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Authentic Portrait of the Very Famous Mister Quinquenpoix
This caricature portrait of “Messire Quinquenpoix” and the accompanying text satirize John Law, the Scottish-born financier responsible for the issuing of France’s first paper money. Law convinced the...
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Mr. Law, King's Counsel, Controller General of Finances, Inspector General of...
John Law was a Scottish financier and adventurer who was also an authority on banking and the circulation of money. He convinced the regent of France, Philippe d’Orléans, that he could liquidate the...
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Trade between the Indians of Mexico and the French at the Port of Mississippi
In the 18th century, French Louisiana covered territory comprising some 20 present-day U.S. states. Explored and named by Robert Cavelier de La Salle in 1682, it was colonized beginning in 1699. In...
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Taking Possession of Louisiana and the Mississippi River, in the Name of...
This lithograph from the 1870s by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin illustrates the claiming of Louisiana for France by René Robert Cavelier de La Salle, an event that helped to make La Salle one of the heroes of...
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Louisiana Squirrel
This hand-colored drawing of 1727 depicts what is said to be a flying squirrel, which is perched on a branch eating a nut. The squirrel was brought to Paris from New Orleans by a Capuchin priest who,...
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Canadian Indian
This hand-colored drawing portrays a Canadian Indian, most likely a Nipissing, who was part of a settled community on the Île aux Tourtesnear Montreal. An explanatory manuscript on a separate folio...
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Accurately Delineated Ichnographic Plans of All the Cities and Towns in the...
Theatrum ichnographicum omnium urbium et præcipuorum oppidorum Belgicarum XVII Provinciarum peraccurate delineatarum (Accurately delineated ichnographic plans of all the cities and towns in the...
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Mysteries of Celestial Phenomena: 8 Juan
The compiler of this work was Yao Guangxiao (1335−1419). His preface, dated 1406 and headed “Yao Guangxiao, Senior Buddhist Patriarch, Junior Preceptor of the Heir Apparent and Duke of Rongguo,”...
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Illustrated Explanation of the Sphere and the Astrolabe: 2 Juan, 1...
Hun gai tong xian tu shuo (Illustrated explanation of the sphere and the astrolabe) is a translation of selections taken from Xing pan (Astrolabium), a work of Christoph Clavius (1538−1612), a German...
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Authoritative Manual of Surgery
The compiler of Wai ke zheng zong (Authoritative manual of surgery) was Chen Shigong (1555−1636) of the Ming dynasty. The original edition was in four juan; some later editions were in 12 juan. One of...
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Guide to Troop Movements: 6 Juan. Surveying and Mapping Troop Movements: 10...
This copy contains two works: Xing jun zhi yao (Guide to troop movements) and Xing jun ce hui (Surveying and mapping troop movements). The first work has six juan. In the heading of Juan 1 are the...
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Story of Qi Prince Who Toiled as a Gardener, a New Edition with Sound...
Xin kan yin zhu chu xiang Qi Shizi Guan yuan ji (Story of Qi prince who toiled as a gardener) is by Ming playwright Zhang Fengyi (1527−1613), courtesy name Boqi, style name Lingxu, a native of...
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A Complete Collection of Ancient and Present Medical Works: 100 Juan
Gu jin yi tong da quan (A complete collection of ancient and modern medical works)is an encyclopedic medical compilation that includes more than 390 medical works and Confucian classics on philosophy,...
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Divinations by Astrological and Meteorological Phenomena, Issued by Imperial...
Shown here is Yu zhi tian wen xiang zhan: cun shi liu juan (Divinations by astrological and meteorological phenomena, issued by imperial order), by an unnamed author. The title is on the cover of each...
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A Collection of Poetic Exchanges between the Su Brothers and their Disciples
Po men chou chang (A collection of poetic exchanges between the Su brothers and their disciples) contains 660 poetic exchanges between Su Shi (1037−1101) and Su Zhe (1039−1112), the two famed Song...
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Collected Literary Works of Ouyang Xingzhou
Ouyang Zhan (758−801), courtesy name Xingzhou, was a native of Jinjiang, Quanzhou (in present-day Fujian). He received his jin shi rank, the highest degree in civil examinations, in the eighth year...
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Illustrations and Explanations of Various Machines
Xin zhi zhu qi tu shuo (Illustrations and explanations of various machines) is a work compiled by Wang Zheng (1571−1644). The book depicts and explains several machines of the compiler’s own design,...
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Biographies of the Saints
This 16th century manuscript in Ottoman Turkish is a translation from the original Persian. The author is the famous mystic Farid al-Din al-‘Attar, best known for his Mantiq al-tayr (Conference of the...
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Ladders of Prophecy
This 16th century manuscript in Ottoman Turkish seeks to provide an encyclopedic overview of the life, times, and unique characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad. Included in its 720 pages of text are...
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The Book of Muhammad
This Ottoman Turkish manuscript covers the life and attributes of the Prophet Muhammad. The author, Yazicioglu Mehmet (also seen as Yazicioglu Muhammad, died 1451), and his younger brother Ahmad Bican...
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