On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Date: 1799 / Classification: Books

1. Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work, at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.

Creator:: Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845
Date:: [1799?]
Physical Description:: 23, [1] pages ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos / by Balt. Solvyns.

Creator:: Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [2], 66, [1], 35, [1], 8, [1], 8, [1], 8, [1], 8, [1], 10, [1], 13, [1], 17, [1], 8, [1], 36, [1], 22 leaves of plates : col. ill. (etchings) ; 52 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A catalogue of 250 coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs, character, dress, and religious ceremonies of the Hindoos / By Balt. Solvyns, Calcutta.

A catalogue of 250 coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs, character, dress, and religious ceremonies of the Hindoos / By Balt. Solvyns, Calcutta.

Creator:: Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [6], 28 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Short account of Lord Nelson's defeat of the French at the Nile : ... The view of Margate is in the upper circle : open from eight till dusk, 1799.

Creator:: Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet : ill. ; 42 x 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. An account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales ...

Creator:: Mudge, William, 1762–1820
Date:: 1799-1811
Physical Description:: 3 v. plates (partly fold.) incl. maps, tables, diagrs. 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of a capital, and truly valuable assemblage of Chinese drawings, paintings, natural and artificial curiosities : the property of A. E. Van Braam, Esq. : Chief of the direction of the Dutch East India Company at Canton, and second in the Dutch Embassy, to the Court of Pekin, in the years 1794 and 1795, of which, Mr. Van Braam will speedily publish an authentic account : the whole of which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, February the 15th, 1799, at one o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. La rigenerazione dell'Olanda : specchio a tutti i popoli rigenerati.

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756–1815
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [21], 20 leaves : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Etchings, representing the best examples of ancient ornamental architecture; drawn from the originals in Rome, and other parts of Italy, during the years 1794, 1795, and 1796. By Charles Heathcote Tatham ...

Creator:: Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 1772–1842
Date:: 1799 [i. e. 1800]
Physical Description:: 12 p. plates. 49 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A catalogue of a small collection, of principally the works of Morland : also a capital and beautiful landscape, cattle, and figures : A View in Suffolk, by that esteemed and revered artist, Gainsborough : together with a few pictures by Old Masters : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, January the 30th, 1799, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Tuesday, and to the sale.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 5 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The practical house carpenter : or, Youth's instructor : containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture ... to which is added, a list of prices and materials for labour, labour only, and day prices ... / by William Pain ...

Creator:: Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: v, [30], 24 p., [152] leaves of plates (1 folded) : chiefly ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of all the valuable copper plates, with their etchings, proofs, and impressions : an assemblage of original drawings, finished in the finest stile of the several admired Masters : viz. Cipriani, Morland, Wheatley, Angelica, Benwel, Bellange, Westall, Hamilton, &c. &c. &c. : a few pictures and many capital prints, framed and glazed : French and English printing paper, &c.: being the entire stock of Mrs. Diemar, Printseller and Publisher of the Strand : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 1st, 1799 : to begin precisely at twelve o'clock, on account of the number of lots : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had a the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill : at Mrs. Diemar's Strand : and in Pall Mall.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Moral philosophy, &c. Verse. Golden verses of Pythagoras, &c &c.

Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 40 p. 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Orme's Pocket sketch book : containing studies from nature : to consist of landscape, figures, animals, &c. &c. : to be continued in numbers : price 2s. 6d. each in black and 5s. in colours : 12 numbers will form one pocket volume.

Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: v. : all ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A companion in a tour round Southampton : comprehending various particulars ancient and modern, of New Forest, Lymington, Christchurch, Romsey, Bishop's Waltham, Titchfield, &c., and a tour of the Isle of Wight : with notices of the villages, gentlemen's seats, curiosities, antiquities, &c. occuring in the different roads described.

Creator:: Bullar, John
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: viii, 9-250, [10] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Voyage de découvertes a l'océan Pacifique du Nord et autour du monde : dans lequel la côte nord-ouest de l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement relevée : ordonné par le roi d'Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s'il existe, à travers le continent de l'Amérique, un passage pour les vaisseaux, de l'océan Pacifique du Nord à l'océan Atlantique septentrional : et exécuté en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 et 1795 / par le capitaine George Vancouver ; traduit de l'anglais ...

Creator:: Vancouver, George, 1757–1798
Date:: an 8 [1799 or 1800]
Physical Description:: 3 v. : ill., maps ; 33 cm. + 1 atlas ([4] p., [26] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 67 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Travels through the United States of North America : the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada / by the Duke De La Rochefoucault Liancourt.

Creator:: La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 2 volumes : maps, charts ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Prints and drawings, framed and glazed, pictures, cameos and intaglios, etruscan vases, capital basso relievos an marble, &c. : a catalogue of framed and glazed prints and drawings, from the herculaneum, pictures by Mortimer, &c. : about 30 cameos and intaglios, of exquisite wormanship, in rings, &c. etruscan vases : capital basso relievos, in marble : bronzes : a fine carving in ivory of Sir Issac Newton : globes, China, wearing apparel, &c. &c. of the late Edward Poore, Esq. deceased : which, by order of the acting executor, will be sold by auction by Mr. Richardson, at his house, No. 31, Strand, on Friday, April 19, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Thursday the 18th, and till the time of sale. catalogues may be had of Mr. Richardson, No. 31, in the Strand : collections of prints, books, &c. purchased in town or country, or sold by auction : money advanced on property intended for public sale.

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A catalogue of a collection of antient and modern pictures, the genuine property of Mr. Stuart, artist and collector, deceased; to which are added a few pictures, the property of a gentleman, among the pictures, are the works of Pether, Morland, Ibbettson, Wright, Smith, Barratt, and Gilpin, of the Modern School; and various by Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Masters of the antient School : which by order of the Executors, will be sold without reserve, by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond-Street, on Monday, 4th February, 1799, at 12 o'clock : may be viewed by catalogues to be had as above : of Mr. Lloyd, Bookseller, Harley Street : Mr. Varley, york Hotel, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars : and of Mr. Phillips, at his house, no. 22, Bury-Street, St. James's.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Biographiana / by the compiler of Anecdotes of distinguished persons.

Creator:: Seward, William, 1747–1799
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 2 v. (Med: 2 v. in 1) : ill., port., music ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Coade's Gallery, or, Exhibition in artificial stone, Westminster-Bridge Road : ... of statues, vases, bustos, pedestals, and stoves, medallions and pannels in bass-relief, models from the antique, chimney pieces, monuments, fonts, coats of arms, &c. : being specimens from the manufactory, at Kings Arms Stairs, Narrow-Wall, Lambeth, opposite Whitehall and Hungerford-stairs, established in the year 1769 ...

Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: xii, [13]-36 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Catalogue of a valuable collection of pictures, prints, & drawings, the property of a gentleman, removed from his house, in Berner's-Street : to which are added, a few pictures, bronzes, and marbles, the property of a nobleman, comprising a capital painting of a stag-hunt, Sneyder's -- portrait of King Henry the Eighth, by Holbein -- two views in Venice, by Cananetti -- a sea piece, Vankable : a highly finished picture, Metzu; Venus and Satyrs, Rubens; and various by Guido, Guerchino, Carlo, Marratti, Dolce, &c. and Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wilson, Morland, Pether, &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond-Street, on Wednesday, January 16th, 1799, and following day, at twelve o'clock each day : may be viewed by catalogues (at one shilling each, to be returned to purchasers) to be had as above : of Mr. Llooyd, bookseller, Harley-Sreet : Mr. Varley, York Hotel, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars : and of Mr. Phillips, at his house, No. 22, Bury-Street, St. James's.

Creator:: Phillips, H., -1840
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 9, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Hausirer in Gruppen von 2. fig. : nach der natur gezeichnet und geatzt / von G. Geissler ; 24 colorirte blätter nebst Beschreigung.

Creator:: Geissler, G
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The British cabinet : containing portraits of illustrious personages, engraved from original pictures, with biographical memoirs / by John Adolphus ...

Creator:: Adolphus, John, 1768–1845
Date:: 1799-1800
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ports. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The rudiments of architecture, or, The young workman's instructor ... : with twenty-four elegant designs of buildings, the most of which have been actually executed in north Britain : to which is added, The builder's dictionary: intended for those whose time will not allow them to attend teachers.

Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [8], 127, [1], 2, [16] p., [49] leaves of plates in various pagings (some folded) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A critical guide to the present exhibition at the Royal Academy, for 1797: containing admonitions to the artists on their misconception of theological subjects, and a complete development of the Venetian art of colouring, as is now so much the rage of imitation. By John Williams ...

Creator:: Williams, John, 1754–1818?
Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: 24 p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The excursion down the Wye from Ross to Monmouth; comprehending, historical and descriptive accounts of Wilton and Goodrich castles, also of Court Field, the nursery of King Henry the Fifth; New Wear, and every other object in the voyage. The celebrated family of the Swifts, who resided at Goodrich, are not overlooked: and, throughout the whole are interspersed, a variety of amusing and interesting circumstances: never before collected: particularly, memoirs and anecdotes of the life of John Kyrle, esq. rendered immortal by the muse of Pope, under the character of "The man of Ross." By Charles Heath ...

Creator:: Heath, Charles, 1761–1831
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 5 p.., 162, [16], 163-164 p. 26 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A catalogue of the capital and valuable books of genuine sketches, studies, and designs from nature, books of prints, architecture, musical instruments, and two laymen, of the late celebrated artist, Thos. Gainsborogh, Esq. Decd. : to which are added a most valuable and beautiful collection of prints and books of prints, by A. Durer, Waterloo, &c. : two works of Sir Robert Strange, an unique copy : the works of Watteau : many exquisite drawings by La Porte, Barret, Page, Dayes, &c. : prints framed and glazed : a pair of busts of Voltaire and Rousseau : a capital pair of eighteen-inch globes by Adams, &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 11th, 1799, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 7, [1] pages ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Four views.

Creator:: Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:: 1799
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A letter to the Dilettanti Society, respecting the obtention of certain matters essentially necessary for the improvement of public taste, and for accomplishing the original views of the Royal Academy of Great-Britain. By James Barry ...

Creator:: Barry, James, 1741–1806
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 292 p. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Pictures, prints, drawings & household furniture : a catalogue of the valuable drawings and prints : some pictures, models by Rysbrack : together with the household furniture : comprising beds and beddings : mahogany bedstead : tables : chests of drawers : bureau : chairs : large looking glasses : a quantity of pictures frames, &c. &c. : late he property of Mr. Panton Betew, (deceased) : well known among the collectors as an amateur in the fine arts : among the drawings, will be found originals by Rembrandt, Bergham, Agoslini Caracci, Bloemart, Gravelot, Hayman, Barlow, Sir James Thornhill, Sandby, Wyke, Hollar, Rysbrack, Vandevelde, Serres, Canaleti, Zuccarelli, Chatelain, Van Goyen, Hogarth, Snyders : in the prints are some of Wollett's choicest proofs, in the finest condition possible, viz. :--The dog, the fishery, Macbeth, Ceyx, and Alcyone, cottagers and jocund peasants, some few fine by Wille : portraits and views by Hollar : etchings by Du Jardin, Ruysdael, Both, &c. : in the pictures are, specimens by Wienix, Vander Neer, Wooton, Marco Ricci, Van Goyen, Seymour, Simonini, & : which will be sold by suction, by Mr. King, (by order of the executor,) on the premises, No,. 5, Five-Field Row, Chelsea, on Wednesday, June 12, 1799, and two following days, at 12 o'clock : to be viewed on Monday preceding, and catalogues then had at the place of sale, and no. 38, King-Street, Covent-Garden.

Creator:: King, Thomas
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 14 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Walpoliana ...

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : fold. facsim. 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. The balnea, or, An impartial description of all the popular watering places in England : interspersed with original sketches and incidental anecdotes ... : with observations on several ancient and respectable towns and cities leading to the above remarkable places / by George Saville Carey ...

Creator:: Carey, George Saville, 1743–1807
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: xii, 275 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A catalogue of a most capital and valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures : the property of the late Thomas Hankey, Esq. dec. (in pursuance of the directions of his will) collected during the course of a number of years, by John Bernard, Esq., universally esteemed for his correct knowledge of the fine arts and superior taste in the line of the virtù : selected from the finest collections, both foreign and domestic, at a most liberal expence, and consisting of the undoubted works of the following great and esteemed masters : L. da Vinci, P. Veronese, J. Bassan, Proccasino, Corregio, Maturino, Parmegiano, H. Carracci, F. Laura, Sal. Rosa, Claude, C. Marratt, Poussin, Bourdon, Borgonione, Zuccarelli, Canaletti, Van Dyck, Teniers, Berghem, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Van de Velde, Jan Steen, &c. / which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on the premises, the north side of Bedford Square, on Friday, June 7, 1799, and following day at twelve o'clock : to be viewed four days preceding the sale, by tickets, to be had only in Pall Mall : and to prevent improper persons from intruding, no one will be admitted without a ticket : catalogues may be ad at two shillings and sixpence, (to be returned to purchasers), on the premises, and in Pall Mall..

Creator:: Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 10 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Bowles's new preceptor in drawing ... Being the close study, for a series of years, of the late Mr. Lens ... On sixty-two copper-plates, engraved by himself. Designed chiefly for young beginners ... To which is prefixed, An introduction to drawing ... Translated from the French of monsieur Gerard de Lairesse, and improved with extracts from C.A. du Fresnoy, Salmon, &c.

Date:: [ca. 1799]
Physical Description:: 20 p. 62 plates on 42 leaves. 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith ... : complete in one volume : with the life of the author / embellished with vignettes & tail-pieces, designed and engraved on wood by T. Bewick ...

Creator:: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 93 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The itinerant : a select collection of interesting and picturesque views, in Great Britain and Ireland / engraved from original paintings & drawings, by eminent artists.

Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [101] leaves : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. A companion and useful guide to the beauties of Scotland, to the lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, and to the curiosities in the district of Craven, in the West Riding of Yorkshire : to which is added, a more particular description of Scotland, especially that part of it called the Highlands / by the Hon. Mrs. Murray ...

Creator:: Murray, Sarah, 1744–1811
Date:: 1799-1805
Physical Description:: 2 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique : fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 / par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.

Creator:: La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:: an 7 [1799]
Physical Description:: 8 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. [Rural views].

Creator:: John Bluck, active 1791–1819
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [6] leaves of plates : all illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. The British military library, or, Journal : comprehending acomplete body of military knowledge : and consisting of original communications : with selections from the most approved and respectable foreign military publications ... : Vol. I [-II]

Date:: 1799 [-1801]
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great-Britain ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

Creator:: Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: xvi p., 702 columns, [1], 704-759, lxii p., [2] leaves of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Grove-Hill : a descriptive poem, with An ode to Mithra / by the author of Indian antiquities ; the engravings on wood by J. Anderson, from drawings by G. Samuel.

Creator:: Maurice, Thomas, 1754–1824
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [6], 76 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

43. An essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body / by James Earle, Esq; F.R.S. Surgeon extraordinary to the King and to His Majesty's Household, and Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

Creator:: Earle, James, Sir, 1755–1817
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [4], 44, [2] p. [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The sequel to Mentoria, or, The young ladies instructor : in familiar conversations, on a variety of interesting subjects, in which are introduced, lectures on astronomy and natural philosophy, expressed in terms suited to the comprehension of juvenile readers ... / by Ann Murry.

Creator:: Murry, Ann, 18th cent
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: xii, 325, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Conversations and amusing tales : offered to the publick for the youth of Great Britain ...

Creator:: English, Harriet
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [2], [v]-xi, [2], 385, [7] p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Plan of the cities of London and Westminster ...

Creator:: Horwood, Richard
Date:: 1799
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A second walk through Wales / by the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath, in August and September 1798.

Creator:: Warner, Richard, 1763–1857
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: viii, 365 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Maxims selected from the writings of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield: comprehending a plan of education, on the principles of virtue and politeness; and calculated to form the man of honour, the man of virtue, and the accomplished gentleman.

Creator:: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: iv, 5-80 p. 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Remarks on a tour to north and south Wales, in the year 1797 : with plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt, etc. ; aquatinted by I. Hill.

Creator:: Wigstead, Henry
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: vii, [3], 69 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms : representing the whole of the manual, platoon & funeral exercise, in 87 plates / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson, and dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:: 1799]
Physical Description:: [2], viii, [92] p., 77, [8], [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriage : on a half inch scale to a foot.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [2] p., 9 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The Spectator, with illustrative notes : to which are prefixed the lives of the authors : comprehending Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Thomas Parnell, John Hughes, Eustace Budgel, Lawrence Eusden, Thomas Tickell, Alexander Pope : with critical remarks on their respective writings ... / by Robert Bisset, L.L.D. author of the Life of Burke, &c. &c.

Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 8 v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Portraits, india drawings, &c. : a catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. : comprising the choicest works of Bartolozzi, Blooteling, Delaram, Drevet, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hogarth, Hellar, Loggan, Lombart, Masson Nantuiel, the Passes, Sherwin, Smith, Vertue, Vandtycke, &c. &c. : including several rare and curious of Charles the First and Second, Cromwells, the Orange and Palatine Families, &c. : among the foreigners are many relating to English History : particularly those mentioned by Burnet, Clarendon, Grange, &c. : the collection in general is in perfect preservation, and the finest impressions : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, no. 31, the corner of Villers-Street, in the Strand, on Monday, February 18, 1799, and the eighteen following days, at twelve o'clock.

Creator:: Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: [2], ii, [170] pages 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides; undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain. Translated from the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond.

Creator:: Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741–1819
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 2 v. front., pl. 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. The economy of human life. By Robert Dodsley.

Creator:: Dodsley, Robert, 1704–1764
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 38 p., 1 leaf. 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. A catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical, and ornamental; viz. books of plans and elevations for houses, temples, bridges, &c. ... Which, with the best ancient authors, are constantly on sale at J. Taylor's architectural library, no. 59, High Holborn, London. (Moved from no. 56) Where may be had the works of the most celebrated French architects and engineers.

Creator:: Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: 4 p. 38 cm. (in case 42 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. The cabinet of the arts : a series of engravings by English artists : from original designs by Stothard, Harding, Van Assen, Cosway, Mather Brown, Burney, Corbould, Porter, Paul Sanby [i.e. Sandby], Catton ...

Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [119] leaves : all ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. The architect and builder's miscellany or pocket library : containing original picturesque designs in architecture of plans and elevations for cottages, farm, country and town houses, public buildings, temples, greenhouses, bridges, lodges and gates for the entrances to parks and pleasure grounds, stables, monumental tombs, garden seats, &c. / by Charles Middleton ...

Creator:: Middleton, Charles, 1756–approximately 1818
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [3] leaves, [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Observations on the cure of the curved spine : in which the effect of mechanical assistance in considered / by James Earle, Esq; F. R.S. Surgeon extraordinary to the King and to his Majesty's Household; And Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

Creator:: Earle, James, Sir, 1755–1817
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [6], 81, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. [Aquatints of rustic scenes].

Creator:: Orme, Edward, 1775–1848
Date:: [1799]
Physical Description:: [4] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Grammigraphia; or, The grammar of drawing: a system of appearance, which, by easy rules, communicates its principles, and shews how it is to be presented by lines ... by William Robson ...

Creator:: Robson, William
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: 150 p. incl. ill., 2 fold. plates. 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Exhibition of Miss Linwood's pictures in needle work, at the Hanover-Square concert rooms.

2. A collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs and dresses of the Hindoos / by Balt. Solvyns.

3. A catalogue of 250 coloured etchings : descriptive of the manners, customs, character, dress, and religious ceremonies of the Hindoos / By Balt. Solvyns, Calcutta.

4. Short account of Lord Nelson's defeat of the French at the Nile : ... The view of Margate is in the upper circle : open from eight till dusk, 1799.

5. An account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales ...

7. La rigenerazione dell'Olanda : specchio a tutti i popoli rigenerati.

8. Etchings, representing the best examples of ancient ornamental architecture; drawn from the originals in Rome, and other parts of Italy, during the years 1794, 1795, and 1796. By Charles Heathcote Tatham ...

10. The practical house carpenter : or, Youth's instructor : containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture ... to which is added, a list of prices and materials for labour, labour only, and day prices ... / by William Pain ...

12. Moral philosophy, &c. Verse. Golden verses of Pythagoras, &c &c.

13. Orme's Pocket sketch book : containing studies from nature : to consist of landscape, figures, animals, &c. &c. : to be continued in numbers : price 2s. 6d. each in black and 5s. in colours : 12 numbers will form one pocket volume.

16. Travels through the United States of North America : the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada / by the Duke De La Rochefoucault Liancourt.

19. Biographiana / by the compiler of Anecdotes of distinguished persons.

22. Hausirer in Gruppen von 2. fig. : nach der natur gezeichnet und geatzt / von G. Geissler ; 24 colorirte blätter nebst Beschreigung.

23. The British cabinet : containing portraits of illustrious personages, engraved from original pictures, with biographical memoirs / by John Adolphus ...

25. A critical guide to the present exhibition at the Royal Academy, for 1797: containing admonitions to the artists on their misconception of theological subjects, and a complete development of the Venetian art of colouring, as is now so much the rage of imitation. By John Williams ...

28. Four views.

29. A letter to the Dilettanti Society, respecting the obtention of certain matters essentially necessary for the improvement of public taste, and for accomplishing the original views of the Royal Academy of Great-Britain. By James Barry ...

31. Walpoliana ...

32. The balnea, or, An impartial description of all the popular watering places in England : interspersed with original sketches and incidental anecdotes ... : with observations on several ancient and respectable towns and cities leading to the above remarkable places / by George Saville Carey ...

35. The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith ... : complete in one volume : with the life of the author / embellished with vignettes & tail-pieces, designed and engraved on wood by T. Bewick ...

36. The itinerant : a select collection of interesting and picturesque views, in Great Britain and Ireland / engraved from original paintings & drawings, by eminent artists.

38. Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique : fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 / par La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt.

39. [Rural views].

40. The British military library, or, Journal : comprehending acomplete body of military knowledge : and consisting of original communications : with selections from the most approved and respectable foreign military publications ... : Vol. I [-II]

41. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great-Britain ... / by Daniel Paterson ...

42. Grove-Hill : a descriptive poem, with An ode to Mithra / by the author of Indian antiquities ; the engravings on wood by J. Anderson, from drawings by G. Samuel.

43. An essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body / by James Earle, Esq; F.R.S. Surgeon extraordinary to the King and to His Majesty's Household, and Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

44. The sequel to Mentoria, or, The young ladies instructor : in familiar conversations, on a variety of interesting subjects, in which are introduced, lectures on astronomy and natural philosophy, expressed in terms suited to the comprehension of juvenile readers ... / by Ann Murry.

45. Conversations and amusing tales : offered to the publick for the youth of Great Britain ...

46. Plan of the cities of London and Westminster ...

47. A second walk through Wales / by the Revd. Richard Warner, of Bath, in August and September 1798.

48. Maxims selected from the writings of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield: comprehending a plan of education, on the principles of virtue and politeness; and calculated to form the man of honour, the man of virtue, and the accomplished gentleman.

49. Remarks on a tour to north and south Wales, in the year 1797 : with plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howitt, etc. ; aquatinted by I. Hill.

50. Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms : representing the whole of the manual, platoon & funeral exercise, in 87 plates / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson, and dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.

51. Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriage : on a half inch scale to a foot.

54. Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides; undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the arts, the sciences, natural history and manners, in Great Britain. Translated from the French of B. Faujas Saint-Fond.

55. The economy of human life. By Robert Dodsley.

57. The cabinet of the arts : a series of engravings by English artists : from original designs by Stothard, Harding, Van Assen, Cosway, Mather Brown, Burney, Corbould, Porter, Paul Sanby [i.e. Sandby], Catton ...

59. Observations on the cure of the curved spine : in which the effect of mechanical assistance in considered / by James Earle, Esq; F. R.S. Surgeon extraordinary to the King and to his Majesty's Household; And Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

60. [Aquatints of rustic scenes].

61. Grammigraphia; or, The grammar of drawing: a system of appearance, which, by easy rules, communicates its principles, and shews how it is to be presented by lines ... by William Robson ...