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FRANKLIN TITLE PAGE, 1744. Title page of Benjamin Franklins edition of Marcus Tullius Ciceros Cato Major, or His Discourse of Old Age, a translation of De Senectute ( On Aging ), Philadelphia

FOSTER SONG SHEET COVER. Title-page of the first edition of Stephen Fosters My Old Kentucky Home, New York, 1853

FRANKLIN: GENERAL MAGAZINE. Title page of the first issue of The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, published by Benjamin Franklin, January 1741

GREWs ANATOMY OF PLANTS. The title-page of the first edition of Nehemiah Grew s
GREWs ANATOMY OF PLANTS. The title-page of the first edition of Nehemiah Grews The Anatomy of Plants, London, 1682

GILBERT: DE MAGNETE, 1600. Title-page of the first edition of William Gilberts De Magnete, London, 1600. The first great scientific work published in England

POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC. Title page of the 1736 edition of Poor Richards Almanac, printed by Benjamin Franklin at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PIERRE de FERMAT (1601-1665). French mathematician. Title-page (first state) of the first edition of Pierre de Fermats Varia Opera Mathematica, Toulouse, France, 1679

JOHANN GOTTLIEB FICHTE (1762-1814). German philosopher. Title-page of the first edition of Johann Gottlieb Fichtes Ueber den Begriff der Wissenschaftslehre

HENRY FIELDING (1707-1754). English novelist and playwright. Title page of the first edition of Henry Fieldings The History of Tom Jones and Foundling, London, England, 1749

HORACE (65-8 B. C. ). Quintus Horatius Flaccus
HORACE (65-8 B.C.). Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Roman poet and satirist. Title page from volume one of a Latin edition of the Works of Horace published in London, England, 1733

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882). American philosopher and man of letters. Title-page of the first edition of Ralph Waldo Emersons Nature, Boston, 1836

HELIODORUS OF EMESA (3rd century A. D). Greek writer
HELIODORUS OF EMESA (3rd century A.D). Greek writer. The title page of a French translation of Heliodorus Ethiopica, published in Paris, France, 1547

FREUD: HYSTERIA, 1895. Austrian neurologist. Title page of the first edition, 1895, of Studies on Hysteria by Joseph Breuer and Sigmund Freud

EULER: TITLE-PAGE, 1744. Titlepage of the first edition of Leonhard Eulers Methodus Inveniendi Lineas Curvas, Lausanne and Geneva, 1744, on the creation of the calculus of variations

GALILEO: DISCORSI, 1638. Title-page of the first edition of Galileo Galileis Discorsi...a due nuove scienze, the first modern textbook of physics, a foundation stone in the science of mechanics

GALILEO: SIDEREUS, 1610. Title-page of the first edition of Galileo Galileis Sidereus Nuncius, in which Galileo described the invention and use of the telescope for astronomical purposes

GAUSS: TITLE PAGE, 1801. Title page of the first edition of Karl Friedrich Gauss Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, which announced the discovery of the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity

POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC. Title page of the first number of Poor Richards Almanac, printed by Benjamin Franklin at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1733

FOSTER SONG SHEET COVER. Cover of the first edition of Stephen Fosters Beautiful Dreamer, New York, 1864

HUMBOLDT TITLE PAGE, 1845. Title page of volume one of the first edition of Alexander von Humboldts Kosmos, Stuttgart and Tubingen, Germany, 1845

GALILEO: DIALOGO, 1632. Title page from Galileo Galileis Dialogo...sopra i due massimi Sistemi del Mondi, Florence, Italy, 1632

JOHN DONNE (1572-1631). Title page of the first edition of John Donnes Poems, London, England, 1633

COWPER: THE TASK, 1785. Title-page of the first edition of William Cowpers The Task, London, England, 1785

AUGUSTE COMTE (1798-1857). French mathematician and philosopher. Title-page of the first edition of the first volume of Auguste Comtes Cours de Philosophie Positive (A Course of Positivist Philosophy)

DESCARTES MANUSCRIPT. Title-page of the first edition of Rene Descartes Discours de la Methode, Leyden, 1637. This fundamental work in philosophy and on the method of science

CAREME: TITLE PAGE, 1822. Title page to Marie-Antoine Caremes Le Maitre d hotel francais
CAREME: TITLE PAGE, 1822. Title page to Marie-Antoine Caremes " Le Maitre d hotel francais", Paris, 1822, comparisons of ancient

CALVIN: TITLE PAGE, 1536. Title page of the first edition of John Calvins Institutes of the Christian Religion, published at Basel in 1536

CAMERARIUS: TITLE PAGE, 1694. Title page of the first edition of Rudolph Jacob Camerarius " De Sexu Plantarum, " Tubingen, Germany 1694

BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO, 1805. Program for the premiere of Ludwig van Beethovens Fidelio at Vienna, Austria, 20 November 1805, at the Theater an der Wien

BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO, 1806. Title page of the second edition of Ludwig van Beethoven s
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO, 1806. Title page of the second edition of Ludwig van Beethovens opera Fidelio, retitled Leonore or the Triumph of Conjugal Love

BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO, 1805. Title page of the first edition of Ludwig van Beethoven s
BEETHOVEN: FIDELIO, 1805. Title page of the first edition of Ludwig van Beethovens opera Fidelio, with a libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner, Vienna, Austria, 1805

COTTON TITLE PAGE, 1656. Title-page of the first edition of John Cottons catechism, Spiritual Milk and Boston Babes in Either England, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1656

BURTON: TITLE PAGE, 1621. Title page of the first edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton, 1621

ARIOSTO: ORLANDO FURIOSO. Title-page of the third edition of Ludovico Ariostos Orlando Furioso, Milan, 1524

BRONTE: JANE EYRE, 1893. Title page of the first Russian edition of Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre, St. Petersburg, 1893

JAMES BOSWELL (1740-1795). Scottish lawyer and writer. Title page of the first edition of James Boswells Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, London, 1785

AGRICOLAs TREATISE, 1556. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricola s
AGRICOLAs TREATISE, 1556. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricolas treatise on mining and metallurgy, De Re Metallica, 1556

BANNEKER ALMANAC, 1795. Woodcut title-page, with the authors portrait, to Benjamin Bannekers " Almanac, " 1795

ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691). English chemist and physicist. Title page of the rare Latin translation, 1665, of Robert Boyles The Style of the Scriptures, the first of his devotional works

BRONTE: JANE EYRE, 1847. Title page of the first edition of Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre, 1847

BEETHOVEN: MANUSCRIPT. Title page, with dedication to Prince Karl Max, Furst von Lichnowsky, of Ludwig van Beethovens Grand Sonata for Piano, C Minor, Opus 13

BACON: TITLE-PAGE, 1598. Title-page of the first edition of Sir Francis Bacons Essaies, London, 1598

AGRICOLA: TITLE-PAGE, 1546. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricola s
AGRICOLA: TITLE-PAGE, 1546. Title-page of the first edition of Georgius Agricolas De Ortu et Causius Subterraneorum, the first handbook of modern systematic mineralogy. Basel, 1546

JAKOB BERNOULLI (1654-1705). Swiss mathematician. Title-page of the first edition of Bernoullis posthumously published Ars Conjectandi, Basel, 1713

BOYLE: SCEPTICAL CHYMIST. Title-page of the 1661 London edition of Robert Boyle s
BOYLE: SCEPTICAL CHYMIST. Title-page of the 1661 London edition of Robert Boyles The Sceptical Chymist dealing with Boyles concept of matter as composed of atoms and clusters of atoms in motion

CRANMER: COMMON PRAYER. Title-page of the edition of Thomas Cranmers The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1549

WILLIAM BLACKSTONE (1723-1780). English jurist. Title-page of the first edition of the first volume of William Blackstones Commentaries on the Laws of England, Oxford, England, 1765

DENIS DIDEROT (1713-1784). Title page of volume 1 of Denis Diderots Encyclopedie, ou Dictionaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers, Paris, 1751

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