18th Century Texts and Events

Showcases historical documents and texts from the 18th century, detailing significant events and descriptions of societal issues, printed with a traditional style.

Document, 1779-10-25, D.S., M. Weare, president, John Langdon, speaker. Countersigned by E. Thompson, secretary. Printed form filled in. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo

Story of the destruction at the exodus of the Patriots, 1787, Anonymous, 1787 - 1790 text sheet Cut out text sheet with the story of the devastation and looting caused by the Patriots during the exodus from Utrecht and Holland in September 1787, when approaching the Prussian troops. On the back verses at the letters Y and Z. Leaf at the print belonging to the letter Y from an ABC book. Northern Netherlands paper letterpress printing Utrecht

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

C. N. Le Cat, "Concerning the foramen ovale", from Philosophical transactions, 1747

Description of the arrest of the princess at Goejanverwellesluis, 1787, Willem Coertse (Possible), 1787 - 1790 text sheet Text magazine with a description of the arrest of the carriage with Princess Wilhelmina van Pruisen at Goejanverwellesluis, 28 June 1787. belonging to the picture at the letter A from an ABC book. Northern Netherlands paper letterpress printing Goejanverwellensluis

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

Document, 1779-10-25, D.S., M. Weare, president, John Langdon, speaker. Countersigned by E. Thompson, secretary. Printed form filled in. Endorsed. 1 page. Fo

A letter to the author of a letter to a young lady

The Hague, Kloot, Isaac van der, Huchtenburg, Jan van, Northern Netherlands, Wandelaar, Jan, Battle of Cassano, Delivered on 16. August 1705, 1705, verso - stamped, Sheet printed with text on both sides, an engraved initial O and a cartouche with a representation of the battle of Cassano d'Adda, between the Allies under the Prince of Savoy and the French under the Duke of Vendome, 16 August 1705. On the reverse an allegorical vignette. Page (Page 43-44) from the first part of: Jean du Mont, Warlike description of the battles and sieges of the three ... world-famous military commanders ... Prince Eugene of Savoy, the ... Duke of Marlborough, and the Prince of Orange and Nassau-Friesland, in the edition of 1729. This first part is devoted to the deeds of Eugene, Prince of Savoy., print, engraving, book illustration, prints, foreign history, height 168 mm, width 200 mm, height 523 mm, width 307 mm, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmaker, 1729 - 1729, paper, papier, etching, etch

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

Den The Hague, Kloot, Isaac van der, Huchtenburg, Jan van, Northern Netherlands, Wandelaar, Jan, Battle of Hoghstedt, Delivered on 13 August 1704, Battle of Höchstädt, 1704, The Hague, verso - stamped, Sheet printed with text on both sides, an engraved initial O and a cartouche with an image of the Battle of Höchstädt, near Blenheim, in Bavaria on 13 August 1704. Victory of the allied troops under the Duke of Marlborough and the Prince of Savoy over the French and Bavarian troops. Sheet (Pages 29-30) from the first part of: Jean du Mont, Oorlogskundige beschryving van de veldstrijden en besiegen, der drie ... wydverfamde krygsoversten... den Prins Eugene van Savoye, den ... Duke of Marlborough, en the Prince of Orange and Nassau-Friesland, in the edition of 1729. This first part is devoted to the deeds of Eugenius, Prince of Savoy., print, book illustration, prints, foreign history, height 165 mm, width 205 mm, height 520 mm, width 306 mm, 1690-04-14 - 1759-03-26, print maker, printmak

News item about the shelling of Hattem, 1786, Jan Verlem, 1786 text sheet Patriot's news item of 7 September about the shelling of Hattem by the stadholder troops on 5 September 1786. Blad printed on both sides. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing Hattem

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

Little agenda of 88 plus 2 pages Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Little calendar (88 plus 2 pages). Brown maroon portfolio binding. Printed pages, one page a week, white paper. Handwritten notes with graphite pencil. Pages numbered to the pink bic pen. 1871.

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

No. 57 Ground ivy or alehoof; The cowslip or paigle; Scurvy grass; Wake robin or cuckon-pint, 1751, London, Publisher, Printed for John Nourse, Botany, Medical

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

A course of lectures on midwifery / Christopher Kelly

Tavern license issued by the Lt. Governor, William Denny of Pennsylvania, to John Gad of Philadelphia., 1757-08-10

The New England Primer Improved, 1773, children's prayers

Index from Bentley's 'A Dissertation upon the Epistles

Patriots News item of 7 September about the shelling of Hattem by the stadholder troops on 5 September 1786. Sheet printed on both sides.

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

A short description of the bones...

Back page of pamphlet showing a Masonic crest of arms

Advert for Superior Worm Cake, Affidavit for Lambier health

A system of obstetrical tables, with explanations...

Text from Compositions of quack medicines, Lancet.

Rev. James Bulwer, 1794-1879, British, One from A Volume of Drawings and Prints.

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

. Cutout from the Amsterdamsche Courant from June 7, 1787 on the escort by members of the society to the utility of the militia at the funeral in the Oosterkerk of the woman of the Patriot SMID H. Keyser, probably died during the riot on May 30 on Kattenburg.

S. Burroughs citizenship item, Chemist & Druggist 1890

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

A letter to Dr. Smelle sic shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...

A historical document titled 'Proposals for settling and preserving the British trade to Africa and for purchasing from the present Royal African Company all their forts, castles, lands, territories, and property there.' Issued in 1748 in London by an unidentified publisher, the document explores topics related to slavery, the slave trade, and commerce in Africa and the West. It consists of 14 pages and measures 25x40 cm

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

Bets-cherry-tree, 17th century

A letter to Dr. Smelle sic shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...

Index Herb Bennet- Mercury, 17th century

A vindication of man-midwifery, being the answer of Dr. Pocus, Dr. Maulus, and Dr. Barebones and others, their brethren, who, like legion, are many, to the Petition of the unborn babes, etc. In a letter to the President and Censors, and the elect of the College of Physicians, London

Dedication to Don Lorenzo de'Medici, from The Caprices 1617-1627 France. Etching on ivory laid paper . Jacques Callot

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

The funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik (Tekstblad 15), 1647, 1651 text sheet Tekstblad No. 15 At the press series of the funeral procession of Stadholder Frederik Hendrik in The Hague on 10 May 1647. Part of a series of 30 plates and 20 texts, intended to be stuck to each other. The Hatepublishher: The Hatepublisher: Ambsterdamprter: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing The Hague

A vindication of man-midwifery, being the answer of Dr. Pocus, Dr. Maulus, and Dr. Barebones and others, their brethren, who, like legion, are many, to the Petition of the unborn babes, etc. In a letter to the President and Censors, and the elect of the College of Physicians, London

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

Amsterdam, Kok, Jacobus, Confession of a Patriot, 1787, verso - stamped, Text sheet with a patriot's verse in the form of a confession of a patriot, 1787., text sheet, prints, Frederik Muller History Plates, height 210 mm, width 165 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch - 1788-05-26, publisher, uitgever, 1787 - 1787, paper, papier, letterpress printing, boekdruk

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

Text sheet at Book Illustration, Roeland van Leuve, 1723 text sheet Text sheet at book illustration with display of four different gates in Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper letterpress printing

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

Smallpox: Maitland: 1722

Embalming building near Fredericksburg, where some bodies were prepared for sending home. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-2529. Business enterprises, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, Barns, Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870.

Amsterdam, Kok-van Kolm, widow C., Kort Geschiedkundig Overziet, van het Athenaeum Illustre, Pamphlet on the occasion of the second centenary of the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam, 1832, verso - stamped, Pamphlet with the history of the Athenaeum Illustre, on the occasion of the second centenary (1632-1832) of the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam. Booklet of four double-folded leaves, numbered 1-16., text sheet, pamphlet, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 234 mm, width 133 mm, Dutch, printer, drukker, 1832 - 1832, paper, papier, letterpress printing, boekdruk

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

A course of lectures on midwifery / Christopher Kelly

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

The bath house and cold baths of Bungay, Suffolk with a description of the baths. Line engraving.

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

Text page to "Amusement of a miraculous bird". From: "Intiler Kurtzer and War-Mature Report of a strange whimsical unseited birth .. This is 1560. Jars ... described by the Pfarherrn E. Marcum Wagner von Frimar. Book pressure; 19.4 x 15.5 cm (sheet size). Erfurt, from Merten of Deggen. Dresden. Slub Hist.Sax.h.156

Preface from Bentley's 'A Dissertation upon the Epistles

Northern Netherlands, Explanation of the above Burial, Explanation of the print: Burial of the Orange Leuz, verso - stamped, Text sheet with an explanation of the representation of the cartoon on the Prince's supporters during the ban by the States of Holland of 23 February 1785 on the wearing of orange. Verse in four couplets, below that an epitaph., text sheet, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller History plates, height 190 mm, width 186 mm, writer, 1785 - 1785, paper, letterpress printing, letterpress

Facsimile of the proclamation about the tea ship, 1773 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

A vindication of man-midwifery, being the answer of Dr. Pocus, Dr. Maulus, and Dr. Barebones and others, their brethren, who, like legion, are many, to the Petition of the unborn babes, etc. In a letter to the President and Censors, and the elect of the College of Physicians, London

A letter to Dr. Smelle sic shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...

The description of the funeral of Frederik Hendrik, p. 35, Pieter Jansz. Post, 1651 book. text sheet Page 35 of the description of the funeral of Frederik Hendrik. Leaf cut out, decorated with gold and pasted in the luxury edition from around 1755 of the book 'Braffenisse by syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick' by Pieter Post, published in Amsterdam in 1651. Amsterdam paper. letterpress printing

Declaration of the medal by Theunis Kist beaten on opening the West Frisian Muntbus in Medemblik, Anonymous, 1746 one -sided, rectangular paper with inscription, printed in black ink Monnickendam paper printing Harderwijk

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

Declaration of the medal by Johan George Holtzhey beaten at the start of the year 1754, Anonymous, 1754 one -sided, rectangular paper with inscription, printed in black ink Amsterdam paper printing

Skirmish at Triune | Library of Congress

The surgion's directorie, for young ...

The description of the funeral of Frederik Hendrik, p. 35; Begreffseis from Syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick. Luxuriously colored edition of the prints of the funeral procession of Frederik Hendrik in 1647. Page 35 of the Funeral Funeral Funeral Description. Leaf cut out, decorated with gold and stuck in the luxury edition from approx. 1755 of the book 'Begraijkeisse van SynE Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick' by Pieter Post, published in Amsterdam in 1651.

Paage from 'A Scholler in Oxford' R. Watkins}

Trade Card of Isaac Puller, Cane Chairs at the Golden Plow, St. Paul's Church Yard. Author: Issued by Isaac Puller (British, active early 18th century). Dimensions: sheet: 8 1/8 x 4 15/16 in. (20.7 x 12.5 cm). Date: 1714. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

$A Table of the Refraction of the Air: Using a glass U-tube and a column of mercury, the volume of air contained in one arm of the tube increased as the length, and so the pressure, of a column of mercury in the other arm was reduced. The change in volume was in accord with the theoretical law (Boyle's Law) that volume is inversely proportional to the pressure. Dated 17th century$

William Blake, Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate forA Prophecy, 1793 Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate forA Prophecy

Text at the roses with silhouette portraits of Willem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Wilhelmina van Prussen, their children, his parents and his sister. .

Skirmish at Triune. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljmem. McCoy, Isaac, approximately 1842, -Associated objects, United States, Army, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865), People, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Tennessee.

Text sheet at the portrait of Cornelis Fortuyn.text Sheet at the Portrait of Cornelis Fortuyn. The Dutch Text Sheet is in Fresh Form, Poem by J.G. Tournai.

Fossor. Original caption: From " A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities" by Anthony Rich. London, 1901 Copy 2. P. 300.

The surgion's directorie, for young ...

A vindication of man-midwifery, being the answer of Dr. Pocus, Dr. Maulus, and Dr. Barebones and others, their brethren, who, like legion, are many, to the Petition of the unborn babes, etc. In a letter to the President and Censors, and the elect of the College of Physicians, London

William Thomas Brande, "Lectures on chemistry"

Bills of mortality: Announcement of death through diseases in London in 1665 during the Great Plague.

A letter to Dr. Smelle sic shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...

Pontoon boat ready for the march. Hundreds of these boats and timbers kept along with our army. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-2557. Boats, 1860-1870, Carts & wagons, 1860-1870, African Americans, Children, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans.

A small tract on the formation of the foetus, and the practice of midwifery

A second letter to Dr. Smelle sic, and an answer to his pupil, confirming the impropriety of his wooden forceps ; as also of his method of teaching and practising midwifery / William Douglas

Copy of a letter about the research into the riots at the funeral of Daniël Raap, 1754; Copia. Testament of Uyterste Wille van den Heere Daniel Raap.satirical Pamphlet in the Form of the Will of Daniël Raap, Died on January 15, 1754 in Amsterdam. Folded Blade Printed With Text on Four Sides with the Title and the Testament Prepared by the Notary L.W. Cramp.

A letter to Dr. Smelle sic shewing the impropriety of his new-invented wooden forceps; as also the absurdity of his method of teaching and practising midwifry / By William Douglas ...

. Printed note of the sale of the big pearl and the diamond from the estate of Hendrik Coenraad Sander on August 26, 1778 in Amsterdam. The proceeds from the pearl (2100 guilders) and the diamond (17,500 guilders) are noted by hand on the blade.

The use of Digitalis Purpurea in midwifery

AUTOGRAFO DEL REY DON FELIPE II AL MARGEN DE UNA NOTA DE SU SECRETARIO - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

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