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  • The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia : containing I. The geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that Empire ; the natural and political history ; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Faelix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts / the whole collected, and historically digested by F. Balthazar Tellez, of the society of Jesus ; and now first translated into English.

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    • London : Printed for J. Knapton, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; A. Bell, in Cornhill; D. Midwinter, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by J. Round, in Exchange-Alley in Cornhill; N. Cliffe, in Cheapside; E. Sanger, at the Posthouse, and A. Collins, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-Street; and J. Baker, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1710.
    • 1710
    • 1 Item

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  • Memorials presented, by the deputies of the Council of Trade in France, to the Royal Council, in 1701. : being the year after the establishment of the said Council of Trade by King Lewis XIV. : concerning the commerce of that nation to their American islands, Guinea, the Levant, Spain, England, Holland, and the North; : the raising nominally the value of the coin, and the effects that has upon commerce; : the granting of monopolies; : the erecting of exclusive companies; : and other chief points of trade. : now first published. : in French and English.

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    • London: : Sold by J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street; E. Symon, at the Corner of Pope's Head Alley in Cornhill, and J. Stagg, in Westminster-Hall, 1737.
    • 1737
    • 2 Items
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    Text *KC 1737 (France. Commerce, Conseil de. Memorials presented, by the deputies of the Council of Trade in France, to the Royal Council, in 1701)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A new and accurate description of the Coast of Guinea, divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts : containing a geographical, political and natural history of the kingdoms and countries : with a particular account of the rise, progress and present condition of all the European settlements upon that coast : and the just measures for improving the several branches of the Guinea trade : illustrated with several cutts / written originally in Dutch by William Bosman, chief factor for the Dutch at the castle of St. George d'Elmina, and now faithfully done into English ; to which is prefix'd, an exact map of the whole coast of Guinea, that was not in the original.

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    • London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown, and Dan. Midwinter, at the Rose and Crown, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1705.
    • 1705
    • 2 Items

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    Text Sc Rare 916.65-B (Bosman, W. New and accurate description of the coast of Guinea)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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    Text Sc Rare C 16-7 (Lapidus Collection)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • A preservative against the principles and practices of the nonjurors both in church and state, or, An appeal to the consciences and common sense of the Christian laity / by Benjamin, Lord Bishop of Bangor.

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    • London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown, and Timothy Childe, at the White-Hart, in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1717.
    • 1717
    • 1 Item
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    Text CI p.v. 67 no. 1-13Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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  • A summary of all the religious houses in England and Wales, with their titles and valuations at the time of their dissolution. : And a calculation of what they might be worth at this day. : Together with an appendix concerning the several religious orders that prevail'd in this kingdom.

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    • London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown, and Timothy Childe, at the White Hart, in St. Paul's Church-yard, M DCC XVII. [1717]
    • 1717
    • 1 Item
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    Text *C p.v. 179 7 titlesSchwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315

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  • The Widdow Ranter or, The history of Bacon in Virginia. : A tragi-comedy, acted by their Majesties servants. / Written by Mrs. A. Behn.

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    • London, : Printed for James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1690.
    • 1690
    • 1 Item
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    Text MICROFILM 2663Off-site
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