mother and daughter

Painting depicting a kitchen maid.

Map shows magnetic variations, trade routes, seasonal currents, coastal ports and settlements for six continents; continents of Australia and North America are incomplete. Includes text notes, illustrated title cartouche, and dates of discovery. Inset: "Asin que rien ne manquast à cette carte, nou arons ajoûté ce Cercle Polaire en partie pour montrer l'inclinaison de Meridien vers le Pole en partie pour évitar le trop grand rétrecissement de nôtre échelle." Scale not given.

Map shows known wind patterns throughout the known world. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:79,000,000].

The interior of the south transept is shown with its elaborately decorated ceiling and walls as well as the curved crossing pier.

This interior view shows two side chapels. Elaborate Baroque decoration and pristine white walls are accompanied by two large windows in this particular view of the nave.

The view is straight up into the cupolas and shows the paintings with their relief texture encircling the frescoes. The arrangement of the subject matter in the paintings enhances the cupola shape. The subject matter appears to be scenes from the the life of St. Benedict, the Pentecost, and redemption.

The highly carved choir stalls are in a dark wood with relief decorations above.

An angel and a putto decorate the choir stall.

The choir stall is adorned with a putto.

The pulpit is decorated with many figures of putti and angels. Surrounding the pulpit is a relief depicting the Assumption.

The baptismal font is highly carved and decorated with many figurative sculptures.

The south facing wing of an abbey building is visible in this view. Part of the facade is blocked by a clump of trees. The building is three-stories and in a restrained Baroque style.

The three-story abbey buildings and the inner courtyard are shown in this view. The buildings are decorated with quoins and simple pediments on some windows and less elaborate linear decoration around other windows. A small fountain is situated in the center of the courtyard.

The richly carved altar sits at the entrance to the choir.

The hall is highly decorated with sculptural details on the walls and ceilings. The ceiling also contains a painted scene. Lining the room are over life size statues of the Hapsburg emperors situated next to elaborate Corinthian columns. The room is opulent and above each window is a painted portrait.

The interior of the library is decorated in a Baroque style with ceiling painting, columns with Corinthian capitals. The ceiling includes a pale pink hue topped with a white relief floral motif.

An interior view of a picture gallery with white walls. Frescoes and stucco decoration decorate the ceiling.

A corridor outside the monks cells displays paintings and the arched ceilings are decorated with relief floral motifs.

This score is a collection of poetry and set to music including moral fables (marked on the table of contents with an asterisk). Each piece has words written with musical lines in treble, bass, or a combination of both. Includes a preface ('Avis.') and table of contents for the movements prior to page 1 for each of the seven collections ('recueil'). The pagination restarts for each collection and for the fables which fall at the end of each section.

Portrait of a seated woman wearing a green dress and holding a fan. There is a book on a table to her left and a window in the background.

Map shows political boundaries, areas of Native American habitation, major settlements, major physical features, and ocean currents; California as an island. Includes notes on winds and weather. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:72,000,000].

A sacred work for mixed chorus (SATB) with orchestra acc. (2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, and basso continuo). A contents index is given on p. 74. Plate no. 105.

This is a 1735 fourth ed. of the three-act ballad opera "The beggar's opera" by John Christopher Pepusch and John Gay. It includes the score for the overture (for violins (2), viola, and bass ensemble) and the melodies of each song. The inscription, "Nos haec novimus esse nihil" (transl. as, We know these to be nothing) that appears on the t.p. is an epigram by Marcus Valerius Martialis from his Books of Epigrams. On the back of the t.p. appears the advertisement of these works printed by John Watts: Fifty one new fables in verse; The tunes to the songs in the Beggar's Opera, transposed for the flute; and Gay's opera "Achilles." A table of songs shows the first lines of text for each act. The item includes a list of characters.