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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

Chinese Essay for Liu Jingzhong, Ming dynasty

Chen Jiru (Chinese, 1558–1635) Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

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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. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Fragmentary 1000-character essay written in cursive script in the Tang...

Thousand-character Essay written in cursive script

Preface to the Thousand-character Essay

Fragmentary 1000-character essay written in cursive script in the Tang...

1000-character Essay written in seal script

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

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

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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 North Star," North Star

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"The Philomethean Society," North Star

"The Philomethean Society," North Star

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The first impression of the following address, was speedily exhausted,...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 173, Folder 28.

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"The North Star," North Star

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