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ARTICLES & BOOKS PUBLISHED BEFORE 1800

Heritage Books The books shown on this page may be also listed in other categories, but are listed here to highlight the depth of the reference collection of the Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute.

There are a total of about 610 books still in the collection that were published before the Institute library was opened in 1859.
Note: These materials are now held in the Heritage Collection located in the Old Mining Exchange of the Institute.

Date Author Title I.D.

1586 CAMDEN, William Britannia – Latin. A topographical and historical survey of all of medieval Great Britain and Ireland 3982

1657 AMBROSE
The doctrine and directions : but more especially the practice and behaviour of a man in the act of the new birth/ Media : the middle things/ Ultima : the last things/ Redeeming the time : a sermon preached at Preston in Lancashire, January 4 1657, at the funeral of the honourable lady, the Lady Margaret Houghton

 
1658 BROWN, Thomas Pseudodoxia epidemica: or enquiries into very many received tenents, and commonly
presumed truths
3974

1668   The Grand hippomene – Literature  

1680 TERENTII Comoediae sex – Literature  

1682 MAIMBOURG
Histoire des croisades : pour la deliverance de la Terre Sainte [History of the crusades : for the deliverance of the Holy Land]

 
1698 LUDLOW
Memoirs of Edward Ludlow : lieutenant general of the horse, commander in chief of the forces in Ireland, one of the council of state, and a member of the parliament which began on November 3, 1640

 
1704 FRITZ-HERBERT, Anthony The new Natura Brevium of the most Reverend Judge, corrected and Revised whereunto are added the Authorities in Law, and some other Cases and Notes collected by the translater out of the Year-Books and Abridgments. with a New and Exact Table of the most material things contained therein. 1237

1708  
The present state of Europe: or the historical and political monthly mercury vol. 19  
 

1716 MORERI
Supplement aux anciennes editions du grand dictionaire historique – History 
 

1718 FARQUHAR, George The comedies of Mr. George Farquhar 4477

1727 COOPER, Anthony Ashley, [Earl of Shaftesbury] Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times (3vol.) 2325

1740 ASTRUC On the verereal disease. (2 vol.) 1606

1741 COLLINS, Arthur The Peerage of England; containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England now existing, either by tenure, summons, or creation; … (3vol.) 1513

1748 ANSON, George A voyage round the world in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 3878

1749 BAILEY, N. An universal etymological English dictionary 4377

1751 ORRERY, Earl of The Letters of Pliny the Younger (vol.1) 1333

1753 BART, Archibald Alison History of Europe from the French Revolution. (12 vol.) 456

1757 HUXHAM, John An essay on fevers: To which is now added, a dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat 3898

1759 EDWARD, Earl of Clarendon The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon (3 vol.) 1885

1761 ADDISON, Joseph The free-holder or political essays. 3671

1761 BOCCACCI, Giovanni Del decamerone [The decameron] (2 vol.) 3978

1764 DE BUFFON, M. and DAUBENTON, M. Histoire naturelle (carniverous) 3845

1766 DE BUFFON, M. and DAUBENTON, M. Histoire naturelle (herbivorous) 3849

1768 SWIFT, Jonathan The works of Dr. John Swift, dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin (vol.9) 953

1769 GLOVER, Richard Leonidas. A poem. 1891

1769 PRIOR, Matthew Poems on several occasions (2 vol.) 1890

1770 BAILEY, Nathan Ovid’s metamorphoses : in fifteen books : with arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English 4024

1770 SHENSTONE, William The select works in verse and prose of William Shenstone 5444

1770 WALLER, Edmund Poems on several occasions 2007

1773 OSSIAN The poems of Ossian 108

1779 CAESAR, C. Julius The commentaries of Caesar 3550

1780

Novelists Magazine (20 vol.) 3588

1782 SMOLLETT, T. The history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote. (vol.8) 437

1784 VOLTAIRE [Arouet, Francois Marie] Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire – written by himself [translated from the French] 1149

1786

Harrison’s Sacred Classics Volume 2 – containing The Pilgrims Progress, Nelsons

Festivals and Fasts, and The Economy of Human Life.

1229

1786 HUMPHREYS , Samuel Peruvian Tales, related in one thousand and one hours, by one of the select virgins of

Cusco, to the YNCA of Peru. (vol.30)

438

1786 MASON, W. The English Garden: A Poem in Four Books. 2263

1786 PALEY, William M.A. Archdeacon of Carlisle The principles of moral and political philosopy 3173

1787

The history of New Holland 3844

1787 BURNS, Robert Burn’s works 971

1789

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments, to which are added, the Journals of Lieut. Shortland, Watts, Balls, & Capt. Marshall with an account of their new discoveries. 2369

1793 HUNTER, John Esq. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip’s Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers; including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the first Sailing to England in 1792. 2371

1793 Locke, John An essay concerning Human understanding (vol.1) 1054

1793 TENCH, Watkin Complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson in New South Wales 3842

1797 BURN, Richard and John Burn The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer (4 vol.) 861

1797 CURTIS, William The botanical magazine: or Flower-garden displayed 3935

1799

A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from Journals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with Maps, Charts, and Views, drawns by Mr William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists. with a preliminary discourse on the Geography and History of the South Sea Islands; and an Appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of OtaHeite; by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society. 2370

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The koran: commonly called the alkoran of Mohammed 5386

1800 Bisset, Robert [LL.D.] The Life of Edmund Burke. Comprehending an impartial account of his Literary and Political efforts, and a Sketch of the Conduct and Character of his most eminent associates, coadjutors, and opponents. (2vol.) 1933

1800 DARWIN, Erasmus [M.D., F.R.S.} PHYTOLOGIA; or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening with the theory of draining Morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough. 1122

1802 COLLINS, David An account of the English colony in New South Wales 3899

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