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SELECTED BOOKS
from Special Collections

 

Images from:

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, or, the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651.

Baif, Lazare de. Lazari Bayfii annotationes in L. II. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1549.

Pesce, G. L. La Navigation Sous-Marine. Paris: Vuibert & Nony, 1906.

The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. London: John Baskett, 1741-42.

 

the title page from the book by Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, or, the Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and CivilEngraved title page (Hobbes)

Triremis (Baif)"Triremis" (Baif)

Cover (Pesce)Cover (Pesce)

The Disciples go a fishing. (Bible)"The Disciples go a fishing." (Bible)

Jonah cast into the sea. (Bible)"Jonah cast into the sea." (Bible)
From the Bible, Jonah Cast Into the Sea

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Selected Books:

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Last updated: 15 December 2005