EditorialMart?n de Cavalar with Mar?a Pita on the ordinary writ concerning the place of Ledo?o (Lendoiro), 1616. Mayor Fern?ndez Pita claimed some properties that Mart?n de Cavalar had acquired from Francisco Gonz?lez de Lesta. Mayor Fern?ndez Pita claimed that...
EditorialA professional criminal. Mina, a Hindu caste of professional criminals, represented by a man cutting through the wall of a building at night. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writ...
EditorialThe Map of Human Life with passages in Sacred Writ. An allegorical mapping of life and the events thereof. . An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ. New York, America. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from pas...
EditorialAn Artist Drawing by Lamplight, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Black chalk on heavy wove paper, A heavily draped figure, seated, facing left draws upon a slanted surface resting in his lap. At left, a long pole supports the lamp illuminating the writ...
EditorialSections of a roof; plan of a winding stair, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink on off-white laid paper, A few figures are written over a part of the design, top left. The plan is at the top right. On verso, left top corner, is writ...
EditorialDesign for a clock, Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, Brush and yellow, red watercolor, black wash, graphite, on cream laid paper, Clock sits on footed base. At center, an oblong clock easel decorated with leaves, rosettes, wreath. 'HOMERE / VIRGILE' writ...
EditorialThe map is a religious allegory of the human condition from infancy to the grave, dominated by the large cross on 'Mount Calvery.'. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ, etc. (Drawn & engraved by J. Ping.). London : J...
EditorialA professional criminal. Mina, a Hindu caste of professional criminals, represented by a man cutting through the wall of a building at night. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writ...
EditorialA professional criminal. Mina, a Hindu caste of professional criminals, represented by a man cutting through the wall of a building at night. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writ...
EditorialThe map is a religious allegory of the human condition from infancy to the grave, dominated by the large cross on 'Mount Calvery.'. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ, etc. (Drawn & engraved by J. Ping.). London : J...
EditorialMahmut the famous Turkish spy. The Fifth Volume of Letters writ by a Turkish Spy Translated into Italian [or rather, written in Italian by G. P. Marana?], and from thence into English, by the translator of the first volume [i.e. William Bradshaw?].. Pr...
EditorialThe Map of Human Life with passages in Sacred Writ. An allegorical mapping of life and the events thereof. . An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from passages in Sacred Writ. New York, America. An Illustrative Map of Human Life, deduced from pas...
EditorialHobby, Falco subbuteo, with one foot on a dead bird. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writ...