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1. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository of elegance, taste, and entertainment : containing a new and complete collection of superb views of all the most remarkable ruins and antient buildings, such as abbeys, castles, monasteries, priories ... : accompanied by elegant letter-press descriptions ... a complete set of county-maps ... together with an authentic account of Doomsday-Book ... / published under the inspection of Henry Boswell ... assisted by Robert Hamilton ... and other ingenious gentlemen ...

Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales : being a grand copper-plate repository of elegance, taste, and entertainment : containing a new and complete collection of superb views of all the most remarkable ruins and antient buildings, such as abbeys, castles, monasteries, priories ... : accompanied by elegant letter-press descriptions ... a complete set of county-maps ... together with an authentic account of Doomsday-Book ... / published under the inspection of Henry Boswell ... assisted by Robert Hamilton ... and other ingenious gentlemen ...
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth Langhorne

3. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
[ca. 1801]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales / by the most eminent British artists : with a description of each seat.

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Date:
[1786-1788]
Physical Description:
[101] leaves, [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The antiquities of England and Wales / by Francis Grose ...

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Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:
1773-1787
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill., maps, port., plans ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Architecture improved, in a collection of modern, elegant and useful designs : from slight and graceful recesses, lodges, and other decorations in parks, gardens, woods or forests to the portico, bath, observatory, and interior ornaments of superb buildings ... : all curiously engraved on fifty copper-plates, octavo / designed by Robert Morris ...

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Creator:
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and the parts adjacent ... / written and compiled from authentic records and other genuine information by a society of gentlemen ; the whole revised, corrected, and improved by William Thornton ; assisted by George Smith ... the Rev. Alex. Townsend ... and other gentlemen.

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Creator:
Thornton, William
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
532, [4] p. : ports. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. [Horses with pedigrees].

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Date:
[1741-1754]
Physical Description:
34 prints : etching and engraving ; 35 x 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A complete body of architecture : adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs / by Isaac Ware ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published.

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Creator:
Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756, i.e. 1757]
Physical Description:
[18], 92, [2], 93-116, [2], 117-120, [2], 121-748, [4] pages, [115] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Architecture improved : in a collection of modern, elegant and useful designs ... : all curiously engraved on fifty copper-plates ... / designed by Robert Morris.

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Creator:
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Date:
1755
Physical Description:
xiv p., [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Clio and Euterpe, or, British harmony : a collection of celebrated songs and cantatas by the most approved masters : curiously engrav'd with the thorough bass for the harpsichord and transposition for the German flute, embellish'd with designs adapted to each song ; in two [i.e. three] volumes.

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Date:
MDCCLVIII-MDCCLXII [1758-1762]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art : being a compleat drawing book containing a curious collection of examples in all the variety of cases : as the several parts of the human body, whole figures, landskips [sic], cattle, building, &c. curiously engraved on copper plates, after the designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other great masters : to which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; containing an account of the instruments and materials used in drawing, and the method of managing them; also instruction to form the judgment of a young beginner, and direct his hand in practice, with early and proper lessons for him at the first entrance : also, early and proper lessons for a young beginner, with instructions to form his judgment and direct his practice / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse and improved with abstracts from C.A. Du Fresnoy.

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Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description:
[2], 8, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The compleat drawing-master : containing many curious specimens : as the several parts of the human body, whole figures, landskips, cattle, buildings &c. neatly engraved on copper-plates, after the designs of the great masters : wherein the principles of drawing are laid down after a natural and easy manner : to which is prefixed some general instructions to form the judgement of young beginners : by which the useful art can be attained in a short time without a master.

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Date:
1763
Physical Description:
21 p., [102] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts