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Brotherton Collection39
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history, ancient6
natural history2
byzantine empire1
church history1
cyprian war, 1570-15711
emperors1
papyrus (the plant)1
roman emperors1
thirty years' war, 1618-16481

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Rome6
France4
Greece3
Spain3
Europe2
Mexico2
Venice (Italy)2
China1
Holy Roman Empire1
Italy1

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Curtius Rufus, Quintus6
Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo Conte (1606-1678)5
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C4
Digby, John3
Digby, John (1714-)3
Freinsheim, Johann3
Freinsheim, Johann (1608-1660)3
Justinus, Marcus Junianus3
Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, 1602-16613
Monmouth, Henry Carey3

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The Italian convert : Newes from Italy of a second Moses or The life of Galeacius Caracciolus the noble Marquesse of Vico. Containing the story of his admirable conversion from popery, and forsaking of a rich marquesdome for the Gospels sake. Written first in Italian, thence translated into Lattin by Reverend Beza, and for the benefit of our people put into English: and now published by W.C

Balbani, Niccoló; Crashaw, William (1572-1626); Bèze, Théodore de (1519-1605)

1635

Published also under the titles: Newes from Italy (1608); A president to the nobilitie (1612). Translated by William Crashaw. The printer, A.G., is Anne Griffin. Translated from Theodore Bèze's...

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Almansor the learned and victorious king that conquered Spaine. His life and death published by Robert Ashley, out of the Librarie of the Vniuersitie of Oxford

Luna, Miguel de; Ashley, Robert (1565-1641)

1627

Almansor = Muhammed ibn Abi 'Amir, al Mansur. Impr. expanded from STC. Translated from the 1603 Spanish edition of the life of Almansor in the "Verdadera historia", ostensibly translated from the ...

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Velleius Paterculus his Romane historie : in two bookes. Exactly translated out of the Latine edition supervised by Ianus Gruterus. According to the reformations in such parts of him, in which the Latin hath suffered either by time, or negligence in the transcribers of the ablest commenters upon him. And rendred English by Sr. Robert Le Grys Knt

Velleius Paterculus (ca. 19 B.C.-ca. 30 A.D); Gruterus, Janus (1560-1627); Le Grys, Sir Robert (1635)

MDCXXXII. [1632]

A translation of: Historiae Romanae. The first leaf bears "The names of the commenters" on verso. Running title reads: Velleius Paterculus his Roman history. With a final errata leaf. The titl...

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The surprize; or, The gentleman turn'd apothecary : A tale written originally in French prose; afterwards translated into Latin; and from thence now versified in Hudibrastics

Ellis, John (1698-1790); Kingsmill; Villiers, Claude Deschamps sieur de (1600?-1681); Villiers, Jacob de (1688)

1739

Added t. p.: Nobilis pharmacopola. Historia si no vera, jucunda tamen, nunc demum Latinitate donata... Londini: ex officina M. C. Prostant apud bibliopolas. 1739. Latin prose and English verse on fa...

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The history of that great and renowned monarchy of China. Wherein all the particular provinces are accurately described: as also the dispositions, manners, learning, lawes, militia, government, and religion of the people. Together with the traffick and commodities of that countrey

Semedo, Alvaro (1585-1658); Faria e Sousa, Manuel de (1590-1649); Martini, Martin (1614-1661)

1655

Original version published as: Relação da propagação da fé no reyno da China e outros adjacentes. Madrid, 1641. Manuel de Faria e Sousa revised and rearranged the original, republishing it as: Im...

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Claudius Ælianus his various history

Aelianus, Claudius of Praeneste; Stanley, Thomas (1625-1678)

1665

Running title reads: Ælian's various history. With fourteen final contents leaves; the last leaf is blank.

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The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (v.1)

Solís y Rivadeneyra, Antonio de (1610-1686); Townsend, Thomas; Hooke, N (1690?-1763)

1738

First Spanish edition. Madrid, 1684.

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The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (v.2)

Solís y Rivadeneyra, Antonio de (1610-1686); Townsend, Thomas; Hooke, N (1690?-1763)

1738

First Spanish edition. Madrid, 1684.

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The historie of the world : commonly called, The naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus

Pliny the Elder; Holland, Philemon (1552-1637)

1634

First issue of the second edition. This translation was first published in 1601. The first leaf contains "an advertisement" explaining the absence of errata.

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