Wing imprints

Wing imprints belong to a subset of early books printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland or in English elsewhere between 1641 and 1700. These imprints are gathered in the essential reference work compiled by Donald G. Wing. Records for items in this collection include citations for both the print reference work and the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) online database hosted by the British Library.

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1654. Merlinus, Cambro-Britannus. Or the Brittish Merlin : demonstrating the true revolution of the year, the mutation and state of weather, chronological observations of most notable concurrences past, to this present year 1654. Notes of husbandry. With many necessary tables, containing directions for such as use marts and fairs; also for travellers that coast the Commonwealth; with other notes of good consequence: and a table of interest after the rate of VI. per centum. Made and compiled by the lover of his country and art Schardamus Riders. Being the second after leap-year
Call number
A2243.5
Creator
Author: Rider, Cardanus
Date
1654
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A bloody Irish almanack, or, Rebellious and bloody Ireland, discovered in some notes extracted out of an almanack, printed at Waterford in Ireland for this yeare 1646. : Whereunto are annexed some astrologicall observations upon a conjunction of the two malignant planets Saturne and Mars in the midle of the signe Taurus the horroscope of Ireland, upon Friday the 12. of Juue [sic] this yeare 1646. with memorable praedictions and occurrences therein. By John Booker
Call number
157- 096q
Creator
Author: Booker, John, 1603-1667
Date
1646
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A book of dravving, limning, vvashing or colouring of maps and prints: and the art of painting, with the names and mixtures of colours used by the picture-drawers. Or, The young-mans time well spent. : In which he hath the ground-work to make him fit for doing any thing by hand, ... By the use of this work, you may draw all parts of a man, ... And directions for birds, beasts, landskips, ships, and the like. Moreover, grounds to lay silver or gold upon; and how silver or gold shall be laid or limned upon size; and the way to temper gold and silver, and other mettals, and divers kinds of colours, to write, or to limne withal upon vellum, parchment, or paper, and how to lay them upon the work which thou intendest to make; and how to varnish it when thou hast done. How also to diaper and shadow things, and to highten them, to stand off: to deepen them, and make them glister. In this book you have the necessary instruments for drawing, and the use of them; and how to make artificial pastiles to draw withal. Very useful for all handicrafts, and ingenuous gentlemen and youths. By hammer and hand, all arts do stand
Call number
141- 730f
Date
1666
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A book of fruits & flowers : shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine : as also to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them, to make powders, civet bagges, all sorts of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow, or frutages, and to pickell them : and for meat, to make pyes, biscat, maid dishes, marchpanes, leeches ... : for medicines, to make all sorts of poultisses, and serecloaths for any member swell'd or inflamed, ointments, waters for all wounds, and cancers, salves for aches
Call number
230- 165q
Date
1653
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A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton, of Apply in Shropshire, Esq; and wife of Richard Baxter. : For the use of all, but especially of their kindred. There is also published the character of her mother, truly described in her published funeral sermon, reprinted at her daughters request, called, The last work of a believer, his passing-prayer, recommending his departing spirit to Christ, to be received by him
Call number
B1194
Creator
Author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691
Date
1681

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