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1. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England, now existing, either by tenure, summons or creation : their descents and collateral lines : their births, marriages, and issues ... : also their paternal coats of arms, crests, and supporters ... : collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The English baronetage : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets, now existing ... illustrated with their coats of arms ... to which are added, an account of such Nova-Scotia baronets as are of English families, now resident in England : and a list of such persons names who were deemed fit and qualifiwed at the restoration, to be made Knights of the Royal Oak ...

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Creator:
Wotton, Thomas, d. 1766
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
4 v. in 5 : coats of arms ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Drawings of some ruins and colossal statues at Thebes in Egypt : with an account of the same in a letter to the Royal Society.

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Creator:
Norden, Frederik Ludvig, 1708–1742
Date:
MDCCXLI [1741]
Physical Description:
16 p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The origin of building: or, The plagiarism of the heathens detected. In five books. By John Wood, architect.

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Creator:
Wood, John, 1704–1754
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
5 p. ., [3]-235 p. 36 [i. e. 25] plates (part fold.) 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Memorials and characters, together with the lives of divers eminent and worthy persons ... : from the year one thousand six hundred to the present time / collected and compiled from above one hundred and fifty different authors, several scarce pieces and some original manuscripts, communicated to the editor ; to which is added, an appendix of monumental inscriptions, in Latin and English ...

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Creator:
Wilford, John, active 1716–1742
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
[4], iv, [8], iv, 788, 42, [2] p. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Harmonic architecture : exemplified in a plan, elevations and sections, &c. of a building with four different fronts, upon an harmonic form or cube, now made octangular : being designed for a museum, in a retired situation of a park or garden ... / by J. Shortess.

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Creator:
Shortess, J
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
1 p. l., [2] p. : 8 plates ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The history of the belles lettres, and of arts and sciences, from their origin, down to this present time. Being an introduction to the study of the belles lettres. Translated from the French of M. Juvenal de Carlencas. With a compleat alphabetical index.

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Creator:
Carlenças, Félix de Juvenel de, 1679–1760
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
1 p.., v-xii, 309, [24] p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A curious collection of ancient paintings : accurately engraved from excellent drawings, lately done after the originals by one of the best hands at Rome : with an account where and when they were found, and where they now are, and several critical, historical, and mythological observations upon them.

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Creator:
Turnbull, George, 1698–1748
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
[4], 42 p., 50, A-D leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A specimen / by William Caslon, letter-founder, in Chiswell-street, London.

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Creator:
Caslon, William, 1693–1766
Date:
[1741]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 53 x 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts