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Subject Terms Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Ms. notes.

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1. The virtuosi's museum : containing select views, in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby, Esqr. R.A.

The virtuosi's museum : containing select views, in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby, Esqr. R.A.
Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:
1778[-1781]
Physical Description:
[222] p., 108 leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta : quibus Romanorum veterum ritus varii tam sacri quam profani, tum Graecorum atque Aegyptiorum nonnulli illustrantur / Romæ olim maxima ex parte collecta ; ac dissertationibus jam singulis instructa, a Conyers Middleton, S.T.P. Academiae Cantabrigiensis Protobibliothecario ; his appendicis item loco adjuncta est mumiae Cantabrigiensis descriptio.

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Creator:
Middleton, Conyers, 1683–1750
Date:
1745
Physical Description:
xii, 266, [8] p., 23 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The eccentric mirror : reflecting a faithful and interesting delineation of male and female characters, ancient and modern, who have been particularly distinguished by extraordinary qualifications, talents, and propensities, natural or acquired ... : with a faithful narration of every instance of singularity manifested in the lives and conduct of characters who have rendered themselves eminently conspicuous by their eccentricities : the whole exhibiting an interesting and wonderful display of human action in the grand theater of the world / collected and re-collected from the most authentic sources by G.H. Wilson.

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Date:
1807-1813
Physical Description:
4 volumes (various pagings) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A history of the Vyne in Hampshire : being a short account of the building & antiquities of that house, situate in the parish of Sherborne St. John, co. Hants, & of persons who have at some time lived there / by Chaloner W. Chute, of the Vyne.

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Creator:
Chute, Chaloner William, 1838–1890
Date:
1888
Physical Description:
[3], vi-x, 173 pages, xiii leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

5. The Tenbury letters / selected & edited by Edmund H. Fellowes, hon. librarian of St. Michael's College, Tenbury ; & Edward Pine.

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Date:
1942
Physical Description:
[2], 5-223, [9] pages : facsimiles ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Fables / by John Gay ; with a life of the author, and embellished with seventy plates.

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Creator:
Gay, John, 1685–1732
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. George Selwyn and his contemporaries : with memoirs and notes / by John Heneage Jesse.

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Creator:
Jesse, John Heneage, 1815–1874
Date:
1843-1844
Physical Description:
4 volumes : portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands / by William Chambers ...

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[vi], iv, 85, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A history or description, general and circumstantial, of Burghley House, the seat of the Right Honorable the earl of Exeter.

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Creator:
Horn, John, active 1791–1817
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 205, [3] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.