![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Novanglus, and Massachusettensis; or, Political essays, published in the years 1774 and 1775, on the principal points of controversy, between Great Britain and her colonies - Adams, John, 1735-1826
John Adams Library copy inscribed: "Most respectfully presented to President Adams by his most humble servants the Printers."
Keywords: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes; Massachusetts -- Politics and government 1775-1783; Great Britain -- Colonies America
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| Ioan Henrici Alstedii Scientiarum omnium encyclopædiæ : tomus primus [-quartus] ... (Volume 1-2) - Alsted, Johann Heinrich, 1588-1638
Contents: I. tomus primus continens operis partem priman & secundam ... : opus non tantum postremâ auctoris manu limatum ... sed etiam diligenter expurgatum. II. tomus secundus complectens unius operis partem tertiam ... III. tomus tertius complectens operis partem quartam, quintam & sextam ... IV. tomus quartus complectens unius operis partem septiman ..
Keywords: Science -- Encyclopedias
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| Ioan Henrici Alstedii Scientiarum omnium encyclopædiæ : tomus primus [-quartus] ... (Volume 3-4) - Alsted, Johann Heinrich, 1588-1638
Contents: I. tomus primus continens operis partem priman & secundam ... : opus non tantum postremâ auctoris manu limatum ... sed etiam diligenter expurgatum. II. tomus secundus complectens unius operis partem tertiam ... III. tomus tertius complectens operis partem quartam, quintam & sextam ... IV. tomus quartus complectens unius operis partem septiman ..
Keywords: Science -- Encyclopedias
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| Ammiani Marcellini Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, libri XVIII - Ammianus Marcellinus
Engraved t.p. and title vignette
Keywords: Coins, Roman; Emperors
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| Mémoires du maréchal de Berwick (Volume 1) - Berwick, James Fitzjames, Duke of, 1670-1734
Edited by l'abbé Hooke. --cf. Quérard, La France littéraire
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| Mémoires du maréchal de Berwick (Volume 2) - Berwick, James Fitzjames, Duke of, 1670-1734
Edited by l'abbé Hooke. --cf. Quérard, La France littéraire
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| C. Julii Caesaris quae extant, cum indice locupletissimo - Caesar, Julius
Includes the supplementary commentaries, here ascribed to Hirtius
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| Nicolai Caussini Trecensis, è Societate Jesu, De eloquentia sacra et humana : libri XVI - Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651
Signatures: ãe²i-u(u4 blank) A-ZAa-ZzAaa-ZzzAAaa-ZZzzAAaaa-ZZzzzAAAaaa-SSSsssTTTttt²
Keywords: Oratory; Eloquence
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| Cocker's decimal arithmetick : wherein is shewed the nature and use of decimal fractions in the usual rules of arithmetick, and the mensuration of plains and solids. ... - Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675
John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: "Lewis John his book bought at Bristol in the year 1707 for 00:03:00 - 17/Paris." Signature removed from title page.
Keywords: Arithmetic; Mathematics
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| [Dionysiou Oi'koumenes pepihtheie ...] = Dionysii Orbis descriptio, annotationibus Eustathii & Henr. Stephani - Dionysius, Periegetes
Vol. 2 has 2 title-pages: "Grammaticarum in Dionysii ... annotationum systema, in usum tyronum concinnatum. ubi dialecti & ct̆er ̆anomali,̆ qu ̆in singulis dictionibus aut syntaxi occurrunt, ad figuras, methodic ̈hic digestas, reducuntur: cum commentario critico & geograhico ... A Guilielmo Hill ... Londini, ex officin ́M. Clark, 1688" ; (the second t.p. dated 1687).
Keywords: Geography, Ancient
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| Dionysiou Oikoumenes periegesis = Dionysii Orbis descriptio : commentario critico & geographico (in quo controversiae pleraeque quae in veteri geographia occurrunt explicantur, & obscura plurima elucidantur) ac tabulis illustrata - Dionysius, Periegetes
John Adams Library copy inscribed on first leaf: T.B. A.B. pt=h-[?]. "Grammaticarum in Dionysii Periegesin annotationum systema ... Londini, Excudebat Tho. Newcomb, 1658 (25 p. at end)" has special title page and separate paging; the Commentary (313 p.) and the text of the Orbis descriptio (59 p.) are separately paged.
Keywords: Geography; Geography -- ancient
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| Miscellaneous writings of Charles Eliot : to which are prefixed some notices of his character - Eliot, Charles, 1791-1813
Shaw & Shoemaker
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| Thesaurus temporum : Eusebii Pamphili Cæsareæ Palæstinæ Episcopi, Chronicorum canonum omnimodæ historiæ libri duo - Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
Brunet
Keywords: Chronology, Historical
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| The new Natura brevium - Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir, 1470-1538
John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams." "The annotations, and notes added to this edition, are chiefly of two kinds ... viz. The one consisting only of references to the year-book, and other printed reports, are set in the margin, and were collected by Sir Wadham Windham .. The other being very curious notes and observations on the most remarkable and useful writs and divisions of the book, were collected and digested into method, by .....
Keywords: Writs -- Great Britain
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| Traité de commerce et de marine, entre Sa Majesté et la ville de Hambourg, conclu à Hambourg le 1er avril 1769 - France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library
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| An exact history of the late revolutions in Naples : and of their monstrous successes, not to be parallel'd by any antient or modern history - Giraffi, Alessandro
On t.p.: "In two parts."
Keywords: Masaniello, 1620-1647
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| The origin of laws, arts, and sciences : and their progress among the most ancient of nations (Volume 1) - Goguet, Antoine-Yves, 1716-1758
By A.Y. Goguet, aided by A.C. Fugère. -- cf. Brunet, Manuel du libraire
Keywords: Civilization, Ancient; Law; Art; Science, Ancient
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| The origin of laws, arts, and sciences : and their progress among the most ancient of nations (Volume 2) - Goguet, Antoine-Yves, 1716-1758
By A.Y. Goguet, aided by A.C. Fugère. -- cf. Brunet, Manuel du libraire
Keywords: Civilization, Ancient; Law; Art; Science, Ancient
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| The origin of laws, arts, and sciences : and their progress among the most ancient of nations (Volume 3) - Goguet, Antoine-Yves, 1716-1758
By A.Y. Goguet, aided by A.C. Fugère. -- cf. Brunet, Manuel du libraire
Keywords: Civilization, Ancient; Law; Art; Science, Ancient
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| Historia placitorum coronæ = The history of the pleas of the crown (Volume 2) - Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676
John Adams' signature on title page, v. 1: "John Adams 1760."
Keywords: Pleas of the crown
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| Historia placitorum coronæ = The history of the pleas of the crown (Volume 1) - Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676
Volume 1 inscribed: "John Adams 1760. John Quincy Adams 1800. George Washington Adams 1825." John Adams Library copy has bookplate, v. 1-2: Charles Francis Adams.
Keywords: Pleas of the crown
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| Miscellanies - Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695
The lady's New-Year's gift -- The character of a trimmer -- The anatomy of an equivalent -- A letter to a dissenter -- Some cautions offered to the consideration of those who are to chuse members of Parliament -- A rough draught of a new model at sea -- Maxims of state -- A letter to Charles Cotton, Esq; upon his new translation of Montaigne's Essays -- A character of the late Bishop Burnet
Keywords: Great Britain -- History 1660-1714 Social life and customs
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| Oeuvres du comte Antoine Hamilton (Volume 2) - Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646-1720
Title from half-title; each vol. has special title-page
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| Oeuvres du comte Antoine Hamilton (Volume 4) - Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646-1720
Title from half-title; each vol. has special title-page
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| Oeuvres du comte Antoine Hamilton (Volume 1) - Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646-1720
Title from half-title; each vol. has special title-page
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| Oeuvres du comte Antoine Hamilton (Volume 3) - Hamilton, Anthony, Count, ca. 1646-1720
Title from half-title; each vol. has special title-page
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| The law and practice of patents for inventions - Hands, William
Also available on microfiche
Keywords: Patent laws and legislation -- Great Britain
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| The oceana : and other works of James Harrington, Esq - Harrington, James, 1611-1677
John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams." Toland's dedication.--His preface.--The life of James Harrington.--The grounds and reasons of monarchy considered, by John Hall.--The commonwealth of Oceana.--The perogative of popular government.--The art of lawgiving.--A word concerning a house of peers.--Valerius and Publicola.--A system of politics delineated in short and easy aphorisms.--Political aphorismus.--Seven models of a commonwealth.--The ways and means whereby an equal and lasting...
Keywords: Utopias; Political science; Utopias; Political science
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| The oceana and other works of James Harrington - Harrington, James, 1611-1677
ESTC
Keywords: Utopias; Political science
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| The journal of a tour into the territory northwest of the Alleghany Mountains ; made in the spring of the year 1803 : with a geographical and historical account of the state of Ohio ; illustrated with original maps and views - Harris, Thaddeus Mason, 1768-1842
John Adams Library copy inscribed on second leaf: "Adams Library Town of Quincy."
Keywords: Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel; Pennsylvania -- Description and travel; Ohio -- History 1787-1865; Ohio -- Description and travel
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| Catalogus eorum qui in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiæ, in republica Massachusettens ab anno MDCXLII, ad annum MDCCXCI, alicujus gradus laurea donati sunt : theologiæ professores et ecclesiarum pastores literis italicis exarantur, qui ad imum classium a cæteris linea interposita, separantur, alibi instituti suerunt, vel apud hos gradu honorario donati - Harvard University
ESTC
Keywords: Harvard University; Harvard University
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| Catalogus eorum qui in Universitate Harvardiana, Cantabrigiae, in republica Massachusettensi ab anno MDCXLII, ad annum MDCCC, alicujus gradus laurea donati sunt : theologiae professores et ecclesiarum pastores literis italicis exarantur, qui ad imum classium a caeteris linea interposita, separantur, alibi instituti fuerunt, vel apud nos gradu honorario donati - Harvard University
John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
Keywords: Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University
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| Catalogus senatus academici, eorum, qui munera et officia gesserunt, quique alicujus gradus laurea donati sunt in Universitate Harvardiana .. - Harvard University
On t.p.: "Rerumpublicarum Foederatarum Americae summae potestatis anno XLVI."
Keywords: Harvard University
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| A narrative of the proceedings of the Corporation of Harvard College : relative to the late disorders in that seminary - Harvard University
Shaw & Shoemaker
Keywords: Harvard University; Harvard University
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| De l'état de la France, à la fin de l'an VIII - Hauterive, Alexandre Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, comte d', 1754-1830
John Adams Library copy contains significant annotations in Adams's hand. Transcriptions of handwritten annotations available from Boston Public Library, Rare Books & Manuscripts Department.
Keywords: France -- Foreign relations 1789-1815; France -- History 1789-1815
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| A treatise of the pleas of the crown : or, A system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under their proper heads ... - Hawkins, William, 1673-1746
Title in double line border
Keywords: Criminal law; Pleas of the crown; Law; Criminal procedure
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| A methodical system of universal law : or, The laws of nature and nations, deduced from certain principles, and applied to proper cases (Volume 1) - Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, 1681-1741
John Adams Library copy contains minor annotations in Adams's hand. Transcriptions of handwritten annotations available from Boston Public Library, Rare Books & Manuscripts Department.
Keywords: Natural law; International law
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| A methodical system of universal law : or, The laws of nature and nations, deduced from certain principles, and applied to proper cases (Volume 2) - Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, 1681-1741
John Adams Library copy contains minor annotations in Adams's hand. Transcriptions of handwritten annotations available from Boston Public Library, Rare Books & Manuscripts Department.
Keywords: Natural law; International law
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| Jani Helvetii poemata - Helvetius, Janus
John Adams Library copy mutilated: last 28 pp. rotted through |  |
| A treatise on man, his intellectual faculties and his education (Volume 1) - Helvétius, 1715-1771
A translation of: De l'homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles, et de son éducation
Keywords: Psychology; Education
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| A treatise on man, his intellectual faculties and his education (Volume 2) - Helvétius, 1715-1771
A translation of: De l'homme, de ses facultés intellectuelles, et de son éducation
Keywords: Psychology; Education
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| Herodiani historiarum libri VIII (Volume 1) - Herodian
Tertia editio / accessit index graecus locupletissimus, qui simul & lexici graeco-latini, & latino-graeci, & phraseologias, & passim commentarii loco esse poterit, autore Baltasare Scheidio.
Keywords: Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494; Rome -- History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
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| Herodiani historiarum libri VIII (Volume 2) - Herodian
Tertia editio / accessit index graecus locupletissimus, qui simul & lexici graeco-latini, & latino-graeci, & phraseologias, & passim commentarii loco esse poterit, autore Baltasare Scheidio.
Keywords: Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494; Rome -- History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
Downloads: 304 |  |
| Histoire d'Herodien : traduite du grec en françois; avec des remarques sur la traduction - Herodian
Nouvelle edition, revue et corrigée.
Keywords: Rome -- History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
Downloads: 179 |  |
| [Herodotou Halikarnasseos Historion logoi 9 epigraphomenoi Mousai]. = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX Musarum nominibus inscripti : Gr. & Lat. cum interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ - Herodotus
T.p. printed in red and black
Keywords: Homer; History, Ancient
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| The history of Herodotus : translated from the Greek (Volume 1) - Herodotus
John Adams Library copy v. 2 inscribed: "T Paine 1760."
Keywords: History, Ancient; Greece -- History
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| The history of Herodotus : translated from the Greek (Volume 2) - Herodotus
John Adams Library copy v. 2 inscribed: "T Paine 1760."
Keywords: History, Ancient; Greece -- History
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| Sampson against the Philistines, or The reformation of lawsuits : and justice made cheap, speedy, and brought home to every man's door: agreeable to the principles of the ancient trial by jury, before the same was innovated by judges and lawyers - Higgins, Jesse, b. 1763
Also attributed to William Duane, and to William Sampson by Shaw & Shoemaker
Keywords: Justice, Administration of; Law
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| Hippokratous Aphorismoi = Hippocratis Aphorismi : Hippocratis et Celsi locis parallelis illustrati, studio et curà Janssonii ab Almeloveen ... Quibus accessit Ludov. Verhoofd index locupletissimus. Loca parallela ex Boerhavii commentariis, notulas addidit, editionem curavit Anna Car. Lorry .. - Hippocrates
Text in Greek and Latin on opposing pages.
Keywords: Medicine; Aphorisms, Greek
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| A treatise of fruit-trees - Hitt, Thomas, d. 1770?
John Adams Library copy contains signature on t.p.: "John Adams."
Keywords: Fruit-culture; Fruit-culture -- Great Britain; Fruit
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