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1. The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...

The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...
Date:
1765-1766
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., maps ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr. and Emma his wife : late the property of Job Charlton Esqr., deceasd lying near to and in the town of Bishops Castle within the parishes of Bishops Castle and Lidam in the county of Salop / by J. Probert 1765.

Survey and valuation of the several estates belonging to John Kinchant Esqr. and Emma his wife : late the property of Job Charlton Esqr., deceasd lying near to and in the town of Bishops Castle within the parishes of Bishops Castle and Lidam in the county of Salop / by J. Probert 1765.
Creator:
Probert, John, active 1764
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
1 volume ([44] p.) : maps ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The carpenter's companion for Chinese railing and gates : containing thirty-three entire new and beautiful designs ... : the whole correctly and neatly engraved on sixteen copper plates from the original drawings of J.H. Morris ... and J. Crunden.

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Creator:
Morris, J. H
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
[2], [16] plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The theory of perspective demonstrated; in a method entirely new. By which the several planes, lines, and points, made use of in this art, are shewn in the true positions in which they are to be considered. Invented, and now published for the use of the Royal Academy at Woolwich. By John Lodge Cowley ...

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Creator:
Cowley, John Lodge, 1719–1797
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
2 v. plates. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.

A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. : as to their situation, extent, climate, soil, produce, rise, government, religion, present Boundaries, and the number of inhabitants supposed to be in each : also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, upon the rivers St. Laurence, the Mississipi, Christino, and the Great Lakes : to which is subjoined, an account of the several nations and tribes of Indians residing in those parts, as to their customs, manners, government, numbers, &c. : containing many useful and entertaining facts, never before treated of / by Major Robert Rogers.
Creator:
Rogers, Robert, 1731–1795
Date:
MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 264 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world.

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Creator:
Gregory, John, 1724–1773
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
iv, 203, [4] p. ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks : with instructions for the connoisseur, and an essay on grace in works of art / translated from the German original of the Abbé Winkelmann ... by Henry Fusseli ...

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Creator:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717–1768
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
vi, 287, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The smith's right hand, or, A complete guide to the various branches of all sorts of iron works : divided into three parts ... / the whole neatly engraved from the original drawings, made by Messrs. W. and J. Welldon ...

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Creator:
Welldon, William
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
8 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A description of Bath, wherein the antiquity of the city, as well as the eminence of its founder; its magnitude, situation ... are respectively treated of ... Illustrated with the figure of King Bladud, the first founder of the city; together with proper plans and elevations from twenty-two copper plates. By John Wood ...

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Creator:
Wood, John, 1704–1754
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
2 v. plates (part fold.) port., plans (part fold.) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue ; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
[4], 140, 14, 20, [8] pages, [9] unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The elements of heraldry: ... embellished with several fine cuts, and twenty-four copper plates containing above five hundred different examples of escutcheons, arms, &c. ... To which is annexed, a dictionary of the technical terms made use of in heraldry. / By Mark Anthony Porny ...

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Creator:
Porny, Mr
Date:
MDCCLXV [1765]
Physical Description:
xx, 199, [41] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 20 cm (8 vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts, collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / and now digested and published from his original mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
1765-1771 [i.e. 1765-1780]
Physical Description:
5 v. : ports. ; 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The joyner and cabinet-maker's darling, or, pocket director : containing sixty different designs, new and useful ... / the whole designed and engraved by John Crunden.

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Creator:
Crunden, John, ca. 1745–1835
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
[2] p., [26] plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America.

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Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Physical Description:
13 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The carpenter's compleat guide to the whole system of gothic railing : ... / by Robert Manwaring.

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Creator:
Manwaring, Robert
Date:
1765
Physical Description:
[6] p., [14] plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A catalogue of the noble collection of pictures, from the grand cabinets of Cardinal Mazarine, and Prince Carignan Duke D'Valentinois : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Prestage, at his Great Room in Savile-Row, on Tuesday the 26th of February 1765, and the two following days : the said collection may be publicly viewed on Saturday the 23d, to the time of sale, which will begin punctually each day, at 12 o'clock : catalogues price one shilling.

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Creator:
Prestage, John, -1767
Date:
[1765]
Physical Description:
8 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks : with instructions for the connoisseur, and an essay on grace in works of art / translated from the German original of the Abbé Winkelmann ... by Henry Fusseli ...

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Creator:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717–1768
Date:
2013
Physical Description:
vi, 287, [1] p. ; 21 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

18. A description of Bath, 1765 / John Wood.

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Creator:
Wood, John, 1704–1754
Date:
1969
Physical Description:
456, xiii p. : ill. (part fold.), ports. plans ; 21cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

19. A map of the County of Devon, 1765 / Benjamin Donn ; reprinted in facsimile with an introduction by W.L.D. Ravenhill.

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Creator:
Donne, Benjamin, 1729–1798
Date:
1965
Physical Description:
v, 22 p., [27] p. of plates : maps, facsims. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library