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5001. Misery is vertues whetstone, Reliquiæ Gethinianæ, or, Some remains of the most ingenious and excellent lady, Grace Lady Gethin, lately deceased : being a collection of choice discourses, pleasant apothegmes, and witty sentences : written by her for the most part, by way of essay, and at spare hours. : published by her nearest rellations to preserve her memory, and digested for method's sake under proper heads ...

Creator:: Gethin, Grace, Lady, 1676–1697
Date:: 1703
Physical Description:: [6], 3-7, [5], 90, [8], 28 [i.e. 24] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5002. A descriptive inventory of the several exquisite and magnificent pieces of mechanism and jewellery : compriz'd in the schedule annexed to an act of Parliament made in the thirtenth year of the reign of His present Majesty George the Third : for enabling Mr. James Cox, of the city of London, jeweller, to dispose of his museum by way of lottery ...

Creator:: Cox, James, jeweler
Date:: 1774
Physical Description:: xiii, 14-71 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5003. Quinti Horatii Flacci opera.

Creator:: Horace
Date:: 1749
Physical Description:: 2 v. ([4], [v]-vi, [4], 396 [i.e. 336] p.) : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5004. Harlequin's invasion : a new pantomine [sic]. Book 4.

Date:: 1770
Physical Description:: 1 folded leaf ([4] p.) : ill. ; 19 x 32 cm. folded to 19 x 8 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5005. Les délices de la Grand' Bretagne, & de l'Irelande : où sont exactement décrites les antiquitez, les provinces, les villes ..., la réligion, les moeurs des habitans, leurs jeux, leurs divertissemens, & généralement tout ce qu'il y a de plus considerable à remarquer / par James Beeverell ...

Creator:: Beeverell, James
Date:: 1707
Physical Description:: 8 v. in 9 (1506 p.) : ill., maps, plans, geneal. tables ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5006. A letter to Dr. Mead concerning some antiquities in Berkshire : particularly shewing that the White Horse, which gives name to the Vale, is a monument of the West-Saxons, made in memory of a great victory obtained over the Danes A.D. 871 / by Francis Wise ...

Creator:: Wise, Francis, 1695–1767
Date:: 1738
Physical Description:: 58 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5007. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world : in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed, undertaken by His Majesty's command, principally with a view to ascertain the existence of any navigable communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery sloop of war, and armed tender Chatham, under the command of Captain George Vancouver.

Creator:: Vancouver, George, 1757–1798
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 31 x 24 cm (4to) + 1 atlas ([16] leaves of plates (6 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 46 cm (folio))
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5008. Deliciæ britannicæ, or, The curiosities of Hampton-Court and Windsor-Castle, delineated : with occasional reflections, and embellished with copper-plates of the two palaces, &c. / by George Bickham, jun.

Creator:: Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Date:: 1742
Physical Description:: 203 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5009. An historical account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich : MDCCLXXXIX.

Creator:: Cooke, John, 1738–1823
Date:: [1789]
Physical Description:: viii, 120, 125-132, *129-*132, 133-142, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5010. Paradise lost : a poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton.

Creator:: Milton, John, 1608–1674
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 2 v. front. (port.) illus., 12 plates. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5011. [Eighty-four mezzotints by Georg Philipp Rugendas and Christian Rugendas].

Creator:: Rugendas, Georg Philipp, 1666–1742
Date:: [1693-1735]
Physical Description:: 84 prints : mezzotint with tint plate ; platemarks 19 x 30 cm, and smaller
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5012. The London and country builder's vade mecum, or, The compleat and universal architect's assistant : comprehending the London and country prices of the different works of bricklayers ... : interspersed with such useful and necessary rules and observations ... : with a compleat index to the whole / by William Salmon.

Creator:: Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
Date:: 1745
Physical Description:: ii, [8], 187 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5013. Academic costume of the University of Oxford.

Date:: 1790
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5014. A map of the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple.

Creator:: Popple, Henry, -1743
Date:: [1739]
Physical Description:: 1 map on 20 sheets ; sheets 53 x 72 cm or smaller, bound 53 x 41 cm. + 1 key map (48 x 47 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5015. [Muster order for the enrollment into the Gloucestershire militia].

Date:: August 30, 1770
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5016. Twelve views of shipping [graphic] / by J. Clevely Junr. = Douze vües des vaisseux / par J. Clevely Junr.

Date:: published 1 Octr. 1770
Physical Description:: 12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5017. [Views of English residences] [graphic].

Creator:: Guyot, Laurent, 1756–1806
Date:: 1791-1793
Physical Description:: 13 prints : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets approximately 28 x 36 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5018. An historical list, of all horse-matches run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England ... : with a list also of all the principal cock-matches ... / by John Cheny.

Creator:: Cheny, John, active 1729–1750
Date:: MDCCXXVII [1727-1751]
Physical Description:: [24] volumes ; 16-17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5019. Le Neptune françois, ou, Atlas nouveau des cartes marines : levées et gravées par ordre exprés du Roy, pour l'usage de ses armées de mer : dans lequel on voit la description exacte de toutes les Côtes de la Mer Oceane, & de la Mer Baltique, depuis la Norwege jusques au Detroit de Gibraltar ... / reveu & mis en ordre par les sieurs Pene, Cassini & autres.

Date:: 1703
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([2], 6 pages, [76] leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps ; 65 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5020. An history of Birmingham, to the end of the year 1780. By William Hutton.

Creator:: Hutton, William, 1723–1815
Date:: 1781
Physical Description:: 1 p.., xii, [10], 280 (i.e. 286) p. fold. front., 14 plates (part fold.) 2 fold. maps. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5021. Examination of William Vaughan, esq. in a committee of the hon. House of Commons, April 22, 1796, on the commerce of the port of London, and the accommodations for shipping, &c.

Creator:: Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 23 p. fold. col. plan. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5022. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation. Part II.

Creator:: Vaughan, William, 1752–1850
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 12 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5023. A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1792, by the president ... To which is prefixed the speech of the president to the royal academicians on the 24th of March 1792.

Creator:: West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: viii, vi, 36 p. 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5024. The British architect, or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases. Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved ... on sixty folio copper- plates. By Abraham Swan, carpenter.

Creator:: Swan, Abraham
Date:: 1745
Physical Description:: viii, 20 p. LX plates. 41 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5025. Account of sepulchral monuments discovered at Lincoln. By the reverend John Carter ... Read at the Society of Antiquaries May 25, 1795.

Creator:: Carter, John, 1761 or 1762–1829
Date:: 1795?]
Physical Description:: 7 p. 2 plates. 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5026. The survey of Cornwall. And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue./ By Richard Carew ... with the life of the author, by H C* Esq.

Creator:: Carew, Richard, 1555–1620
Date:: MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:: xxv, [8] p., 159 leaves, [8], 13, [1] p. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5027. A companion to every place of curiosity and entertainment in and about London and Westminster ... : to which is added a new large and elegant map of London, Westminster, and Southwark ... designed for strangers to choose such objects as suit their convenience, and to enable them to describe what they have seen.

Date:: 1776
Physical Description:: x, 191 p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5028. A plan of the city of St. Martins in the island of Ré / drawn by the King's engineer.

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1757
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 15 x 27 cm., on sheet 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5029. The student's treasure : a new drawing book, consisting in a variety of etchings and engravings executed by Irish artists, after the following great masters, viz : Angelica, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Wheatly, Vivaries, West, Bertrand, Rowlandson, Stubbs, Zucchi, Mortimer, Howit, Gilray, Boucher, Gainsborough, &c. &c.

Date:: MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:: 8, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5030. De la manière de graver a l'eau forte et au burin : et de la gravûre en manière noire : avec la façon de construire les presses modernes, & d'imprimer en taille-douce / par Abraham Bosse.

Creator:: Bosse, Abraham, 1602–1676
Date:: 1758
Physical Description:: [4], xxxii, 205 p., [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5031. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands / by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. ...

Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:: [4], vi, [1], 8-137, [1] pages, [53] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5032. An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape / by W.M. Craig ; with illustrative prints, engraved by the author.

Creator:: Craig, William Marshall, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: 24 p., VIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5033. A treatise on the five orders of architecture : in which the principles of that art are illustrated by elegant and correct examples, ... accompanied with observations made on several of the antiquities at Rome, and various parts of Italy, ... and ... France, ... / by George Richardson, architect = Traité des cinq ordres d'architecture, ... par George Richardson, architecte.

Creator:: Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Physical Description:: x, 32, [2] pages, xxii leaves of plates : illustrations ; 53 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5034. Fores's new chalk drawing-book, of heads and academy figures / from original drawings by C.M. Metz ; engraved in exact imitation of chalk.

Creator:: Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755–1827
Date:: 1795-1799
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 29 x 45 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5035. Men & manners / by William Shenstone ; selected and introduced by Havelock Ellis.

Creator:: Shenstone, William, 1714–1763
Date:: MCMXXVII [1927]
Physical Description:: [2], xxiii, [3], 97, [3] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5036. A catalogue of a truly capital and valuable collection of drawings, of the late Matthew Duane, Esq; deceased : collected for him, by the late Mr. Hamilton, at Rome : and consists of the undoubted works of the following great Italian Masters, viz. : Raphael, Corregio, Schidoni, A. del Sarto, Titian, P. Veronese, Tintorett, Palma, Carracci, Guido, Guercino, S. Rosa : several fine drawings, framed and glazed : together with a select collection of seventy-two elegant high-finished drawings, by that much esteemed artist Mr. Hussey : being a selection of the most striking efforts of that celebrated Master's genius : which will be sold by auction, (by order of the executor) by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, On Tuesday, May 1st, 1787, and the following day : to be viewed two days preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock : catalogues may be had at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill, and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1787]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5037. A catalogue of that superb and well known cabinet of drawings of John Barnard, Esq. late of Berkley-Square, deceased : consisting of the choicest works of all the ancient masters, collected at a great expence from the cabinets of Lord Somers, Arundel, and Cholmondley, Sir Peter Lely, Dr. Mead, Holditch, and Uvedale Price, Esqrs. Mr Muilman, and Vander Dussens, of Amsterdam, Mons. Mariette, of Paris, and many others : among which are many exceeding fine and capital, by Raphael, A. Del Sarto, Titian, M. Angelo, Parmegiano, Corregio, P. Veronese, Bassano, Claude Loraine, Poussin, Rubens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, Berghem, Adrian, Will. V. De Vedel, Potter, Du Jardin, Ruysdale, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his room, in Leicester-Square, on Friday, Feb. 16, 1787, and the seven following evenings : it is presumed, that a more capital collection of the valuable works of the Italian, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools, were never offered to the public, or more worthy the attention of the learned connoisseurs.

Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1787]
Physical Description:: 43, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5038. A catalogue of a curious collection of stained or painted glass : exhibiting a variety of histories, emblems, portraits, figures, landscapes, coats of arms of several English families, and cities, mosaic and other ornaments, &c. : the production of the late ingenious Mr. Price, of Hatton-Garden, deceased, and of Mr. William Peckitt, of York : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Samuel Paterson, at Essex-House, in Essex-Street, in the Strand, on Thursday, May the 14th 1772, and the following day, to begin each day exactly at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday the 12th and to the time of sale.

Creator:: Paterson, Samuel, 1728–1802
Date:: 1772
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5039. Le guide nouveau et universel dans les villes de Londres et de Westminster, le bourg de Southwark, et leurs environs. Par Jean Mazzinghy, M.L.

Creator:: Mazzinghi, Giovanni
Date:: 1785
Physical Description:: 303 p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5040. Designs for chimney-pieces, with mouldings & bases at large; on 24 plates.

Date:: [1789?]
Physical Description:: 24 plates (incl. t.-p.) 27 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5041. The art of drawing and painting in water-colours. Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down, after a natural and easy manner; and youth directed in every thing that relates to this useful art, according to the practice of the best masters ...

Date:: 1755
Physical Description:: iv, 92 p. 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5042. Instructive rambles in London, : and the adjacent villages. Designed to amuse the mind, and improve the understanding of youth. / By Elizabeth Helme ...

Creator:: Helme, Elizabeth, -1814?
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: 2 v., 2 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5043. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection generale de pierres gravées antiques et modernes, tant en creux que camées, tirées des cabinets les plus celébres de l'Europe : moulées en pâtes de couleurs a l'imitation des pierres, emaux blancs, et soufres, par Jacques Tassie, sculpteur / mis en ordre et le texte rédigé par R.E. Raspe ; orné de planches gravées ; au quel on a ajouté un discours preliminaire sur les differents usages de cette collection, sur l'origine de l'art de graver les pierres dures, et le progrès de l'invention des pâtes.

Creator:: Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
Date:: MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5044. A view of England towards the close of the eighteenth century. By Fred. Aug. Wendeborn, LL. D. Translated from the original German, by the author himself.

Creator:: Wendeborn, Gebhard Friedrich August, 1742–1811
Date:: 1791
Physical Description:: 2 v. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5045. On the conduct of man to inferior animals ...

Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: 134, [2] p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5046. A catalogue of prints : engraved from the finest paintings of the most eminent masters : in the collection of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Monsgr. le Duc D'Orleans, Monsgr. le Marquis D'Argenson, Monsr. le Comte de Vence, Monsr. le Chevalier de la Rocque ... : the whole collection are printed on grand eagle paper, to be had either in sheets or bound fit for gentlemen's libraries.

Creator:: Major, Thomas, 1720–1799
Date:: 1753
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ; 38 x 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5047. To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled / the humble petition of Joshua Price, glass painter.

Creator:: Price, Joshua
Date:: [1707?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 30 x 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5048. Plan general du palais & jardins de Kensington : situé dans le conté de Middlesex, a 2 miles de Londres / tres exactement levé, dessiené & gravé par Jean Rocque ...

Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1736
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 52 x 65 cm., on sheet 54 x 69 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5049. An illustration of the Roman antiquities discovered at Bath / by the Rev. Richard Warner ...

Creator:: Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [4], xxvi, 85 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5050. A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation : exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals and boats of two to five feet wide, containing from two to five tons burthen : with a description of the machinery for facilitating conveyance by water through the most mountainous countries, independent of locks and aqueducts : including observations on the great importance of water communications : with thoughts on, and designs for, aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood : illustrated with seventeen plates / by R. Fulton, civil engineer.

Creator:: Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: xvi, 144 pages, 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5051. Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales : contenant une relation des differens peuples qui habitent les environs du grand fleuve Saint-Louis, appellé vulgairement le Mississipi : leur religion, leur gouvernement, leurs moeurs, leurs guerres & leur commerce / par M. Bossu, Capitaine dans les Troupes de la Marine.

Creator:: Bossu, M., 1720–1792
Date:: MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Physical Description:: 2 pt. in 1 v. (xx, 244; [4], 264 p., [4] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5052. Lessons for beginners in the fine art / by R. Ackermann.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: [10] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5053. The Suffolk traveller / first published by Mr. John Kirby of Wickham-Market, who took an actual survey of the whole county, in the years 1732, 1733, and 1734.

Creator:: Kirby, John, 1690–1753
Date:: 1764
Physical Description:: xvi, 296 p., [5] leaves of plates (fold). : maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5054. Traité de l'éducation du cheval en Europe : contenant le développement des vrais principes des haras, du vice radical de l'éducation actuelle, et des moyens de perfectionner les individus, en perfectionnant les espèces; avec un plan d'exécution pour la France / Par M. de Préseau de Dompierre, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de S. Louis, mestre du camp de cavalerie.

Creator:: Préseau de Dompierre, M. de (Jacques Marguerite)
Date:: M.DCC.LXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:: xiii, [3], 246, [2] p., [1] folded plate, [1] folded table : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5055. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. N. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

Creator:: Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:: [1786]
Physical Description:: [8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5056. [Plans, elevations, and section for Carshalton House]

Creator:: Leoni, Giacomo, approximately 1686–1746
Date:: [1728?]
Physical Description:: 8 prints : etching ; plate marks 35 x 76 cm, or smaller, on sheets 66 x 97 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5057. The elements of linear perspective demonstrated by geometrical principles, and applied to the most general and concise modes of practice : with an introduction, containing so much of the elements of geometry as will render the whole rationale of perspective intelligible, without any other previous mathematical knowledge / by Edward Noble.

Creator:: Noble, Edward
Date:: 1771
Physical Description:: 3, (iii)-cxvi (i.e. cxv), [1], 298 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5058. A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective / by Joseph Priestley.

Creator:: Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
Date:: 1770
Physical Description:: [2], xv, [1], 132, [8] p., [25] folded leaves of plates ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5059. The Leeds Mercury.

Physical Description:: volumes ; 48 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5060. General inventory of Colonel Aston's furniture, plate, linen, china &c. September the 1, 1796 / Wm. Hadlow.

Creator:: Hadlow, William, fl. 1796
Date:: 1796-1802
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([4], 99 p., with blanks) : 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5061. Botanical dialogues : between Hortensia and her four children, Charles, Harriet, Juliette and Henry. Designed for the use of schools, / by a lady.

Creator:: Jackson, Maria Elizabeth
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [2], xlv, [1], 335, [3] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5062. [Composite world atlas].

Date:: [1799?]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([142] leaves, some folded) : 74 hand-colored maps ; 55 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5063. Pantheon, November 1789.

Creator:: Pantheon (London)
Date:: 1789?]
Physical Description:: 2 . incl. diagr. 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5064. Oratio de vanitate luminis naturae, habita 2. April, anno 1733. In communi universitatis Andreapolitanae auditorio: quum rectoris dignitatem annuam deponeret, auctor Archibaldus Campbell ...

Creator:: Campbell, Archibald, 1691–1756
Date:: 1733
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 39 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5065. Amicis suis, necnon unicuique artium elegantiorum amatori, tabulas insequentes ludentis otii temporibus ligno incisas, dum artem pene amissam restaurare conaretur, eorum favoris et patrocinii studiosus, dicat, dedicat, Johannes Skippe.

Creator:: Skippe, John, 1742–1812
Date:: 1783]
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 20 mounted plates (part col.) 53 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5066. Extrait de l'Essai sur la peinture, la sculpture et l'architecture de M. de *** [i.e. L.P. de Bachaumont]. Par M. l'abbé de La Porte. Tiré de ses Observations sur la littérature moderne, Tome V. article XIII. pag. 204. & suiv.

Creator:: Laporte, Joseph de, 1713–1779
Date:: 1751
Physical Description:: 12 p. 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5067. An essay on the theory of painting. By Mr. Richardson ...

Creator:: Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Date:: 1715
Physical Description:: 240 p. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5068. The poetical works of Elijah Fenton : with the life of the author.

Creator:: Fenton, Elijah, 1683–1730
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: 140, iii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm (12mo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5069. The pretended tomb of Homer / drawn by Dominic Fiorillo from a sketch of M. Le Chevalier ; with illustrations and notes by C.G. Heyne.

Creator:: Heyne, Christian Gottlob, 1729–1812
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: vii, 20 p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5070. The British compendium, or, Rudiments of honour : containing the descents, marriages, issue, titles, posts, and seats of all the nobility of England ... : likewise, the institution, creation and investiture of all degrees of peerage, and the several orders of knighthood.

Creator:: Nichols, Francis, 18th cent
Date:: 1726
Physical Description:: [6], 120, 544, [7] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5071. The history and antiquities of the town and county of the town of Nottingham : containing the whole of Thoroton's account of that place, and all that is valuable in Deering / by John Throsby ...

Creator:: Throsby, John, 1740–1803
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [3]-177 (i.e. 179), [3] p., [25] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, port ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5072. A new and exact plan of Dunkerk.

Creator:: Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
Date:: [17--]
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 30 x 49 cm., on sheet 40 x 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5073. Essays by a society of gentlemen, at Exeter ...

Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: viii, 573, 1 p., 5 leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5074. A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, small statues, and bas-reliefs : with a general account of vases and other ornaments after the antique : made by Wedgwood and Bentley : and sold at their rooms in Greek-Street-Soho, London.

Creator:: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Date:: MDCCLXXVII [1767]
Physical Description:: [2], vi, 93, [1] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5075. Convenient and ornamental architecture : consisting of original designs, for plans, elevations, and sections : beginning with the farm house and regularly ascending to the most grand and magnificent villa : ... / by John Crunden ; the whole elegantly engraved on seventy copper-plates by Isaac Taylor.

Creator:: Crunden, John, ca. 1745–1835
Date:: 1767,
Physical Description:: viii, iv, 26 p. : 70 (i.e. 56) plates ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5076. Of the characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laport.

Creator:: Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:: 1795-1798
Physical Description:: 6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 39 x 53 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5077. Accurate vorstellung der samtlichen koeniglich preussischen armee : worinnen zur eigentlichen Kenntniss der Uniform von jedem Regimente ein Officier und Gemeiner in Völliger Montirung und ganzer Statur nach dem Leben abgebildet sind Nebst beygefügter Nachricht 1.) von der Stiftung. 2.) denen Chefs. 3.) der Staerke und 4.) der in Friedenszeiten habenden Gvarnisons iedes Regiments / herausgegeben und gezeichnet von I.C.H. v. S.

Creator:: Schmalen, Johann Christ. Hermann von
Date:: 1759
Physical Description:: [121], [2] leaves : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5078. A book of ornaments in the Palmyrene taste containing upwards of sixty new designs for ceilings, pannels, pateras & mouldings, and with the raffle leaves at large / by N. Wallis, architect.

Creator:: Wallis, N
Date:: Sep. 20, 1771
Physical Description:: [12] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5079. The cabinet and chair-maker's real friend and companion, or, The whole system of chair making made plain and easy : containing upwards of one hundred new and useful designs for all sorts of chairs ... / the whole invented and drawn by Robert Manwaring : and ... engraved on forty copper plates by Robert Pranker.

Creator:: Manwaring, Robert
Date:: 1775
Physical Description:: 23 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5080. Copper plate perspective itinerary / by T. Bonnor, engraver ...

Creator:: Bonnor, Thomas
Date:: May 13th 1796-1798 [i.e. 1799]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 20-21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5081. [Collection of 36 vocal and piano scores]

Date:: [1716-1820]
Physical Description:: 36 scores ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5082. The young sportman's instructor : in angling, fowling, hawking, hunting, ordering singing birds, hawks, poultry, coneys, hares and dogs, and how to cure them / by G.M.

Creator:: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:: [1705?]
Physical Description:: [4], 140 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustration ; 70 mm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5083. A catalogue of a collection of Italian, Dutch, & Flemish Pictures : the property of a Man of Fashion : brought from his seat in the country : among which will be found the undoubted works of the following esteemed Masters : viz. Guido, Raphael, J. de Belino, Parmegiano, Da Vinci, Guerchino, P. Veronses, Domenichino, Coregia, C. Marattie, C. Cignani, S. Concha, Schidonie, Rubens, Vandyke, Rottenhamer, Palembergh, Eliherimer, D. Vlieger, Vandevelde, Eckhout, Breughel, Schovaerts, Van Goen, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, a his room in Leicester-Square, on Thursday the 22d of May, 1788, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed and catalogues had on Tuesday.

Creator:: Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:: [1788]
Physical Description:: 4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5084. Catalogue of a collection of pictures of great masters of all the schools : the greater part collected by the late John Duke of Argyll : which will be sold by auction, (under the direction of Mr. T. Philipe,) by Mr. H. Phillip's : at his Great Room, no. 67, New Bond Street, on Friday, the 25th of May, 1798, and following day, at one o'clock : may be viewed and catalogues had.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: 1798
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5085. Moore's lace manufactory halfpenny token.

Creator:: Moore, Joseph, -1825
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: 1 token : copper ; 28 mm in diameter
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5086. Sculptura; or, The history and art of chalcography, and engraving in copper: with ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works. To which is annexed, a new manner of engraving, or mezzotinto, communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert to the author of this treatise.

Creator:: Evelyn, John, 1620–1706
Date:: 1769
Physical Description:: 3 p.l., [iii]-xxxvi, 140 p. front. (port.) 2 plates (1 fold.) 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5087. A collection of original poems, essays, and epistles. By John Werge, A.B.

Creator:: Werge, John, 1728–
Date:: 1753
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 304 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5088. The journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, parliamentary visitor, appointed under a warrant from the Earl of Manchester, for demolishing the superstitious pictures and ornaments of churches &c. within the county of Suffolk, in the years 1643-1644.

Creator:: Dowsing, William, 1596?-1679?
Date:: 1786
Physical Description:: 2 p.., 19 p. 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5089. An essay on original genius; and its various modes of exertion in philosophy and the fine arts, particularly in poetry. By William Duff ...

Creator:: Duff, William, 1732–1815
Date:: 1767
Physical Description:: 3 p.., [iii]-xviii, 296 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5090. History and antiquities of the county of Norfolk ...

Date:: 1781
Physical Description:: 10 v. 62 plates (part fold.) incl. ports., 2 fold. maps, 2 plans. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5091. The poetical works of Thomas Tickell. : With the life of the author ... Embellished with superb engravings.

Creator:: Tickell, Thomas, 1686–1740
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: [6], viii, 141, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5092. Éphémérides des mouvemens célestes, pour le méridien de Paris.

Date:: 1716-1792
Physical Description:: 9 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5093. The account of a trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 : by order of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, late Master General of the Ordnance / by Lieut. Col. Edward Williams, and Capt. William Mudge ..., and Mr. Isaac Dalby ... ; communicated by the Duke of Richmond ...

Creator:: Williams, Edward, d. 1798
Date:: 1795]
Physical Description:: p. 414-591, [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5094. A view of the amphitheatre, part of ye great lake & the new house in the island situated in the gardens of Claremount : one of the seats of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle = Vue de l'amphitheâtre, situé dans les jardins de Clare Mount : une des maisons de plaisance du duc de Newcastle, a 6 lieues de Londres.

Creator:: Benazech, Peter Paul, ca. 1730–ca.1783
Date:: 1754
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : all ill. ; 38 x 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5095. A general table of all cautions, fees, and perquisites : both statutable and customary for exercise and degrees in the University of Cambridge / drawn up by H. Newcome ...

Creator:: Newcome, H
Date:: 1761
Physical Description:: 1 sheet (1 p.) ; 19 x 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5096. [Sir Joshua Reynolds' sitter-book]

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1757-
Physical Description:: v. : ill. ; 18 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

5097. Commonplace book, 1753-1760.

Creator:: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:: 1753-1760
Physical Description:: 88 leaves ; 21 x 33 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

5098. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: c1991
Physical Description:: 209 p. : 54, 12 col. facsims. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

5099. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

Creator:: Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:: 1926
Physical Description:: [8], 70 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

5100. A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c... / Society of Artists of Great Britain.

Creator:: Society of Artists of Great Britain
Date:: 1760-1791
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

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5003. Quinti Horatii Flacci opera.

5004. Harlequin's invasion : a new pantomine [sic]. Book 4.

5006. A letter to Dr. Mead concerning some antiquities in Berkshire : particularly shewing that the White Horse, which gives name to the Vale, is a monument of the West-Saxons, made in memory of a great victory obtained over the Danes A.D. 871 / by Francis Wise ...

5008. Deliciæ britannicæ, or, The curiosities of Hampton-Court and Windsor-Castle, delineated : with occasional reflections, and embellished with copper-plates of the two palaces, &c. / by George Bickham, jun.

5009. An historical account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich : MDCCLXXXIX.

5010. Paradise lost : a poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton.

5011. [Eighty-four mezzotints by Georg Philipp Rugendas and Christian Rugendas].

5013. Academic costume of the University of Oxford.

5014. A map of the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple.

5015. [Muster order for the enrollment into the Gloucestershire militia].

5016. Twelve views of shipping [graphic] / by J. Clevely Junr. = Douze vües des vaisseux / par J. Clevely Junr.

5017. [Views of English residences] [graphic].

5018. An historical list, of all horse-matches run, and of all plates and prizes run for in England ... : with a list also of all the principal cock-matches ... / by John Cheny.

5020. An history of Birmingham, to the end of the year 1780. By William Hutton.

5021. Examination of William Vaughan, esq. in a committee of the hon. House of Commons, April 22, 1796, on the commerce of the port of London, and the accommodations for shipping, &c.

5022. Plan of the London-dock, with some observations respecting the river immediately connected with docks in general, and of the improvement of navigation. Part II.

5023. A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1792, by the president ... To which is prefixed the speech of the president to the royal academicians on the 24th of March 1792.

5025. Account of sepulchral monuments discovered at Lincoln. By the reverend John Carter ... Read at the Society of Antiquaries May 25, 1795.

5026. The survey of Cornwall. And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue./ By Richard Carew ... with the life of the author, by H**** C***** Esq.

5028. A plan of the city of St. Martins in the island of Ré / drawn by the King's engineer.

5030. De la manière de graver a l'eau forte et au burin : et de la gravûre en manière noire : avec la façon de construire les presses modernes, & d'imprimer en taille-douce / par Abraham Bosse.

5031. A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands / by Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. ...

5032. An essay on the study of nature in drawing landscape / by W.M. Craig ; with illustrative prints, engraved by the author.

5034. Fores's new chalk drawing-book, of heads and academy figures / from original drawings by C.M. Metz ; engraved in exact imitation of chalk.

5035. Men & manners / by William Shenstone ; selected and introduced by Havelock Ellis.

5039. Le guide nouveau et universel dans les villes de Londres et de Westminster, le bourg de Southwark, et leurs environs. Par Jean Mazzinghy, M.L.

5040. Designs for chimney-pieces, with mouldings & bases at large; on 24 plates.

5041. The art of drawing and painting in water-colours. Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down, after a natural and easy manner; and youth directed in every thing that relates to this useful art, according to the practice of the best masters ...

5042. Instructive rambles in London, : and the adjacent villages. Designed to amuse the mind, and improve the understanding of youth. / By Elizabeth Helme ...

5044. A view of England towards the close of the eighteenth century. By Fred. Aug. Wendeborn, LL. D. Translated from the original German, by the author himself.

5045. On the conduct of man to inferior animals ...

5047. To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled / the humble petition of Joshua Price, glass painter.

5048. Plan general du palais & jardins de Kensington : situé dans le conté de Middlesex, a 2 miles de Londres / tres exactement levé, dessiené & gravé par Jean Rocque ...

5049. An illustration of the Roman antiquities discovered at Bath / by the Rev. Richard Warner ...

5052. Lessons for beginners in the fine art / by R. Ackermann.

5053. The Suffolk traveller / first published by Mr. John Kirby of Wickham-Market, who took an actual survey of the whole county, in the years 1732, 1733, and 1734.

5055. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. N. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

5056. [Plans, elevations, and section for Carshalton House]

5058. A familiar introduction to the theory and practice of perspective / by Joseph Priestley.

5059. The Leeds Mercury.

5060. General inventory of Colonel Aston's furniture, plate, linen, china &c. September the 1, 1796 / Wm. Hadlow.

5061. Botanical dialogues : between Hortensia and her four children, Charles, Harriet, Juliette and Henry. Designed for the use of schools, / by a lady.

5062. [Composite world atlas].

5063. Pantheon, November 1789.

5064. Oratio de vanitate luminis naturae, habita 2. April, anno 1733. In communi universitatis Andreapolitanae auditorio: quum rectoris dignitatem annuam deponeret, auctor Archibaldus Campbell ...

5065. Amicis suis, necnon unicuique artium elegantiorum amatori, tabulas insequentes ludentis otii temporibus ligno incisas, dum artem pene amissam restaurare conaretur, eorum favoris et patrocinii studiosus, dicat, dedicat, Johannes Skippe.

5066. Extrait de l'Essai sur la peinture, la sculpture et l'architecture de M. de *** [i.e. L.P. de Bachaumont]. Par M. l'abbé de La Porte. Tiré de ses Observations sur la littérature moderne, Tome V. article XIII. pag. 204. & suiv.

5067. An essay on the theory of painting. By Mr. Richardson ...

5068. The poetical works of Elijah Fenton : with the life of the author.

5069. The pretended tomb of Homer / drawn by Dominic Fiorillo from a sketch of M. Le Chevalier ; with illustrations and notes by C.G. Heyne.

5070. The British compendium, or, Rudiments of honour : containing the descents, marriages, issue, titles, posts, and seats of all the nobility of England ... : likewise, the institution, creation and investiture of all degrees of peerage, and the several orders of knighthood.

5071. The history and antiquities of the town and county of the town of Nottingham : containing the whole of Thoroton's account of that place, and all that is valuable in Deering / by John Throsby ...

5072. A new and exact plan of Dunkerk.

5073. Essays by a society of gentlemen, at Exeter ...

5074. A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, small statues, and bas-reliefs : with a general account of vases and other ornaments after the antique : made by Wedgwood and Bentley : and sold at their rooms in Greek-Street-Soho, London.

5076. Of the characters of trees / drawn and engraved by J. Laport.

5078. A book of ornaments in the Palmyrene taste containing upwards of sixty new designs for ceilings, pannels, pateras & mouldings, and with the raffle leaves at large / by N. Wallis, architect.

5080. Copper plate perspective itinerary / by T. Bonnor, engraver ...

5081. [Collection of 36 vocal and piano scores]

5082. The young sportman's instructor : in angling, fowling, hawking, hunting, ordering singing birds, hawks, poultry, coneys, hares and dogs, and how to cure them / by G.M.

5085. Moore's lace manufactory halfpenny token.

5086. Sculptura; or, The history and art of chalcography, and engraving in copper: with ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works. To which is annexed, a new manner of engraving, or mezzotinto, communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert to the author of this treatise.

5087. A collection of original poems, essays, and epistles. By John Werge, A.B.

5088. The journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, parliamentary visitor, appointed under a warrant from the Earl of Manchester, for demolishing the superstitious pictures and ornaments of churches &c. within the county of Suffolk, in the years 1643-1644.

5089. An essay on original genius; and its various modes of exertion in philosophy and the fine arts, particularly in poetry. By William Duff ...

5090. History and antiquities of the county of Norfolk ...

5091. The poetical works of Thomas Tickell. : With the life of the author ... Embellished with superb engravings.

5092. Éphémérides des mouvemens célestes, pour le méridien de Paris.

5095. A general table of all cautions, fees, and perquisites : both statutable and customary for exercise and degrees in the University of Cambridge / drawn up by H. Newcome ...

5096. [Sir Joshua Reynolds' sitter-book]

5097. Commonplace book, 1753-1760.

5098. Songs of innocence and of experience / William Blake ; edited with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lincoln.

5099. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

5100. A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c... / Society of Artists of Great Britain.

5026. The survey of Cornwall. And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue./ By Richard Carew ... with the life of the author, by H C* Esq.