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101. The perspective of architecture : in two parts : a work entirely new, deduced from the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor : and performed by two rules only of universal application : part the first, contains the description and use of a new instrument called the architectonic sector : part the second, a new method of drawing the five orders, elegant structures, &c. in perspective / begun by command of His Present Majesty, when Prince of Wales, by Joshua Kirby, designer in perspective to His Majesty.

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Creator:
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Date:
MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:
[6], 82, [2], ii, 60, [2] pages, [1], XXV, LXXII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

102. Clemency to brutes : the substance of two sermons preached on a Shrove-Sunday, with a particular view to dissuade from that species of cruelty annually practised in England, the throwing at cocks.

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Date:
1761
Physical Description:
31, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

103. A short history of Brighthelmston : with remarks on its air, and an analysis of its waters, particularly of an uncommon mineral one, long discovered, though but lately used ... / by Anthony Relhan ...

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Creator:
Relhan, Anthony, 1715–1776
Date:
1761
Physical Description:
[4], 75 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

104. One hundred & fifty new designs / by Thos. Johnson, carver ; consisting of cielings [sic], chimney pieces, slab, glass & picture frames, stands for china &c., clock & watch cases, girondoles, brackets, grates, lanthorns, &c. &c. ; the whole well adapted for decorating all kinds of ornamental furniture, in the present taste ; engrav'd on 56 copper plates.

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Creator:
Johnson, Thos. (Thomas), 1714?-approximately 1778
Date:
1761
Physical Description:
4 pt. in 1 : all ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

105. A description of the maritime parts of France : containing a particular account of all the fortified towns, forts, harbours, bays, and rivers, with their tides, currents, soundings, shoals, &c., also of all manufactures, and articles of commerce, and of the most remarkable invasions, sieges, and sea-fights, which have happened on or near that coast : illustrated with charts of the sea-coast, and plans of all the fortified places on it : collected from the best authorities / engraved by Tho. Jefferys ... ; to which are prefixed, a glossary, and plans of the several parts of fortification, on two plates, to explain the terms made use of in the work.

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Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:
[2], 4, [4], 10, 505, [1] pages ; 29 x 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

106. Vignola revived : wherein is shown the true and most elegant proportions of the five orders as laid down by that great master : illustrated by two hundred and twenty-seven designs of palaces and other magnificent buildings : executed by himself in Italy and elsewhere : neatly engraved on fifty-six folio copper-plates : adapted not only to the general use of architecture, but herein particular subjects are treated with the greatest accuracy, viz. : the five orders; columns, symbolical, &c. &c. doors, windows, niches, &c. cornishes, French and Italian ; ballustrades, mosaic work, mouldings, &c., sections of rooms, with designs for furniture; ornamental iron-work for various purposes; temples, grotto's, and summer retreats, for parks, gardens, &c. plan, elevations, and sections of the castle of St. Angelo at Rome; also of a church, pallaces [sic], &c. : with many other particulars relative to the art of building.

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Creator:
Aviler, Augustin-Charles d', 1653–1701
Date:
MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:
4 p., 56 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

107. Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum viri clarissimi Antonii à Wood. Being a minute catalogue of each particular contained in the manuscript collections of Antony a Wood, deposited in the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford. By William Huddesford, M. A., Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.

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Creator:
Ashmolean Museum
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
3 p. ., [13]-52 p. 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

108. A general table of all cautions, fees, and perquisites : both statutable and customary for exercise and degrees in the University of Cambridge / drawn up by H. Newcome ...

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Creator:
Newcome, H
Date:
1761
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 p.) ; 19 x 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts