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Work Type armorial bookplates (provenance)

1. Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cum tabulis et universali figura et cum additione locorum quae recentioribus reperta sunt diligenti cura emendatus et impressus [cartographic material].

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Creator:: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:: Anno Domini. M.D.XI. die. xx. mensis Martii. [March 22, 1511]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([62] leaves, [28] double leaves of plates) : ill., maps ; 43 cm (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : containing the most exact relation hitherto publish'd, of their unparallel'd cruelties on the Indians, in the destruction of above forty millions of people. With the propositions offer'd to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West-Indies / by Don Bartholomew de las Casas, bishop of Chiapa, who was an eye-witness of their cruelties. Illustrated with cuts. To which is added, The art of travelling, shewing how a man may dispose his travels to the best advantage.

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Creator:: Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
Date:: MDCXCIX [1699]
Physical Description:: [8], 248, 40 p., [2] double plates : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Bibliothecae Americanae primordia : an attempt towards laying the foundation of an American library, in several books, papers, and writings, humbly given to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for the perpetual use and benefit of their members, their missionaries, friends, correspondents, and others concern'd in the good design of planting and promoting Christianity within Her Majesties colonies and plantations in the West-Indies / by a member of the said Society.

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Creator:: Kennett, White, 1660–1728
Date:: 1713 [i.e. 1714]
Physical Description:: [2], iii, [1], xvi, 3-132,125-275, [225] p. ; 22 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts