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1. The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688 / by David Hume.

The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688 / by David Hume.
Creator:
Hume, David, 1711–1776
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
5 v. in 10 : ill. ; 48 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Ginsberg.

2. Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c. in the years 1825-26 : containing a chronological epitome of the late military operations in Ava : an account of the proceedings of the present mission from the supreme government of India to the court of Tehran, and a summary of the causes and events of the existing war between Russia and Persia : with sketches of natural history, manners, and customs, and illustrated with maps and plates / by James Edward Alexander ...

Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c. in the years 1825-26 : containing a chronological epitome of the late military operations in Ava : an account of the proceedings of the present mission from the supreme government of India to the court of Tehran, and a summary of the causes and events of the existing war between Russia and Persia : with sketches of natural history, manners, and customs, and illustrated with maps and plates / by James Edward Alexander ...
Creator:
Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803–1885
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 301 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Holy Bible.

The Holy Bible.
Date:
1800-1816
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill. ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The picturesque beauties of Shakspeare : being a selection of scenes from the works of that great author / engraved under the direction of Charles Taylor ; part the first containing As you like it, Macbeth, Hamlet, The merry wives of Windsor, Much ado about nothing, Twelfth night.

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Date:
[1787]
Physical Description:
[40] leaves, [42] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Illustrations of Shakspeare : being a selection of scenes, from the works of that great author / engraved on forty plates from designs by Stothard & Smirke.

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Date:
[1787]
Physical Description:
[41] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Anecdotes of some distinguished persons : chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries : adorned with sculptures.

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Creator:
Seward, William, 1747–1799
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
4 v. : ports., music, facsims ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Chinese tales, or, The wonderful adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam / related by himself, to divert the sultana upon the celebration of her nuptials ; written in French by M. Gueulette ; translated by the Rev. Mr. Stackhouse.

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Creator:
Gueullette, Thomas-Simon, 1683–1766
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
viii, 9-115 p., 3 leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A catalogue of the prints of Benjamin Heath Malkin, Esq. LL.D.

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777–1857
Date:
[1828]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater ... : illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals ; executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX-MDCCXCVIII [1789-1798, i.e. 1799]
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 5 : illustrations, 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The British gallery of engravings : from pictures of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch and English schools : now in the possession of the king, and several noblemen and gentlemen of the United Kingdoms : with some account of each picture / by Edward Forster ...

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Creator:
Forster, Edward, 1769–1828
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
10, [2], 10, [2], [104] p., [52] leaves of plates : ill. ; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Essays on physiognomy : designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / by John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zurich, and Minister of the Gospel ; illustrated by engravings, accurately copied, and some duplicates added from originals, executed by or under the inspection of, Thomas Hollloway ; translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D., Minister of the Scots Church, London-Wall.

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Creator:
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 5 : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts