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Total number of records: 231

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Brotherton Collection142
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Speed, John (1552?-1629)10
Speed, John6
Laet, Joannes De (1581-1649)5
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Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)4
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Aethici cosmographia : Antonii Augusti Itinerarium provinciarum

Aethicus Ister; Simmler, Josias (1530-1576); Vibius Sequester; Rutilius Namatianus, Claudius

1575

Also includes: the Itinerarium Antonini, the Itinerarium of Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, and the geography of Vibius Sequester.

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Guillel. Postelli De cosmographica disciplina et Signorum coelestium vera configuratione libri II

Postel, Guillaume (1510-1581); Balesdens, Jean (1675)

1636

The "Signorum coelestium vera configuratione" has seperate part-title, pagination and signatures.

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Guillelmi Postelli De universitate libri duo: in quibus astronomiæ, doctrinæve cœlestis compendium

Postel, Guillaume (1510-1581)

M DC XXXV. [1635]

Title in red and black; title vignette (printer's mark); decorated initials.

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The Spanish Mandevile of miracles : or, The garden of curious flowers. Wherin are handled sundry points of humanity, philosophy, diuinitie, and geography, beautified with many strange and pleasant histories

Torquemada, Antonio de (fl. 1553-1570); Walker, Ferdinand

1600

First edition. 'Epistle dedicatorie' signed: Ferdinando Valker [sic]. Garden of curious flowers.

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A tutor to astronomie and geographie; or, an easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, coelestial and terrestrial : in six books... With an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolomaick sphere

Moxon, Joseph (1627-1691); Hood, Thomas (fl.1582-1598)

1670

First published 1659. "The ancient stories of the several stars and constellations... collected from Dr. Hood",p.208-232. Added engraved title-page in Latin: Ductor ad astronomiam & geographiam. V...

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Pauli Hentzneri, JC. Itinerarium Germaniae, Galliae, Angliae, Italiae : Huic libro accessére novâ hâc editione : I. Monita peregrinatoria duorum doctissimorum virorum : itemq[ue], II. incerti auctoris Epitome praecognitorum historicorum, antehac non edita

Hentzner, Paul (1558-1623); Gruber, Daniel; Plotius, Hugo

1629

Title page in red and black. "Dn. Danielis Gruberi Discursus de peregrinatione studiosorum": p. [47]-[102] at end; "Tabula peregrinationis continens capita politica per D. Hugonem Plotium...": p. [1...

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Villare Anglicum, or, A view of all the cities, towns, and villages in England : alphabetically composed, so that naming any town or place, you may readily find in what shire, hundred, rape, wapentake, &c., it is in

Spelman, Sir Henry (1564?-1641); Speed, John (1552?-1629)

1678

Principally derived from the tables to the maps prepared by John Speed. Cf. Lowndes, p. 2474. In double columns. Advertisement on p. [461-464].

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