1719 Collection

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by J Mulder, from a visit to Suriname, South America

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by P Sluyter, from a visit to Suriname, South America

Map / Asia / Sri Lanka 1719
ISLE DE CEYLAN and southern India

Map / Africa / Ethiopia 18C
Map of Ethiopia (Abyssinia)

William Paterson
WILLIAM PATERSON Scottish economist, founder of the Bank of England

Robinson Crusoe & Pets
Robinson Crusoe with his family of domesticated animals

Geocentric System
The pre-Copernican system of the Planets - Earth at the centre orbited by the other planets including the sun, and surrounded by the stars

Crusoe on his Raft
Crusoe on his raft, salvages as much as he can from the wrecked ship

Crusoe & Footprint
Crusoe finds the footprint of Friday and realises that he is not the only inhabitant of the island

Crusoe Title Page 1719
Title page of the first edition

The Battle of Glen Shiel, a narrow pass in the north-west Highlands of Scotland, 10 June 1719, part of the Jacobite rising of 1719, an attempt to restore James Francis Edward Stuart

LA SALLE AFTER DEATH
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French churchman, educator and benefactor, founder of the Freres Chretiens (Christian brothers). Portrait done as he lay on his death bed. Date: 1651 - 1719

A bird's eye view of an English country town - Tunbridge Wells, Kent - the prominent white building is probably the town's chief coaching inn and hostelry. Date: 1719

CRUSOE & DEAD PARRROT
Robinson Crusoe shoots a parrot which he and Friday eat for supper. Date: First published: 1719

CRUSOE REVISITS ISLAND
After his wife's death, Crusoe revisits the island & meets the Spaniard whose life he saved. Date: First published: 1719

FRANCOISE D'AUBIGNE - Marquise de Maintenon - secretly married Louis XIV after Marie Therese's death Date: 1635 - 1719

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: an aerial view Date: 1719

Fishmongers Almshouses
The almshouses were on the area west of Newington Butts and south of St Georges Road. Erected in two phases: firstly St. Peters Hospital was built by the company in 1615-1618; the other

Armillary sphere with zodiac. Date: 1719

GREENLANDERS An eskimo family, and a hunter in his kayak. Date: 1719

SIR HENRY CHAUNCY lawyer and judge with his autograph Date: 1632 - 1719

MAP / AFRICA / SAHARA 1719
Map of the Sahara Desert with Nubia, part of Egypt and part of Abyssinia Date: 1719

MAP / AFRICA / MOROCCO 1719
LEmpire du Cherif de Fez, Maroc, Sus &c. the Moroccan empire in the early 18th century, with the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Date: 1719

MAPS, ASIA, INDIA 1719
Crude map of northern India, previous to any extensive colonisation, including parts of Pakistan & Bangladesh & the sources of two great rivers the Ganges & Indus

Precious stones
Fishing for pearls in the Pacific Date: 1719

Robinson Crusoe / Boat
Crusoe in the boat he built for himself. Date: First published: 1719

Map / Nw Africa 1719
North-west Africa, showing portions of Barbary, land of the Berbers, known to Europeans as barbarians (today Morocco, Tunisia &c)

Heinrich Cocceius
HEINRICH COCCEIUS German lawyer in the service of the king of Prussia, possessor of an exceptionally fine wig, paid for by his clients fees... Date: 1644 - 1719

Margaret Hughes
MARGARET HUGHES actress, mistress of Prince Rupert of the Rhine Date: ? - 1719

Magnus Lichtwer
MAGNUS GOTTFRIED LICHTWER German writer, statesman in the service of the elector of Saxony Date: 1719 - 1783

J-B De LA Salle
JEAN-BAPTISTE DE LA SALLE French founder of order, Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes (brothers of Christian schools) Date: 1651 - 1719

Crusoe and Friday
Robinson Crusoe rescues Friday from being eaten by cannibals and thus becomes Crusoes greatful servant and companion

Addison / Thomson / Thurston
JOSEPH ADDISON English essayist, poet and statesman

Robinson Crusoe / Spying
Robinson Crusoe spies a ship on the horizon

Crusoe & the Captain
Crusoe offers his assistance to the English captain and helps to recover his vessel

Crusoe Escapes the Moors
Robinson Crusoe escapes from the Moors

Robinson Crusoe & Boat
Robinson Crusoe and Friday build the boat

Ludwig Gleim - 3
JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG GLEIM German writer Date: 1719 - 1803

Ludwig Gleim - 1
JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG GLEIM German writer Date: 1719 - 1803

Ludwig Gleim - 2
JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG GLEIM German writer Date: 1719 - 1803

Elie Catherine Freron
ELIE CATHERINE FRERON French journalist and critic Date: 1719 - 1776

Francois Jacques Fleury
FRANCOIS JACQUES FLEURY French churchman, cure of saint Victor d Orleans, died in the Bastille - but we can t find out why he was there... Date: ? - 1719

Thomas Dyche, Educator
THOMAS DYCHE Churchman and educator Date: FLOURISHED 1710 - 1719

Louis Ellies Du Pin
LOUIS ELLIES DU PIN French churchman from Normandie, ecclesiastical historian, best known for his Bibliotheque des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques. Date: 1657 - 1719

Sir Henry Chauncy
SIR HENRY CHAUNCY Serjeant at Law, author of a History of Hertfordshire, where he lived. Date: 1632 - 1719

Robinson Crusoes House
The dining room of the Robinson Crusoe House Bremen, Germany. In Daniel Defoes novel (1719), Crusoes father was a Bremen merchant who emigrated to Hull, England. Date: 1930s

Pedro Conde De Aranda
PEDRO PABLO ABARACA DE BOLEA, conde de ARANDA, Portuguese soldier and statesman. Date: 1719 - 1798

Cardinal Alberoni - Head
GIULIO ALBERONI Italian cardinal, 1719 statesman in Spain where his foreign policy will lead to a disastrous war and his banishment from the country. Date: 1664 - 1752

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