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The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women

The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women

John Knox

The work is a polemical tract by the Scottish reformer John Knox, written in the mid‑sixteenth century to…

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 2: Turgot

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 2: Turgot

John Morley

The work is an essay by John Morley, the second in the “Critical Miscellanies” series, focusing on the French…

Cover of The strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont: Minister plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763

The strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont: Minister plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763

J. Buchan Telfer

The work is a scholarly biography of Charles‑Geneviève‑Louis‑André Timothée d’Eon de Beaumont, the enigmatic…

Cover of Early Woodcut Initials Containing over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Early Woodcut Initials Containing over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Oscar Jennings

The work is a scholarly survey of the development of ornamental initials from the Roman era through the early…

Cover of Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period

Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period

P. L. Jacob

The work is a scholarly survey that follows the author’s earlier “Arts of the Middle Ages and Period of the…

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I

Justin McCarthy

This work is a scholarly chronicle of Britain’s political landscape from the death of Queen Anne through the…

Cover of The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II.

T. Smollett

The work is a sprawling historical survey that picks up where Smollett left off, chronicling the political…

Cover of Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history; vol. II

Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history; vol. II

F. Marion Crawford

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7) The Fine Arts

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 3 (of 7) The Fine Arts

John Addington Symonds

The work is a scholarly survey of Italian Renaissance art, written by John Addington Symonds in the late…

Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom

Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom

Agnes C. Laut

The work is a sweeping, popular‑history narrative that sets out to give readers a vivid picture of Canada’s…

Cover of Christopher Columbus and his monument Columbia: being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose

Christopher Columbus and his monument Columbia: being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose

The volume is a nineteenth‑century tribute anthology that gathers together a selection of writings,…

Cover of Books and their makers during the Middle Ages: A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman empire to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol. II

Books and their makers during the Middle Ages: A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman empire to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol. II

George Haven Putnam

George Haven Putnam’s second volume of Books and Their Makers During the Middle Ages offers a scholarly…

Cover of The Discoverie of Witchcraft

The Discoverie of Witchcraft

Reginald Scot

The work is a scholarly re‑edition of Reginald Scot’s 1584 treatise on witchcraft, demonology and magic,…

Cover of The Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684

The Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684

The volume gathers a broad selection of Cavalier ballads printed between 1642 and 1684, a period that spans…

Cover of Lectures on the constitution and laws of England With a commentary on Magna Charta, and illustrations of many of the English statutes

Lectures on the constitution and laws of England With a commentary on Magna Charta, and illustrations of many of the English statutes

Francis Stoughton Sullivan

The work is a scholarly series of university lectures by the late Francis Stoughton Sullivan, originally…

The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783

The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783

Bolton, Herbert Eugene; Marshall, Thomas Maitland

The work is a scholarly survey of European colonization in North America from the first voyages of the…

On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments

On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments

This work is a learned treatise on magnetism that opens with a fervent appeal to “the most eminent Sir” who…

Cover of The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730

The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730

Dow, George Francis; Edmonds, John Henry

The work is a scholarly survey of New England piracy from the colony’s earliest days through the height of…

Cover of Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part II. For the year 1758. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

Various; Royal Society

Philosophical Transactions, Vol. L, Part II (1758) is a bound collection of scientific papers presented to…

Cover of The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions

The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Angola and the Adjoining Regions

Andrew Battell

The work is a seventeenth‑century travel narrative that records the experiences of Andrew Battell, an English…

Cover of A history of England principally in the seventeenth century, Volume 2 (of 6)

A history of England principally in the seventeenth century, Volume 2 (of 6)

Leopold von Ranke

Cover of The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.

The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.

Augustin Calmet

The work is a scholarly compilation on demonology, apparitions and the philosophy of spirits, assembled by…

History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III

History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III

James Anthony Froude

James Anthony Froude’s third volume of History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth…

The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII

The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII

James Anthony Froude

The work is a scholarly narrative by James Anthony Froude that treats the divorce of Catherine of Aragon as a…

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