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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. The map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, France and Ireland, worked by Maria Harvey in the ninth year of age.

The map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, France and Ireland, worked by Maria Harvey in the ninth year of age.
Creator:
Harvey, Maria Ann, 1797–1893
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 map : embroidery ; image 49.5 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Lydecker in honor of Helen B. Lydecker and Sandra Priest Rose.

3. Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, & c. of Great Britain, in a series of above a thousand groups of small figures ... the whole accurately drawn from nature and etched by W.H. Pyne, and aquatinted by J. Hill. To which are now added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray ...

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, & c. of Great Britain, in a series of above a thousand groups of small figures ... the whole accurately drawn from nature and etched by W.H. Pyne, and aquatinted by J. Hill. To which are now added explanations of the plates, and essays relating to their various subjects, by C. Gray ...
Creator:
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 29 x 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Views in Suffolk, Norfolk and Northamptonshire : illustrative of the works of Robert Bloomfield : accompanied with descriptions : to which is annexed a memoir of the poet's life / by E.W. Brayley.

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
55 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A synoptical compend of British botany : (from the class Monandria to polygamia inclusive) arranged after the Linnean system : and containing the essential characters of the genera, the specific characters, English names, places of growth, soil and situation, colour of the flowers, times of flowering, duration, and references to figures / by John Galpine.

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Creator:
Galpine, John, 1769–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, [194] p. in various pagings : ill ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. An historical description of the tower of London and its curiosities : giving an account 1. Of its foundation, gradual increase, and present state. 2. Of its government, customs, and privileges. 3. Of its antiquities, records, and curiosities. 4. Of the lions, and other wild beasts kept there. 5. Of the spoils of the Spanish Armada, with the history of the Spanish Invasion in 1588. 6. Of the small armory, in which are arms for 100,000 men. 7. Of the Royal Train of Artillery, comprehending a variety of cannon, mortars, &c. &c. 8. Of the horse armory; with a concise history of the Kings fitting there on horseback, in full armour, from William the Conqueror to George II. 9. Of the Jewel-Office, and the regalia used at coronations, with a full account of Colonel Blood's attempt to steal them. 10. Of the mint, and the manner of stamping money : written principally to direct the attention of strangers to what is most curious in this Repository, and to enable them afterwards to describe what they have seen.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
60 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. L'Angleterre jugée par elle-meme, ou, Aperçus moraux et politiques sur la Grande Bretagne : extraits des écrivains anglois : ouvrage traduit de l'italien.

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Creator:
La Folie, Charles-Jean
Date:
MDCCCVI [1806]
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 185, [3] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Designs for ornamental plate : many of which have been executed in silver from original drawings / by Charles Heathcote Tatham ...

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Creator:
Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 1772–1842
Date:
MDCCCVI [1806]
Physical Description:
[4], 3, [1] pages, 41 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A tour in Wales, and through several counties of England, including both the universities, performed in the summer of 1805.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[3]-182, [2] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Orme's graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe and the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of merit : member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the order of St. Joachim : containing fifteen engravings, and intended as an accompaniment to the three celebrated whole-sheet plates of His Lordship's splendid victories, viz. the battles of St. Vincent's, the Nile, and Trafalgar, which are explained by references and keys / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[4], 66, viii, [11] pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Fortune's football : most humbly dedicated, by permission, to the young family of the Right Honble Lady Ann Hudson.

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Creator:
Jenner, Isaac
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
120 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Memoirs of that celebrated, original and eccentric genius the late George Morland, an eminent painter. Drawn from an authentic source of twenty years' intimate acquaintance with him, his family, and connections. To which is added an appendix, including an account of his most valuable works. By William Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, William, d. 1812
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
ix, 242 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Orme's Graphic history of the life, exploits, and death of Horatio Nelson : Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham-Thorpe in the county of Norfolk : Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough in the said county : Knight of the most honourable order of the Bath : Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of the Fleet : also, Duke of Bronte in Sicily : Knight Grand Cross of the Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit : Member of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent : and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of St. Joachim : embellished with a series of engravings, illustrative of his heroic achievements / the memoirs by Francis William Blagdon, Esq.

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Creator:
Blagdon, Francis William, 1778–1819
Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[3], 66 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Little Ben's first packet of puzzles on cards neatly engraved.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
19 cards. ill. 9 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The order to be observed in the publick funeral procession of the late Vice-Admiral Horatio Viscount Nelson : from Greenwich Hospital to Whitehall Stairs, and thence to the Admiralty, on Wednesday the 8th day of January 1806, and, on the following day, from the Admiralty to St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Date:
[1806]
Physical Description:
[14] p. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A treatise on forming, improving, and managing country residences : and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers : ... with an appendix ... / By John Loudon.

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Creator:
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783–1843
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Now exhibiting in the second circle, a view of Edinburgh and the surrounding country : the contemplation of this grand and delightful scene, and an earnest desire to represent it entire, were the first circumstances which impressed Mr. Barker's mind with the idea of a panorama : the public may now form a judgment of the comparative excellence of three views, reckoned by men of taste the finest in Europe, namely, Constantinople and Plymouth, which have been exhibited, and Edinburgh, which is now open.

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Creator:
Barker, Robert, 1739–1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; 27.3 x 22.1 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Kearsley's Complete peerage, of England, Scotland, and Ireland : together with an extinct peerage of the three kingdoms, list of all their family names, titles of elder sons, &c. and translation of their mottos.

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Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., coats of arms ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Le beau monde, or, Literary & fashionable magazine.

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Date:
[1807-1809]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon church / by the Rev. John Lingard.

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Creator:
Lingard, John, 1771–1851
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A biographical history of England, from the revolution to the end of George I's reign : being a continuation of the Rev. J. Granger's work: consisting of characters disposed in different classes, and adapted to a methodical catalogue of engraved British heads; interspersed with a variety of anecdotes, and memoirs of a great number of persons ... / The materials being supplied by the manuscripts left by Mr. Granger, and the collections of the editor, the Rev. Mark Noble ...

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Creator:
Noble, Mark, 1754–1827
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
3 volumes ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Magna Britannia : being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain / by ... Daniel Lysons ... and Samuel Lysons ...

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Creator:
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834
Date:
1806-1822
Physical Description:
6 v. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity / by William Camden ; translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII ; enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

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Creator:
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, genealogical table ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts