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Carte qui represente les differentes connoissances que l'on a eues des Terres Arctiques depuis 1650 jusqu'en 1747 ausquelles il faut comparer la carte suevante ce.

Map shows four northeastern part of America and Greenland. The Baffin Bay, Hudson, and Button regions are detailed. The Davis Straits and Coast Labrador are also shown. Work by Sanson (1650), De L’Isle (1700 and 1703), and Henri Ellis (1747) are represented in each quadrant. Scale not indicated.
Date: 1773
Creator: Robert de Vaugondy, Didier
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from Francisco Sales Carrillo to the Justicia Mayor] (open access)

[Correspondence from Francisco Sales Carrillo to the Justicia Mayor]

Correspondence between Francisco Sales Carrillo and the Justicia Mayor saying that the new "bulles" of 1772-1773 are complete and that he is to collect the leftover old "bulles" and distribute the new "bulles."
Date: 1773~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pigmalion (open access)

Pigmalion

This is the 1773 edition of the libretto to the comic opera and vaudeville, "Pigmalion" by Charles-François Panard and Thomas Laffichard. The opera premiered at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1735 . The plot is an adaptation of Ovid's story of Pygmalion, a sculptor who fell in love with a statue that he carved. Operatic and ballet representation of the subject of Pigmalion (or Pygmalion) became famous after Antoine Houdar de la Motte's entrée "La sculpture" for the ballet "Le triomphe des arts," which staged in 1700 at Académie Royale de Musique with music by Michel de la Barre. Page 16 of this edition was incorrectly numbered as number 10.
Date: 1773
Creator: Panard, Charles-François, d. 1765.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Le tableau parlant: comédie-parade, en un acte et en vers (open access)

Le tableau parlant: comédie-parade, en un acte et en vers

This is a 1773 printed copy of the libretto of "Le tableau parlant" (The talking picture), a one-act comic opera by M. Anseaume, set to music by Grétry. The opera was staged for the first time by the troupe of Italian actors of King Louis XV, on Wednesday, September 20, 1769. The back of the t.p. lists the names of the original actors who performed the characters of the opera at its premier: Isabelle (Madame Trial), [Jean-Louis Laruette] (Cassandre, Isabelle's tutor), [Madame Laruette (Colombine, Isabelle's lady-in-waiting), M. Trial (Léandre, Cassandra's nephew, who is in love with Isabelle), and [[Jean-Baptiste Clairval] (Léandre's valet). The final scene is a vaudeville sung by all of the characters. The music of the vaudeville is included at the end on pp. [45-48]. The library's copy of the libretto is bound with the libretto of Jean François Marmontel's comic opera "La fausse magie."
Date: 1773
Creator: Anseaume, M. (Louis), 1721-1784
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Royal Decree Promulgated by Viceroy Don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa] (open access)

[Royal Decree Promulgated by Viceroy Don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa]

Royal decree promulgated by the Viceroy Don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa ordering compliance with a decree issued previously. This document is taped in two sections, horizontally in the middle.
Date: April 26, 1773
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament of Francisco Rodríguez] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Francisco Rodríguez]

Last will and testament for Francisco Rodríguez, of Monclova, signed at the bottom by Spanish officials.
Date: May 24, 1773
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Vicente González de Santianés and Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera] (open access)

[Correspondence between Vicente González de Santianés and Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera]

Correspondence between Governor Vicente Gonzalez de Santianés and Tomás Sánchez de la Barreraconcerning a raid by Comanche Indians in which there were six casualties. The first letter explains the attack and the second letter calls for the villages to be placed closer together.
Date: 1773-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait etching and engraving of actor David Garrick]

Etching and engraving of English actor David Garrick printed on December 1st, 1773. The design is attributed to N. Dance and was printed by British engraver and painter John Hall. The image surrounded by a detailed oval frame and two cherubs holding symbolic objects tied to drama and the theatre.
Date: December 1, 1773
Creator: Hall, John & Dance, N.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library