Biblioteca Collection (page 2)

View of the Laleli Mosque or Tulip Mosque, Istanbul. Built by Sultan Mustafa III in the 18th century with large dome and two minarets. Moschea Lalely

Coronation of an ancient Italian king by the archbishop. The king is crowned while wearing a cape over breastplate and holding a sceptre. Six electors of the empire stand to his left

Italy - Venice - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Italy - Venice - Base of the Campanile on Piazza San Marco and the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (National Library of St Mark s), designed by Jacopo Sansovino and finally finished in 1588. Date: 1903

VATICAN LIBRARY / C. 1860
BIBLIOTECA VATICANA The Vatican Library, the main hall (Sala principale). Date: circa 1860

Mars with the zodiac signs of Aries and Scorpio. Illustratio
De Sphaera (The Sphere). Astrological book of Lombard origin. Illustrated by Cristoforo de Predis (1440-1486), 1470. Representation of Mars with the zodiac signs of Aries and Scorpio

PONIATOWSKI, Josef Antoni, Prince (1763-1813). Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the Empire. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Carolingian Empire (s. VIII). Duel Scene between two knights. Carolingian art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Atlas Novus. Europe. Tartarians, 17th c
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Europa recens descripta. Map of Europe published in Amsterdam in 1633. Detail depicting Tatar people. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

Portolan atlas by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Western
Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina, 1587. Western Mediterranean. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Cynegetica: treatise on hunting and fishing by Oppianus. Greek school (11th c.). Hunting for Birds. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

HERRERA, Antonio de (1559-1625). General History of the Deeds of the Castilians on the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea Known As the West Indies. 1601 - 1615

Amadis de Gaula (Amadis of Gaul). Chivalric romance first compiled in Zaragoza in 1508 by Garci Rodr ez de Montalvo. Title page of Amadis de Gaula

East India House, headquarters of the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, London ca.1830. The building was demolished in 1861 and the site is now occupied by the Lloyds building. Engraving

Index et catalogus librorum prohibitorum (Index and catalog of Prohibited Books). List of publications prohibited by the Catholic Church to protect the faith

Atlas Novus, 17th c Map of Mexico
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia. Map of the viceroyalty of Spain and New Mexico. Printed in Amsterdam in 1645. Etching. SPAIN

FILARETE, Antonio Avelino, also called El FILARETE (1400-1465). Architect and sculptor. Architecturae Libri. Architects and bricklayers working. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638); BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Detail of the world map with the construction of the Khufus Pyramid

French-Prussian War. Surrender of Sedan (2nd September 1870). Napoleon III capitulates before William I of Prussia. Litography. SPAIN. Barcelona

Nautical atlas (1436) of Andrea Bianco. Study of the cardinal points. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Grimani Breviary. 16th c. Month of September. The Wine Harvest (fol. 9v). Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Tabulae Astrologiae. The astronomer Giovanni Bianchini shows his work to emperor Frederick III. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Ferrara

Portolan atlas by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Detail South
Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina, 1587. Detail of South America. Atlantic Coast. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Portolan atlas by Joan Martines (1556-1590). West Coast
Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). West Coast of the African Continent. Messina, 1587. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Portolan atlas by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina
Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina, 1587. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Marie de Medici (1573-1642). Consort queen of France. Secon
Marie de Medici (1573-1642). Queen of France. Second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Regent for her son. Maria and Henry IV. Engraving by Dupre. Biblioteca Universal, 1851

Interview between the king Louis XIII of France (1601-1643)
Louis XIII of France (1601-1643). House of Bourbon. Interview between Louis XIII and his mother Marie de Medici in Castle Coursia?o?Ʋ e castle. Engraving by Dupre. Biblioteca Universal

Louis XV of France (1710-1774). King of France and Navarre
Louis XV of France (1710-1774). Louis the Beloved. King of France and Navarre. Louis XV and the Dauphin in the Batlle of Fontenoy, War of the Austrian Succession, 1745. Engraving by Dupre

Florence / San Lorenzo
The cloisters of SAN LORENZO, showing the windows of the Biblioteca Laurenziana Date: 1912

Cynegetica: Oppianos treatise on hunting and fishing. Protecting sheeps from wolves. Greek school (11th c.). Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice

Maupassant, Guy de (1850-1893). French writer. Title page of Bel-Ami, in an edition of the collected works of Guy de Maupassant printed in Paris. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Siege of a city. 14th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

ENGLAND (19 century). London. India Company. Engraving
ENGLAND (19 century). London. East India Company. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

BUFFON, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de (1707-1788). French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

ENGELS, Friedrich (1820-1895). German socialist philosopher and political theoretician. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Visiting the patient. 13th c. Detail. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Siege of Pamplona by the army of Charlemagne in 778. Illustration of the epic poem L entr饠 d Espagne, 14th C. that narrates Charlemagnes expedition to Spain. Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1665). French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. Page of the book Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and his Fortunes and Adversities. Spanish anonymous novel first published in 1554. Cover of edition printed in Milan. 1587. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). The Divine Comedy. s.XIV. The Purgatory. Dante and Virgil in the staircase that leads to the gates of Hell. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice

SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

PEREZ DE HITA, Gin鳠(1544-1619). Spanish Golden
PEREZ DE HITA, Gin鳠 (1544-1619). Spanish Golden Age writer. Cover of the book Historia de los bandos de los zegr� y abencerrajes, caballeros moros de Granada

ASCASUBI, Hilario (1807-1875). Argentinian poet. Oil. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

The month of May, tree festival, miniature from the Grimani Breviary, folio 5, verso. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Sant Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Proc: ITALY

Grimani Breviary. 16th c. Month of August: Leaving for the Hunt. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

TORRES VILLARROEL, Diego de (1693-1770). Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, astrologer, doctor, mathematician, priest and professor of the University of Salamanca

England (19 century). Menai bridge. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

ENGLAND. Newcastle Stock Exchange (19 century). Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

ENGLAND. London (19c. ). Newgate Prision. Engraving
ENGLAND. London (19c.). Newgate Prision. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

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