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301. A catalogue of a capital valuable collection of antique marbles, marble statues, bustos, cinerary and offuary urns, basso relievos : vases of fine polished pavonazza, brecchetta, &c. marbles, ditto, unpollished richly ornamented and restored by Cav. G. B. Piranesi : a number of specimens of antient and modern marbles, Tuscan alabaster, vases, large mosaics, bianconero, alabaster, lumacella and smeraldina, marble tables : a great variety of fine Roman bronzes, by Zoffoli, Luigi, &c. : the whole collected in Rome by the late Matt. Nulty, painter and cicherone, thirty years resident in that city : N.B. By permission will be introduced a few lots of ancient and modern sculpture, purchased out of the collection of the late Lord Melcombe : which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Christie and Ansell, at their Great Room, next Cumberland House, Pall Mall, on Thursday the 27th March, 1783, and the following day.

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Creator:
Christie and Ansell (London, England)
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

302. The art of painting / of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy ; translated into English verse by William Mason ; with annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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Creator:
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
[2], xxi, [3], 221, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

303. A catalogue of a cllection of pictures, some fine drawings, and a pair of globes, of a well-known artist, retired : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street and Hart-Street, Covent-Garden, on Tuesday, the 11th of February 1783, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Monday the 10th, when catalogues will be delivered.

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Creator:
Hutchins, Mr. (Hassil), active 1779–1789
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

304. Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds's painted window at New-College Oxford / by Thomas Warton ...

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Creator:
Warton, Thomas, 1728–1790
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
[2], 8 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

305. Original designs in architecture, by William Thomas ... consisting of twenty-seven copper-plates, in folio; which contain plans, elevations, sections, ceilings and chimney pieces, for villas and town houses; designs for temples, grottos, sepulchres, bridges, &c. in the most approved taste. To which are prefixed, a suitable introduction, and a description, explaining the several designs.

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Creator:
Thomas, William, -1800
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
12 p. XXVII plates. 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

306. Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes / par M. Fossé, officier Régiment d'Infanterie du Roi ; dédié a M. Le Duc du Chatelet.

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Creator:
Fossé, Charles-Louis-François, 1734–1812
Date:
MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Physical Description:
[12], 116, 60, [2] p., 11 leaves of plates (10 folded) : col. ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

307. Twelve prints, representing the most interesting scenes in the sacred hisory of Joseph and his brethren [graphic].

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Date:
published as the Act directs 2 Sepr. 1783
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

308. Proposal for county naval free-schools : to be built on waste lands, giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service : teaching them also to cultivate the earth, that in due time tey may furnish their own food : & to spin, knit, weave, make shoes, etc. with a view to provide their own raiment, while good regulations and discipline, diffuse a moral & religious oeconomy through the land.

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Creator:
Hanway, Jonas, 1712–1786
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [1], x-xxii, [2], 2, 90, [4], 91-120, [2], 121-141, [1], 48, [4], v, [3], 67, [1] pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

309. The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works / by Samuel Johnson ...

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
4 v. : port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

310. To be published by subscription, A collection of select views in Great Britain : from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists : to be engraved by S. Middiman.

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Date:
October 1, 1783
Physical Description:
[1] sheet ([1] p.) ; 26 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

311. The antiquities of England and Wales / by Francis Grose.

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Creator:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Date:
[1783]-1797
Physical Description:
8 v. : ill., maps, port., plans ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

312. Thirty letters on various subjects ...

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Creator:
Jackson, William, 1730–1803
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

313. Storia delle arti del disegno presso gli antichi di Giovanni Winkelmann / tradotta dal Tedesco e in questa edizione corretta e aumentata dall' Abate Carlo Fea ...

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Creator:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717–1768
Date:
1783-1784
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., ports. (one folded), plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

314. The county of Suffolk [cartographic material] / surveyed by Joseph Hodskinson.

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Creator:
Hodskinson, Joseph
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
1 map on 6 sheets : hand col. ; 120 x 162 cm on sheets 64 x 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

315. The sportsman's companion; or, An essay on shooting : illustriously shewing in what manner to fire at birds of game ... and, directions to gentlemen for the treatment and breaking their own pointers and spaniels ... / By a gentleman, who has made shooting his favourite amusement upwards of twenty-six years, in Great-Britain, Ireland, and North-America.

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Creator:
Gentleman, who has made shooting his favorite amusement upwards of twenty-six years, in Great-Britain, Ireland, and North-America
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-89, [2] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

316. [Views in the West Indies].

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Creator:
Forrest, Charles, Lieut
Date:
1783-1785]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

317. A description and plan of the ancient timber bridge at Rochester, collected from two mss. published in Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent. By Mr. Essex.

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Creator:
Essex, James, 1722–1784
Date:
1783?]
Physical Description:
6 p. front. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

318. A letter to the people of Scotland, on the present state of the nation / by James Boswell ...

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Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
43 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo).
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

319. The London calendar, or, Court and city register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America for the year ...

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Physical Description:
v. ; 16-17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

320. The American wanderer : through various parts of Europe, in a series of letters to a lady (interspersed with a variety of interesting anecdotes) / by a Virginian.

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Creator:
Virginian
Date:
MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 288 pages ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

321. London's gratitude: or, An account of such pieces of sculpture and painting as have been placed in Guildhall at the expense of the city of London. To which is added, A list of those distinguished persons to whom the freedom of the city has been presented for public services since the year MDCCLVIII. With engravings of the sculptures, & c.

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Date:
1783
Physical Description:
50 p. plates (incl. port., coats of arms) 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

322. Twelve views of His Majesty's ships, &c. in different situations [graphic].

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Date:
published as the Act directs 19 May 1783
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

323. Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783.

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Creator:
Taylor, George (Geographer), active 1778
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
1 atlas (xxvii, 289, [10] p., [1] folded leaf of plates) : 289 maps ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

324. The New complete guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the city of London, and parts adjacent ...

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Date:
1783
Physical Description:
2 p.., 332 p. front. (plan) fold. map. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

325. The art of painting / of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy; translated into English verse by William Mason; with annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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Creator:
Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611–1668
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
xxi, 221 p. : 18cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

326. Amicis suis, necnon unicuique artium elegantiorum amatori, tabulas insequentes ludentis otii temporibus ligno incisas, dum artem pene amissam restaurare conaretur, eorum favoris et patrocinii studiosus, dicat, dedicat, Johannes Skippe.

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Creator:
Skippe, John, 1742–1812
Date:
1783]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 20 mounted plates (part col.) 53 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

327. Poetical sketches / By W.B.

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Creator:
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Date:
1926
Physical Description:
[8], 70 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

328. The English garden : a poem / William Mason.

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Creator:
Mason, William, 1725–1797
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
ix, 243 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

329. An essay on landscape / R.L. de Girardin ; translated by D. Malthus. A tour to Ermenonville.

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Creator:
Girardin, René Louis, marquis de, 1735–1808
Date:
1982
Physical Description:
lv, 160, vii, 103 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

330. Draft dedication for Art of painting

Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:
1783?
Collection:
Archival

331. Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1783 February 19
Collection:
Archival

332. Letter to William Johnson

Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:
1783 January 19
Collection:
Archival

333. Letter to Frances Reynolds

Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1783 December 8
Collection:
Archival

334. Letter to Frances Reynolds

Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1783 October 1
Collection:
Archival