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LEIBNIZ TITLE-PAGE. The first page of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnizs Nova Methodus
LEIBNIZ TITLE-PAGE. The first page of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnizs " Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis" (published in " Acta Eruditorum Anno 1684, " Leipzig, 1684)

GOTTFRIED von LEIBNIZ (1646-1716). Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. German mathematician and philosopher. Title page of Acta Eruditorum Anno 1684, Leipzig, Germany, 1684

COMET, 1596. Title page of Georg Henischius Description of the Comet of 1596, Augsburg, 1596

NEWTON: TITLE-PAGE, 1704. Title-page of the first edition of Isaac Newtons Opticks, London, 1704

ASTRONOMIA NOVA, 1609. Title page of the first edition of Johannes Keplers Astronomia Nova, 1609, in which Kepler set forth his first two laws of planetary motion

DENMARK: ALMANAC, 1764. Woodcut title page from an almanac printed at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1764

U. S. CALENDAR, 1808. Woodcut title-page from Der Vereinigten Staaten Calendar
U.S. CALENDAR, 1808. Woodcut title-page from Der Vereinigten Staaten Calendar auf das Jahr Jesu Christi, 1808 (United States Calendar for the year of Jesus Christ, 1808)

FRANKLIN: TITLE-PAGE. Title-page of the first edition of part one of Benjamin Franklin s
FRANKLIN: TITLE-PAGE. Title-page of the first edition of part one of Benjamin Franklins important work in electricity, printed at London in 1751

RAY: HISTORIA PLANTARUM. Title-page of the first edition of volume 1 of John Ray s
RAY: HISTORIA PLANTARUM. Title-page of the first edition of volume 1 of John Rays Historia Plantarum, London, England, 1686

JOHN DALTON (1766-1844). English chemist and physicist. Title page of the first edition of volume 1 of Daltons A New System of Chemical Philosophy, Manchester, England, 1808

HARRISON: TIMEKEEPER. Title page of the first edition of Nevil Maskelyne and John Harrisons The Principles of Mr. Harrisons Timekeeper, London, England, 1767

SYDENHAM: TRACTATUS, 1683. Title page of the first edition of Thomas Sydenham s
SYDENHAM: TRACTATUS, 1683. Title page of the first edition of Thomas Sydenhams Tractus de Podagra, London, England, 1683

TROLLOPE TITLE-PAGE, 1832. Title-page of the first American edition of Mrs. Frances Trollopes Domestic Manners of the Americans, New York, 1832

SPENGLER TITLE PAGE, 1918. Title-page of volume one of the first edition of Oswald Spenglers The Decline of the West, Vienna, Austria, and Leipzig, Germany, 1918

MICHAEL SERVETUS (1511-1553). Spanish theologian and physician. Title page of one of the three known extant copies of Michael Servetus Christianismi Restitutio

KARL WILHELM SCHEELE (1742-1786). Swedish chemist. Title page of the first edition of Karl Wilhelm Scheeles " Chemische Abhandlung von der Luft und dem Feuer", Upsala and Leipzig, 1777

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860). German philosopher. Title page of the first edition of the first volume of Arthur Schopenhauers Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Idea)

JOHANN SCHLEGEL (1719-1749). Johann Elias Schlegel. German writer. Title page of the second edition of Schlegels Canut, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1747 (dated 1748)

JOHN SMITH TITLE PAGE, 1608. Title page of John Smiths earliest work on Virginia, A True Relation... published at London in 1608

RUTHERFORD: TITLE PAGE. Title-page of the first edition of Ernest Rutherfords Radio-Activity, Cambridge, England, 1904

ROUSSEAU: DISCOURSE, 1750. Title page of the first edition of the first Discourse by Jean Jacques Rousseau, Geneva, 1750

SMITH: WEALTH OF NATIONS. Title-page of the first edition of Adam Smiths An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London, 1776

ROBERT RECORDE (c1510-1558). English mathematician. Title page of Robert Recordes algebra text, The Whetstone of Witte, published at London in 1557

NOAH WEBSTER (1758-1843). American lexicographer and author. Title page of the first known edition of Noah Websters speller entitled American Spelling Book, 1788

VIRCHOW TITLE-PAGE, 1858. Title-page of Rudolph Virchows Die Cellularpathologie, 1858

WAGNER: LOHENGRIN, 1850. Richard Wagner (1813-1883). German composer. Title page of the poem of Wagners opera Lohengrin printed at Weimer, 1850

MR. COTTONs LETTER. Title page of the first edition of Roger Williams Mr. Cottons Letter Lately Printed, Examined, and Answered. London, England, 1644

WHITMAN: LEAVES OF GRASS. Title-page of the first edition of Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, set up in type by Whitman himself

INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723). American clergyman. Title-page of a discourse on comets by Increase Mather published at Boston, Massachusetts, 1683

MARIN MERSENNE (1588-1648). French musician, mathematician, natural philosopher. Half-title page of the first edition of Marin Mersennes Harmonie Universelle. Paris, 1636-37

JOHN PYM (1584-1643). English politician. Title page of a pamphlet, 1641, with an anonymous wooduct after a portrait by Edward Bower

PHILIDOR: CHESS BOOK. Title page of the first chess book published in Mexico, a Spanish translation of F.A. Danican Philidors Analysis of the Game of Chess, Mexico City, 1846

FRANCOIS ANDRE PHILIDOR (1726-1795). French chess player and composer. Title page of Philidors 8th opera, Le Boucheron (The Woodcutter and the Three Wishes)

JOSEPH PRIESTLEY: TITLE PAGE of the first edition of his A Familiar Introduction
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY (1733-1804). English cleric and chemist. Title page of the first edition of volume 1 of Joseph Priestleys Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

OHMs LAW, 1827. Title-page of the first edition of Georg Simon Ohms Die galvanische Kette mathematisch bearbeitet, Berlin, Germany, 1827

JOHN MARRANT (1755-1791). American preacher. Title page of the second edition of A Narrative of the Lords Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, an account of Marrants life published at London

SAMUEL PURCHAS (1577-1626). English compiler of travel books. Title page of Purchas His Pilgrimage, 1613

MARCELLO MALPIGHI (1628-1694). Italian anatomist. Title-page to volume 1 of the Italian anatomists Anatome Plantarum, London, 1675

POPE: AN ESSAY ON MAN, 1733. Title page of the first edition of Alexander Popes An Essay on Man, London, England, 1733

MOZART: LIBRETTO, 1770. Title page of the first edition of the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts opera Mitridate, Re di Ponto ( Mithridates, King of Pontus ), Milan, 1770

MOZART: CLEMENZA DI TITO. Title-page of the first edition of the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts La Clemenza di Tito, 1791

PASTORIUS: PENNSYLVANIA. Title page of Detailed Description of the Lateley Discovered Province of Pennsylvania, Situated on the frontiers of America in the Western World

RICHARD PEEKE (fl. 1625). English adventurer. The title page of Peekes 1625 tract Three to One
RICHARD PEEKE (fl.1625). English adventurer. The title page of Peekes 1625 tract Three to One, an account of his fight at Xeres against three Spaniards each armed with a poniard and rapier

ROBERT OWEN: THE CRISIS. Welsh manufacturer and social reformer. Title page of Robert Owens The Crisis, 1832, bearing his portrait and Stedman Whitwells design for an Owenite community

ALBERTUS MAGNUS (d. 1280). German scholastic philosopher
ALBERTUS MAGNUS (d.1280). German scholastic philosopher. Title page of an early 16th century edition of his De virtutibus herbarum, showing Albertus Magnus at work

THE PRINCE: TITLE-PAGE. Title-page of the first edition of Niccolo Machiavellis Il Principe. Rome, Antonio Blado, 1532

TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c254-184 B. C. ). Roman playwright
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c254-184 B.C.). Roman playwright. Title page of a Latin edition of Plautus plays published at Venice, Italy, in 1522

MOZART: STRING QUARTETS. Title page of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Six String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn and composed between 1782 and 1785

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