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1. Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Creator:: Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 16 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Chinese landskips.

Chinese landskips.

Date:: [ca. 1752?]
Physical Description:: 12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Crito: or, A dialogue on beauty.

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Creator:: Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 1 p.., 61 p. 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens near Pekin: In a letter from F. Attiret, a French missionary, now employ'd by that emperor to paint the apartments in those gardens, to his friend at Paris. Translated from the French, by Sir Harry Beaumont.

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Creator:: Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: vi, 50 p. 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue and description of the etchings of Rembrandt Van-Rhyn, : with some account of his life. To which is added, a list of the best pieces of this master for the use of those who would make a select collection of his works. / Written originally by the late Mr. Gersaint, and published by Mess. Helle and Glomy, with considerable additions and improvements. Translated from the French.

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Creator:: Gersaint, E. F. (Edme-François), d. 1750
Physical Description:: [8] p., 184 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Proposals for carrying on certain public works in the city of Edinburgh.

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Creator:: Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Lord, 1693–1766
Date:: 1752]
Physical Description:: 43, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The art of painting in miniature ... Translated from the original French. To which are now added I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest colours ... II. Some ... lessons for the art of drawing ... III. The usefulness and benefit of prints.

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Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 150 p. 2 plates. 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Second letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of ****** : concerning the qualifications and duty of a surveyor : in which the essential accomplishments are more particularly described and considered : with some farther remarks on their supposed imperfections ...

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Creator:: Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: [2], 33, [1] p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket-book of the roads : with their computed and measured distances, and the distinction of market and post towns : also a table for the ready finding any road, city, or market-town, and its distance from London : a sheet-map of England, fitted to bind with the book : and an exact account of all the fairs, both fixed and movable, in alphabetical order, shewing the days on which they are held / by William Morgan ...

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Creator:: Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: [40], 17-166 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 13 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Vue de la ville de Nismes : du côté de la Tour-Magne.

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Creator:: Rocque, John, -1762
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : all ill. ; 38 x 55 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Ædes Walpolianæ, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

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Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: xxxv, 143 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., ports., plans ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Rural architecture in the Chinese taste : being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, ... on sixty copper plates with full instructions for workmen ... / the whole invented & drawn by Willm. & Jno. Halfpenny architects ; divided into four parts.

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Creator:: Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:: 1752
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Essays on the Characteristics. By John Brown ...

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Creator:: Brown, John, 1715–1766
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 2 p.., viii, 408 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The principles of drawing, or, An easy and familiar method whereby youth are directed in the practice of that useful art : being a compleat drawing book containing a curious collection of examples in all the variety of cases : as the several parts of the human body, whole figures, landskips [sic], cattle, building, &c. curiously engraved on copper plates, after the designs of Albert Durer, Abrah. Bloemart, Carlo Morac, Le Clerc, Hollar, and other great masters : to which is prefix'd, an introduction to drawing; containing an account of the instruments and materials used in drawing, and the method of managing them; also instruction to form the judgment of a young beginner, and direct his hand in practice, with early and proper lessons for him at the first entrance : also, early and proper lessons for a young beginner, with instructions to form his judgment and direct his practice / translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse and improved with abstracts from C.A. Du Fresnoy.

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Creator:: Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:: MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description:: [2], 8, [2] p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. An account of six years residence in Hudson's-Bay from 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747 / by Joseph Robson, late suveyor and supervisor of the buildings to the Hudson's-Bay Company ...

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Creator:: Robson, Joseph
Date:: MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description:: [4], vi, 84, 95, [1] pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The qualifications and duty of a surveyor explained in a letter to the right honourable the Earl of ****** : in which the essential accomplishements are particularly descrived and considered : necessary to be perused by all persons concerned in building.

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Creator:: Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 28 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens, near Pekin / Jean Denis Attiret ; translated by Joseph Spence. Unconnected thoughts on gardening ; A description of the Leasowes / William Shenstone. An essay on design in gardening / George Mason.

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Creator:: Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
Date:: 1982
Physical Description:: ca. 206 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library