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- Collection: The Making of Great Britain
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A Short View of the Late Trouble in England
William Dugdale's account of the English Civil War as he sees it from a Royalist point of view
A Short View of the Late Troubles in England
William Dugdale's account of the English Civil War as he sees it from a Royalist point of view
Accurata delineatio celeberrimæ regionis Ludovicianæ vel Gallice Louisiane ot. Canadæ et Floridæ adpellatione in Septemtrionali America : descriptæ quæ hodie nomine fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis
Detail / Cartouche: Accurata delineatio celeberrimæ regionis Ludovicianæ vel Gallice Louisiane ot. Canadæ et Floridæ adpellatione in Septemtrionali America : descriptæ quæ hodie nomine fluminis Mississippi vel St. Louis
Acts and Monuments
Old copy of John Foxe's Acts and Monuments
Anatomy of Melancholy
This is the third edition (1628) of Burton’s increasingly comprehensive text, first published in 1621 and expanded from 1624 to 1651.
Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton of Unlicensed Printing
This speech's primary goal is to advocate for the common people's ability to speak their minds and let their voices be heard to the public through unlicensed printing.
Cruelty in Perfection (The Four stages of Cruelty)
The third image in the collection depicts Tom Nero, who has murdered his pregnant mistress in a country courtyard. A gun lying on the ground can be seen which is evidence proving Nero's crimes.
Definitions and propositions.
Various Definitions and propositions from Sir Isaac Newton
Equations of Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was a very mathematics driven person, he used many different equations to build and test his hypothesis. Giving proof beyond the unobservable things we could not see with the naked eye.