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History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)

Step into an age of upheaval, discovery, and dangerous new ideas, where reformers challenge empires, voyagers redraw the world, and fragile colonies begin to imagine their future. From the thunder of Luther’s protest to Descartes’ cool search for truth, this bookshelf opens a window onto the centuries when Europe and the wider world were being remade. Courtly intrigue, faith, trade, exploration, and revolution all converge here in a sweeping panorama of the early modern world.

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Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 2 Historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los progresos de la astronomía náutica en los siglos XV y XVI

Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 2 Historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los progresos de la astronomía náutica en los siglos XV y XVI

by Alexander von Humboldt

Histoire littéraire d'Italie (4/9)

Histoire littéraire d'Italie (4/9)

by Pierre Louis Ginguené

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 13: Holland and Germany

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 13: Holland and Germany

by Giacomo Casanova

The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742 To which is Prefix'd an Account of the first Confederacy of the Six Nations, their present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies

The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742 To which is Prefix'd an Account of the first Confederacy of the Six Nations, their present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies

Annals of the persecution in Scotland : From the Restoration to the Revolution

Annals of the persecution in Scotland : From the Restoration to the Revolution

by James Aikman

Crónica de la conquista de Granada (2 de 2)

Crónica de la conquista de Granada (2 de 2)

by Washington Irving

The Angevins and the Charter (1154-1216) The Beginning of English Law, the Invasion of Ireland and the Crusades

The Angevins and the Charter (1154-1216) The Beginning of English Law, the Invasion of Ireland and the Crusades

Christovam Colombo e o descobrimento da America

Christovam Colombo e o descobrimento da America

by J. M. Pereira da (João Manuel Pereira) Silva

Georgia: Its History, Condition and Resources

Georgia: Its History, Condition and Resources

by Samuel Adams Drake

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 64: April 1668

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 64: April 1668

by Samuel Pepys

History of the United Netherlands, 1588a

History of the United Netherlands, 1588a

by John Lothrop Motley

An Essay on Contagious Diseases more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers

An Essay on Contagious Diseases more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers

by Clifton Wintringham

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 04

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 04

by duc de Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon

Lettre de Defrance à Bion, sur sa réponse aux objections contre l'établissement de la régie intéressée des postes et messageries

Lettre de Defrance à Bion, sur sa réponse aux objections contre l'établissement de la régie intéressée des postes et messageries

by Jean Claude Defrance

Traité des Arènes construites au Pays de Liége, pour l'écoulement et l'épuisement des eaux dans les ouvrages souterrains des exploitations de mines de houille

Traité des Arènes construites au Pays de Liége, pour l'écoulement et l'épuisement des eaux dans les ouvrages souterrains des exploitations de mines de houille

by L.-M.-G de Crassier

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669

by Samuel Pepys

Gibraltar and Its Sieges, with a Description of Its Natural Features.

Gibraltar and Its Sieges, with a Description of Its Natural Features.

by Frederic George Stephens

An Essay on the Effects of Opium. Considered as a Poison

An Essay on the Effects of Opium. Considered as a Poison

by John Awsiter

The Charitable Pestmaster; Or, The Cure of the Plague Conteining a few short and necessary instructions how to preserve the body from infection of the plagve, as also to cure those that are infected. Together with a little treatise concerning the cure of the small pox.

The Charitable Pestmaster; Or, The Cure of the Plague Conteining a few short and necessary instructions how to preserve the body from infection of the plagve, as also to cure those that are infected. Together with a little treatise concerning the cure of the small pox.

by Practitioner in physick Thomas Sherwood

Velazquez

Velazquez

by H. (Hermann) Knackfuss

A négy György : Kor-rajzi képek az angol udvari és városi életből

A négy György : Kor-rajzi képek az angol udvari és városi életből

by William Makepeace Thackeray

History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660

History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660

by John Richard Green

The Age of the Reformation

The Age of the Reformation

by Preserved Smith

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 1 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy

by Edward Luther Stevenson

Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699

Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699

by Walter Stitt Robinson

The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft

The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft

by Parke Rouse

The Battle of Blenheim

The Battle of Blenheim

by Hilaire Belloc

Queens of the French Stage

Queens of the French Stage

by H. Noel (Hugh Noel) Williams

The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)

The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of 8)

by Giorgio Vasari

The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked Grandfather Being the True Stories of the Strange Lives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sisters

The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey and Their Wicked Grandfather Being the True Stories of the Strange Lives of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and the Ladies Katherine and Mary Grey, sisters

by Richard Davey

Echoes of Old Lancashire

Echoes of Old Lancashire

by William E. A. (William Edward Armytage) Axon

Anglo-Dutch Rivalry During the First Half of the Seventeenth Century being the Ford lectures delivered at Oxford in 1910

Anglo-Dutch Rivalry During the First Half of the Seventeenth Century being the Ford lectures delivered at Oxford in 1910

by George Edmundson

History of Central America, Volume 1, 1501-1530 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 6

History of Central America, Volume 1, 1501-1530 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 6

by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Our Calendar The Julian calendar and its errors. How corrected by the Gregorian. Rules for finding the dominical letter, and the day of the week of any event from the days of Julius Caesar 46 B.C. to the year of our Lord four thousand; a new and easy method of fixing the date of Easter. Hebrew calendar; showing the correspondence in the date of events recorded in the Bible with our present Gregorian calendar. Illustrated by valuable tables and charts.

Our Calendar The Julian calendar and its errors. How corrected by the Gregorian. Rules for finding the dominical letter, and the day of the week of any event from the days of Julius Caesar 46 B.C. to the year of our Lord four thousand; a new and easy method of fixing the date of Easter. Hebrew calendar; showing the correspondence in the date of events recorded in the Bible with our present Gregorian calendar. Illustrated by valuable tables and charts.

by George Nichols Packer

The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.

The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.

by Emanuele Celesia

John Gutenberg, First Master Printer His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death

John Gutenberg, First Master Printer His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death

by Franz von Dingelstedt

Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

by Basil Hall

William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood

William Harvey and the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood

by Thomas Henry Huxley

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees

The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees

by Mary Caroline Crawford

England under the Tudors

England under the Tudors

by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes

Claverhouse

Claverhouse

by Mowbray Morris

For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in Oxford

For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in Oxford

by Evelyn Everett-Green

Barbara Winslow, Rebel

Barbara Winslow, Rebel

by Beth Ellis

On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century

On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century

by Florian Cajori

Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printing

Moxon's mechanick exercises, volume 1 (of 2) : The doctrine of handy-works applied to the art of printing

by Joseph Moxon

Andreas Vesalius, the Reformer of Anatomy

Andreas Vesalius, the Reformer of Anatomy

by James Moores Ball

Cardinal Wolsey

Cardinal Wolsey

by M. (Mandell) Creighton

Tractado da terra do Brasil no qual se contem a informação das cousas que ha nestas partes feito por P.º de Magalhaes

Tractado da terra do Brasil no qual se contem a informação das cousas que ha nestas partes feito por P.º de Magalhaes

by Pero de Magalhães Gandavo

A voyage to Guinea, Brasil and the West Indies : in His Majesty's ships, the Swallow and Weymouth

A voyage to Guinea, Brasil and the West Indies : in His Majesty's ships, the Swallow and Weymouth

by John Atkins

The Age of Elizabeth (1547-1603)

The Age of Elizabeth (1547-1603)

The Origins of Contemporary France, Complete Table of Contents

The Origins of Contemporary France, Complete Table of Contents

by Hippolyte Taine

A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry

A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry

by Ministers and Elders of the London Provinciall Assembly

History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540

History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540

by John Richard Green

Gli eretici d'Italia, vol. III

Gli eretici d'Italia, vol. III

by Cesare Cantù

Relacion historial de las misiones de indios chiquitos que en el Paraguay tienen los padres de la Compañía de Jesús

Relacion historial de las misiones de indios chiquitos que en el Paraguay tienen los padres de la Compañía de Jesús

by Juan Patricio Fernández

Descripcion del rio Paraguay, desde la boca del Xauru hasta la confluencia del Parana

Descripcion del rio Paraguay, desde la boca del Xauru hasta la confluencia del Parana

by José Quiroga

The printers, stationers and bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535

The printers, stationers and bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535

by E. Gordon (Edward Gordon) Duff

A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Pleasure Concerning the Dissoluing of the Present Conuention of Parliament

A Proclamation Declaring His Maiesties Pleasure Concerning the Dissoluing of the Present Conuention of Parliament

by King of England James I

The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft

The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft

by Thomas K. Ford

Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (08/10) Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers

Variétés Historiques et Littéraires (08/10) Recueil de pièces volantes rares et curieuses en prose et en vers

Vampyrismus

Vampyrismus

by Freiherr van Gerard Swieten

Vasco da Gama Livro de Leitura para familias e escolas

Vasco da Gama Livro de Leitura para familias e escolas

Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794

Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794

by Henry Mackenzie

An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor : and an account of the great benefit of ventilators in many instances, in preserving the health and lives of people, in slave and other transport ships ... also an account of the good effect of blowing showers of air up through milk, thereby to cure the ill taste which is occasioned by some kinds of food of cows.

An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor : and an account of the great benefit of ventilators in many instances, in preserving the health and lives of people, in slave and other transport ships ... also an account of the good effect of blowing showers of air up through milk, thereby to cure the ill taste which is occasioned by some kinds of food of cows.

by Stephen Hales

Memória sobre a plantação dos algodões e sua exportação sobre a decadencia da lavoura de mandiocas, no termo da villa de Camamú, Comarca dos Ilhéos, Governo da Bahia

Memória sobre a plantação dos algodões e sua exportação sobre a decadencia da lavoura de mandiocas, no termo da villa de Camamú, Comarca dos Ilhéos, Governo da Bahia

by José de Sá Bettencourt

Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 4

Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 4

by Filson Young

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 67: August 1668

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 67: August 1668

by Samuel Pepys

Improvement in Fire-Arms and in the Apparatus Used Therewith United States Patent Office Application

Improvement in Fire-Arms and in the Apparatus Used Therewith United States Patent Office Application

by Samuel Colt

L'Amérique sous le nom de pays de Fou-Sang

L'Amérique sous le nom de pays de Fou-Sang

by chevalier de Charles Hippolyte Paravey

London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

by Unknown

Letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident at England in K. Charles the Second's reign) to the Lord ----; being an answer to Sir Wm. Temple's memoirs concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679

Letter from Monsieur de Cros (who was an embassador at the Treaty of Nimeguen and a resident at England in K. Charles the Second's reign) to the Lord ----; being an answer to Sir Wm. Temple's memoirs concerning what passed from the year 1672 until the year 1679

by active 17th century Simon Du Cros

Documento che invita i mercanti ebrei a stabilirsi in Livorno e Pisa (Costituzione Livornina) Shoenberg Collection - Manuscript Number: ljs379

Documento che invita i mercanti ebrei a stabilirsi in Livorno e Pisa (Costituzione Livornina) Shoenberg Collection - Manuscript Number: ljs379

by Grand-Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando I

Storia della Repubblica di Firenze v. 3/3

Storia della Repubblica di Firenze v. 3/3

by Gino Capponi

The description and use of the globes and the orrery To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system

The description and use of the globes and the orrery To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system

by Joseph Harris

The Wyandotte Convention: an address

The Wyandotte Convention: an address

by John Alexander Martin

A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations.

A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations.

by W. J., Piemontese Alessio

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 72: February/March 1668-69

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 72: February/March 1668-69

by Samuel Pepys

Relação do formidavel, e lastimoso terremoto succedido no Reino de Valença No dia 23 de Março deste presente anno de 1748 pelas 6. horas, e tres quartos da manhã

Relação do formidavel, e lastimoso terremoto succedido no Reino de Valença No dia 23 de Março deste presente anno de 1748 pelas 6. horas, e tres quartos da manhã

by Anonymous

Américo Vespucio

Américo Vespucio

by G. (Gregorio) Pérez Gomar

Tutkielmia: Valikoima

Tutkielmia: Valikoima

by Michel de Montaigne

Pokanoket'in Filip

Pokanoket'in Filip

by Washington Irving

Kertomuksia Suomen historiasta II Kustaa Vaasa

Kertomuksia Suomen historiasta II Kustaa Vaasa

by Julius Krohn

Mexikon valloitus: Kappale Amerikan historiaa

Mexikon valloitus: Kappale Amerikan historiaa

by Tyko Hagman

A Description of a New-Invented Stove-Grate Shewing Its Uses and Advantages Over All Others, Both in Point of Expence, and Every Purpose of a Chamber Fire

A Description of a New-Invented Stove-Grate Shewing Its Uses and Advantages Over All Others, Both in Point of Expence, and Every Purpose of a Chamber Fire

by J. Durno

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1585e

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1585e

by John Lothrop Motley

Länsi-Intian merisissejä

Länsi-Intian merisissejä

by Frank R. Stockton

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)

The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)

by George Gillespie

Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)

Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)

by Robert Boyle

The London pleasure gardens of the eighteenth century

The London pleasure gardens of the eighteenth century

by Warwick William Wroth, Arthur Edgar Wroth

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1

by John Addington Symonds

Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

by Brantz Mayer

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) The Revival of Learning

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) The Revival of Learning

by John Addington Symonds

The Works of Frederick Schiller

The Works of Frederick Schiller

by Friedrich Schiller

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 37, 1669-1676 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 37, 1669-1676 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare

The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare

by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand

The Oxford Reformers: John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More

The Oxford Reformers: John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More

by Frederic Seebohm

The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter, Being a Proof, with Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document Together with Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes

The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter, Being a Proof, with Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document Together with Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes

by Henry Spink

King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

by E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton

The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 In the Collections of the American Geographical Society

The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 In the Collections of the American Geographical Society

by John Kirtland Wright

The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)

The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2)

by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir