. And published by the Kings Majestyes especial Parkinson, John, 1567-1650.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1640 (1640) STC 19302; ESTC S121875 2,484,689 1,753 View Text
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