Period

18th Century

Featured Items

Detail of a printed book shows title page with English text "The English Pilot. The Fourth Book describing the West India Navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones" in red ink.

The English pilot, Book 4

William Fisher; John Thornton
1745
Detail of a red Morocco binding shows wear near the spine. Partial view of the title on the spine.

Atlas de toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal
circa 1780
Detail of a printed text shows a large, leafy tree. Labels printed below.

Museum Museorum

Michael Bernhard Valentini
1704
Detail of an engraved, hand colored map shows naval warfare, labels over "York River" and "York Town," and red and yellow details.

To his Excellency Gen Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. This Plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed…

Sebastian Blauman
1782
Detail of a printed book shows title page with manuscript notations at the top of the page.

A summary history of New-England

Hannah Adams
1799
Detail of a manuscript title page shows red and black ink used for titular text and birds.

Philosophia Iesuitico, Aristotelico, Thomistica, Angelico...

Francisco de los Rios
1766
Detail of a manuscript shows text in Spanish.

Ofrenda política con que se pretende dar idea para más fácil y pronto uso del Govierno universal de nuestras Indias

Manuel Jose de Ayala
1767
Detail from a weathered printed document, that includes manuscript inscriptions, shows text in English from the president of the united states.

Sea letter, Brigantine Neptune, July 26, 1793

1793

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200 Years of Colombian Independence

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By a Lady: Women and Natural History in the Americas, 1650-1830

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