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BT1.132.17, added drawing of William of Wykeham opposite title page, Thomas Martin's History of William of Wykeham (1597)
BT3.253.12, Francis Sandford鈥檚 The history of the coronation ... James II (1687)
BT1.128.4, flyleaf, Edward Burne Jones鈥檚 drawing of 鈥淪pes鈥, Thomas More鈥檚 Utopia, 1893 (Kelmscott Press)
BT1.5.3, plate 19 of 香港挂牌论坛, David Loggan鈥檚 Oxonia illustrata (1675)
BT3.161.29, vol. II, p. 185, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort鈥檚 Voyage au Levant (1718)
BT3.187.1(2), p.ccxlv, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia (1544)
BT3.187.1(2), p. dcxix, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia (1544)
BT3.187.1(2), opp. p. dcxxxi, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia (1544)
BT1.47.1, La mer des histoires (Paris, 1488)
BT1.130.9(1), title page verso, Thomas More鈥檚 Utopia (1516)
BT3.250.13, p.12, Johannes Indagine鈥檚 Chiromantia (1531)
BT1.5.15, title page, Walter Raleigh鈥檚 History of the World (1614)
BT1.25.14, p.983, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia universalis (1572)
BT1.25.14, p.1005, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia universalis (1572)
BT3.267.5, Leonhart Fuchs鈥檚 De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (1542), illustration of artists and the engraver, opp. p. 896
BT3.63.9(23) Robert Wild鈥檚 The recantation of a penitent Proteus (1663) (manuscript bound with 38 printed works; printed versions of this appeared also in 1663)
BT3.201.1, p.352, John Gerrard鈥檚 The herball (1633)
BT3.201.1, p.1262, John Gerrard鈥檚 The herball (1633)
BT1.112.2, f.1r, Arnoldus de Geilhoven鈥檚 Gnotosolitos, sive Speculum conscientiae (1476)
BT1.74.9, Erasmus鈥檚 inscription to the title-page of St Jerome, Omnium operum Diui Eusebij Hieronymi Stridonensis tomus primus (1516)
BT3.247.18, end flyleaf verso, Robert Boyle鈥檚 signature, Robert Boyle鈥檚 Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de vi aeris elastica (1661)
BT1.47.9, frontispiece, Christopher Saxton鈥檚 Atlas of the counties of England and Wales (1579)
BT1.19.2, fol. 1 (Bi), Geoffrey Chaucer鈥檚 Works (1602)
BT1.19.2, precedes bj, Geoffrey Chaucer鈥檚 Works (1602)
BT1.31.14, pl. xxxiii, Robert Hooke鈥檚 Micrographia (1665)
BT1.31.13, title page, John Parkinson鈥檚 Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (1629)
BT1.31.13, p.485, John Parkinson鈥檚 Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (1629)
BT1.112.8, binding, The Book of Common Prayer (1669)
BT1.1.1, G2, Scriptores astronomici veteres (Aldus Manutius, 1499)
BT1.1.1, G3v, Scriptores astronomici veteres (Aldus Manutius, 1499)
BT1.17.6, p.6, Martin Luther鈥檚 De deux monstres prodigieux (1557)
BT1.17.6(1), p.29, Martin Luther鈥檚 De deux monstres prodigieux (1557)
BT3.154.9, 1st flyleaf, Giovanni Battista Riccioli鈥檚 Almagestum novum (1653)
BT3.154.9, 2nd flyleaf, Giovanni Battista Riccioli鈥檚 Almagestum nouum (1653)
NB.91.18, frontispiece, Alexander Pope鈥檚 Works (1717)
BT3.182.6, frontispiece, Isaac Newton鈥檚 The method of fluxions and infinite series (1736)
BT3.18.7, Vellum tab indexing, Biblia Hebraica (1635)
BT1.127.9, wire thread binding, Julius Caesar鈥檚 De bello Gallico (1512)
BT1.70.2, GIIIv-GIIIIr, Peter Apian鈥檚 Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
BT1.70.2, final leaf, Apian鈥檚 coat of arms, Peter Apian鈥檚 Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
BT1.128.26, pp. 50-51, Isaac Newton鈥檚 Philosophi忙 naturalis principia mathematica (1687)
BT1.32.8, between pp. 8-9 of second sequence, Andreas Celarius鈥檚 Harmonia macrocosmica (1560)
BT1.132.6, 1st flyleaf verso, Herbert of Cherbury鈥檚 The life and raigne of King Henry the Eighth (1649)
BT1.134.19(4), title page, Henry King鈥檚 An elegy upon the most incomparable K. Charls the I (1661)
BT3.188.2, p. 164, John Wilkins鈥檚 An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (1668)
BT1.3.7, f1r, Thomas Linacre's signature, Aristotle鈥檚 Works (1495)
BT3.206.24(1), pp. 4-5, Francis Lodwick鈥檚 The ground-work, or foundation laid, (or so intended) for the framing of a new perfect language (1652)
BT3.179.10, p. 2, Edward Wright鈥檚 Certaine errors in nauigation, detected and corrected (1610)
NB.160.21-3, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811)
BT3.180.17, plate p. 76, Kepler, De stella nova in pede Serpentarii (1606)
BT3.214.7, Olaus Magnus鈥檚 Historia de gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555), p. 735
BT3.106.17, Saint Asterius of Amasea鈥檚 Homiliae (1615), portrait of Philip Rubens
BT3.181.7, Galileo, Systema cosmicum (1641)
BT1.132.17, added drawing of William of Wykeham opposite title page, Thomas Martin's History of William of Wykeham (1597)
BT3.253.12, Francis Sandford鈥檚 The history of the coronation ... James II (1687)
BT1.128.4, flyleaf, Edward Burne Jones鈥檚 drawing of 鈥淪pes鈥, Thomas More鈥檚 Utopia, 1893 (Kelmscott Press)
BT1.5.3, plate 19 of 香港挂牌论坛, David Loggan鈥檚 Oxonia illustrata (1675)
BT3.161.29, vol. II, p. 185, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort鈥檚 Voyage au Levant (1718)
BT3.187.1(2), p.ccxlv, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia (1544)
BT3.187.1(2), p. dcxix, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia (1544)
BT3.187.1(2), opp. p. dcxxxi, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia (1544)
BT1.47.1, La mer des histoires (Paris, 1488)
BT1.130.9(1), title page verso, Thomas More鈥檚 Utopia (1516)
BT3.250.13, p.12, Johannes Indagine鈥檚 Chiromantia (1531)
BT1.5.15, title page, Walter Raleigh鈥檚 History of the World (1614)
BT1.25.14, p.983, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia universalis (1572)
BT1.25.14, p.1005, Sebastian M眉nster鈥檚 Cosmographia universalis (1572)
BT3.267.5, Leonhart Fuchs鈥檚 De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (1542), illustration of artists and the engraver, opp. p. 896
BT3.63.9(23) Robert Wild鈥檚 The recantation of a penitent Proteus (1663) (manuscript bound with 38 printed works; printed versions of this appeared also in 1663)
BT3.201.1, p.352, John Gerrard鈥檚 The herball (1633)
BT3.201.1, p.1262, John Gerrard鈥檚 The herball (1633)
BT1.112.2, f.1r, Arnoldus de Geilhoven鈥檚 Gnotosolitos, sive Speculum conscientiae (1476)
BT1.74.9, Erasmus鈥檚 inscription to the title-page of St Jerome, Omnium operum Diui Eusebij Hieronymi Stridonensis tomus primus (1516)
BT3.247.18, end flyleaf verso, Robert Boyle鈥檚 signature, Robert Boyle鈥檚 Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de vi aeris elastica (1661)
BT1.47.9, frontispiece, Christopher Saxton鈥檚 Atlas of the counties of England and Wales (1579)
BT1.19.2, fol. 1 (Bi), Geoffrey Chaucer鈥檚 Works (1602)
BT1.19.2, precedes bj, Geoffrey Chaucer鈥檚 Works (1602)
BT1.31.14, pl. xxxiii, Robert Hooke鈥檚 Micrographia (1665)
BT1.31.13, title page, John Parkinson鈥檚 Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (1629)
BT1.31.13, p.485, John Parkinson鈥檚 Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (1629)
BT1.112.8, binding, The Book of Common Prayer (1669)
BT1.1.1, G2, Scriptores astronomici veteres (Aldus Manutius, 1499)
BT1.1.1, G3v, Scriptores astronomici veteres (Aldus Manutius, 1499)
BT1.17.6, p.6, Martin Luther鈥檚 De deux monstres prodigieux (1557)
BT1.17.6(1), p.29, Martin Luther鈥檚 De deux monstres prodigieux (1557)
BT3.154.9, 1st flyleaf, Giovanni Battista Riccioli鈥檚 Almagestum novum (1653)
BT3.154.9, 2nd flyleaf, Giovanni Battista Riccioli鈥檚 Almagestum nouum (1653)
NB.91.18, frontispiece, Alexander Pope鈥檚 Works (1717)
BT3.182.6, frontispiece, Isaac Newton鈥檚 The method of fluxions and infinite series (1736)
BT3.18.7, Vellum tab indexing, Biblia Hebraica (1635)
BT1.127.9, wire thread binding, Julius Caesar鈥檚 De bello Gallico (1512)
BT1.70.2, GIIIv-GIIIIr, Peter Apian鈥檚 Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
BT1.70.2, final leaf, Apian鈥檚 coat of arms, Peter Apian鈥檚 Astronomicum Caesareum (1540)
BT1.128.26, pp. 50-51, Isaac Newton鈥檚 Philosophi忙 naturalis principia mathematica (1687)
BT1.32.8, between pp. 8-9 of second sequence, Andreas Celarius鈥檚 Harmonia macrocosmica (1560)
BT1.132.6, 1st flyleaf verso, Herbert of Cherbury鈥檚 The life and raigne of King Henry the Eighth (1649)
BT1.134.19(4), title page, Henry King鈥檚 An elegy upon the most incomparable K. Charls the I (1661)
BT3.188.2, p. 164, John Wilkins鈥檚 An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (1668)
BT1.3.7, f1r, Thomas Linacre's signature, Aristotle鈥檚 Works (1495)
BT3.206.24(1), pp. 4-5, Francis Lodwick鈥檚 The ground-work, or foundation laid, (or so intended) for the framing of a new perfect language (1652)
BT3.179.10, p. 2, Edward Wright鈥檚 Certaine errors in nauigation, detected and corrected (1610)
NB.160.21-3, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility (1811)
BT3.180.17, plate p. 76, Kepler, De stella nova in pede Serpentarii (1606)
BT3.214.7, Olaus Magnus鈥檚 Historia de gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555), p. 735
BT3.106.17, Saint Asterius of Amasea鈥檚 Homiliae (1615), portrait of Philip Rubens
BT3.181.7, Galileo, Systema cosmicum (1641)
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