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Cover of Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and Mary

Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and Mary

Celia Fiennes

This work is a travel diary that records Celia Fiennes’s journeys across England during the reign of William…

Cover of The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask Extracted from Documents in the French Archives

The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask Extracted from Documents in the French Archives

George Agar Ellis Dover

The work is a scholarly reconstruction of the Iron Mask episode, assembled by George Agar Ellis Dover, Baron,…

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S.

Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys’s diary is a first‑person chronicle of daily life in Restoration England, written by the naval…

Paris, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2

Paris, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2

William Walton

The work is a scholarly survey of Parisian institutions from the medieval period onward, written by William…

Cover of Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1701, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852

Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1701, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852

Richard Cannon

This work is a regimented chronicle of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, compiled by Richard Cannon…

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592

Arthur Acheson

Arthur Acheson’s scholarly work offers a focused study of the little‑examined interval between 1586 and 1592,…

Cover of El criticón (tomo 1 de 2)

El criticón (tomo 1 de 2)

Baltasar Gracián y Morales

El Criticón, primera parte del extenso proyecto de Baltasar Gracián, se presenta como una obra de ficción…

Early European History

Early European History

Hutton Webster

The work is a comprehensive textbook of European history, intended for secondary‑school curricula that…

Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate

Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate

J. L. Nevinson

Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate is a scholarly paper by John L.

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius

Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint

This work presents the self‑dictated life of Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th‑century founder of the Society of…

Cover of The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)

The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)

Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

The Tuzuk‑i‑Jahangiri, or Memoirs of Jahangir, is the second half of the emperor’s own chronicle, translated…

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

John Addington Symonds

John Addington Symonds’s “The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti” is a nineteenth‑century biographical study…

The English Church in the Eighteenth Century

The English Church in the Eighteenth Century

Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John); Overton, John Henry

The work is a collaborative scholarly survey of the Church of England in the eighteenth century, presented as…

Cover of The Making of Modern Japan An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre-feudal Days to Constitutional Government & the Position of a Great Power, With Chapters on Religion, the Complex Family System, Education, &c.

The Making of Modern Japan An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre-feudal Days to Constitutional Government & the Position of a Great Power, With Chapters on Religion, the Complex Family System, Education, &c.

John Harington Gubbins

John Harington Gubbins, a former First Secretary of the British Embassy in Tokyo, offers a sweeping survey of…

Cover of The Court of Philip IV.: Spain in Decadence

The Court of Philip IV.: Spain in Decadence

Martin A. S. Hume

Martin Hume’s work is a scholarly reconstruction of the long reign of Philip IV, framed as a series of…

Cover of Early voyages and travels in the Levant: I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants.

Early voyages and travels in the Levant: I.—The diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.—Extracts from the diaries of Dr. John Covel, 1670-1679. With some account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants.

Covel, John; Dallam, Thomas

The volume presents two rare English manuscripts that record life in Constantinople during the formative…

Cover of In Byways of Scottish History

In Byways of Scottish History

Louis A. Barbé

Louis A. Barbé’s In Byways of Scottish History is a modestly sized collection of essays that grew out of the…

Cover of The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods

The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods

William Chaffers

Cover of The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon

The Old Pike A History of the National Road, with Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon

Thomas B. Searight

The Old Pike is a comprehensive, illustrated chronicle of the United States’ National Road, written by Thomas…

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

The volume is a meticulously compiled record of the Philippines between 1609 and 1616, drawn from official…

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 22 Juvenilia and Other Papers

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 22 Juvenilia and Other Papers

Robert Louis Stevenson

This volume gathers a miscellany of early writings by Robert Louis Stevenson, assembled under the Swanston…

Cover of The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.

David Hume

David Hume’s The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.

Cover of Geofroy Tory Painter and engraver; First Royal Printer; reformer of orthography and typography under François I.

Geofroy Tory Painter and engraver; First Royal Printer; reformer of orthography and typography under François I.

Auguste Bernard

This work is a scholarly monograph on Geoffroy Tory, the French painter‑engraver who became the first royal…

Cover of History of the Conquest of Mexico; Vol. 3/4

History of the Conquest of Mexico; Vol. 3/4

William Hickling Prescott

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