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The Virgin and Child on the crescent with a diadem.

The Virgin on the crescent with a sceptre and a starry crown.

The Virgin and child crowned by two angels.

Lu Ji’s (261–303) Essay on Literature

Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559) Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

[Page with mathematical essay in Greek, decorated initial, and mathema...

明 文徵明 小楷書文賦 卷|Lu Ji’s Essay on Literature

明 陳繼儒 行書劉敬仲事宜 冊|Essay for Liu Jingzhong

An essay for the further improvement of dancing; being a collection of...

This is a collection of dances with music in Feuillet notation by numerous eighteenth-century dancing masters including Thomas Caverley, Anthony l'Abbee, Louis-Guillaume Pecour, and Josiah Priest. Designed for ... more

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An abridgment of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man / Invented, drawn & engrav'd ...

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Essay on Physiognomy (Essai sur la Physiognomie Destiné à Faire Connoî...

Essay on Physiognomy (Essai sur la Physiognomie Destiné à Faire Connoî...

Johann Caspar Lavater (Swiss, Zurich 1741–1801 Zurich)

Rules for Drawing Caricaturas with an Essay on Comic Painting

Rules for Drawing Caricaturas with an Essay on Comic Painting

Francis Grose (British, baptised 1731–1791)

English essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and le...

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An Essay on the Sublime & Beautiful

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)

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Essay on Physiognomy (Essai sur la Physiognomie Destiné à Faire Connoî...

Essay on Physiognomy (Essai sur la Physiognomie Destiné à Faire Connoî...

Johann Caspar Lavater (Swiss, Zurich 1741–1801 Zurich)

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"The Philomethean Society," North Star

"The Philomethean Society," North Star

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An essay on dancing /

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"The North Star," North Star

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An essay on the practicability and profitableness of manufacturing the...

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Sedalia, Mo., July 1st, 1874. Dear Sir: Having been appointed to read ...

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