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1. A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 11, 1786 / by the President.

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Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Date:
M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
Physical Description:
[4], 30, [2] p. ; 29 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales / by the most eminent British artists : with a description of each seat.

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Date:
[1786-1788]
Physical Description:
[101] leaves, [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Cary's Actual survey of Middlesex : on a scale of an inch to a mile : wherein the roads, rivers, woods and commons, as well as every market town, village &c. are distinguished, and every seat theron, with the name of the possessor, preceded by a general map of the county, divided into hundreds, to which is added an index of all the names contained in the plates.

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Creator:
Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], [2], 28, [9] leaves) : ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Characaturas / by Leonardo da Vinci ; from drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland museum .

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Creator:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : chiefly ill. (ports.) ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The art of drawing in perspective : wherein the doctrine of perspective is clearly and concisely treated of, upon geometric principles : and a mechanical method of perspective and designing ... : illustrated with a variety of examples of copper-plate figures.

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Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 31 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A catalogue of the capital collection of pictures, pketches, and high-finished drawings, the property of the late much esteemed artist, John Baptiste Cipriani Esq. deceased : consisting of a few finished pictures, and many of his sketches in oil : a small collection of old Masters, among which is a Magdalen by A. Furini, remarkably fine : a high-finished Portrait of Prince Rupert by Verelst : a capital Head of Vasari by Himself : Marc Anthony and Cleopatry by A. Veronese : a numerous collection of high finished drawings, sketches, &c. that inestimable high finish-finished Drawing of the Diploma, done for the Royal Academy : a finished drawing in colors of the Death of Dido : and many of his large cartoons &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall on Wednesday March the 22d, 1786 and three following days : to be publickly viewed on Monday and Tuesday preceding the sale, which will begin each day at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803, e publisher
Date:
[London] :
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A history of the art of engraving in mezzotinto, from it's origin to the present times, including an account of the works of the earliest artists.

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Creator:
Chelsum, James, ca. 1740–1801
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 p.., 100, [12] p. 19 x 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Views of ancient buildings in England / drawn in different tours and engraved by John Carter.

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Creator:
Carter, John, 1748–1817
Date:
1786-1793
Physical Description:
6 v. (89 p., 119 leaves of plates) : chiefly ill. ; 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. An actual survey of the Great Post Road : from London to Chester, Park-Gate, & Holy-Head / by Peter Bell ...

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Creator:
Bell, Peter
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([20] leaves) : 19 hand col. maps ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Rules and instructions for playing at skittles / by a Society of gentlemen.

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Creator:
Society of Arts (Great Britain). Society of Gentlemen
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration, plan ; 46 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Avis aux souscripteurs : sur cette dernière livraison du Voyage pittoresque

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Creator:
Saint Non, Jean Claude Richard de, 1727–1791
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the University of Oxford / by Antony Wood ... ; now first published in English, from original manuscsipt [sic] in the Bodleian Library ; with a continuation to the present time by the editor, John Gutch.

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Creator:
Wood, Anthony à, 1632–1695
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[16], 692 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The new Oxford guide: or, companion through the university. Exhibiting every particular worthy the observation of the curious in each of the public buildings, colleges, halls, &c. To which is added, a tour to Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, and Stow ... By a gentlemen of Oxford.

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Date:
1786
Physical Description:
vii, 159 p. fold. front (plan), 4 plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Voyages de M. le marquis de Chastellux dans l'Amérique Septentrionale : dans les années 1780, 1781 & 1782.

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Creator:
Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734–1788
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...

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Creator:
Skinner and Co. (London, England)
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 4-194 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (4vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy H. Bartels

16. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

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Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The Tunbridge Wells guide; or, An account of the ancient and present state of that place, to which is added a particular description of the towns and villages, gentlemens seats, remains of antiquity, founderies, &c. &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles.

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Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[380] p. front., plates (part fold.) 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A description of a set of prints of Scripture history : contained in a set of easy lessons / by Mrs. Trimmer.

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Creator:
Trimmer, Sarah, 1741–1810
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
96 p. ; 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The artists assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, metzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins ... Methodically digested, and adapted to the capacities of young beginners.

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Date:
1786
Physical Description:
48 p. plates, port. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, or, A complete register of the hereditary honours, public offices, and persons in office, from the earliest periods to the present time / by Robert Beatson ...

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Creator:
Beatson, Robert, 1742–1818
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 211, [1], 372, 117, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Patent artificial slate manufactory, Woodford Bridge, Essex for cove ring roofs, fronts of houses, and ricks : also water pipes and gutters.

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Creator:
Cook, Henry, fl. 1786
Date:
1786?]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 16, [2], 17-28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The children of Thespis : a poem.

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Creator:
Pasquin, Anthony, 1761–1818
Date:
1786-1788
Physical Description:
3 pts. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. A narrative of the death of Captain James Cook : to which are added some particulars, concerning his life and character, and observations respecting the introduction of the venereal disease into the Sandwich Islands / by David Samwell, surgeon of the Discovery.

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Creator:
Samwell, David, 1751–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Physical Description:
[4], 34 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his marvellous travels and campaigns in Russia : humbly dedicated and recommended to country gentlemen ; and if they please, to be repeated as their own, after a hunt, at horse races, in watering-places, and other such polite assemblies, round the bottle and fire-side.

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Date:
1786
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-49 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. A catalogue of a most curious and valuable collection of prints, drawings, books of prints, and portfolios; collected ... by the late Jonathan Blackburne, esq; of Liverpool. This collection consits[!] of near ten thousand ... prints ... which will be sold at auction by Mr. Hutchins, at his rooms in King-Street and Hart-Street, Covent-Garden, on Monday, the 20th of March 1786, and the twelve following evenings (Sundays excepted) ...

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Creator:
Hutchins, Hassell
Date:
1786?]
Physical Description:
91 p. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. Œuvres complètes d'Antoine-Raphaël Mengs ... contenant différens traités sur la théorie de la peinture. Traduit de l'Italien ...

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Creator:
Mengs, Anton Raphael, 1728–1779
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The post-chaise companion, or, Traveller's directory through Ireland : containing a new and accurate description of the direct and principal crossroads, with particulars of the noblemen and gentlemen's seats, cities, town, parks, natural curiosities, antiquities, castles, ruins, manufactures, loughs, glens, harbours, &c. &c. : forming an historical & descriptive account of the kingdon : to which is added a dictionary, or alphabetical tables, shewing the distance of all the principal cities, boroughs, market and sea port towns, in Ireland from each other.

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Creator:
Wilson, William, active 1769–1801
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
xii, 530 columns, [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty : made in the year 1772, on several parts of England : particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland ... / by William Gilpin ...

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House : illustrated with twenty-five engravings of some of the capital statues, bustos, and relievos : in this work are introduced the anecdotes and remarks of Thomas Earl of Pembroke, who collected these antiques, now first published from his Lordship's mss.

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Creator:
Kennedy, James, active 1759
Date:
MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
Physical Description:
[4], xxxviii, 116, [2] p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Principles of taste, or, The elements of beauty : also reflections on the harmony of sensibility and reason / by J. Donaldson.

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Creator:
Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
174 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wale ... / by Daniel Paterson.

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
viii, xxiv, 293, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Voyage de M. le Chevalier de Chastellux en Amérique.

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Creator:
Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734–1788
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
136 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A guide to classical learning, or, Polymetis abridged .... : being a work absolutely necessary, not only for the right understanding of the classics, but also for forming in young minds a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture, and painting / by N. Tindal, translator of Rapin.

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Creator:
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[16], xxxiv, 224 p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. A guide to the turf. By T. Gard, ...

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Creator:
Gard, T
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
VIII,92p. ;8vo.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. A series of prints of Scripture history : designed as ornaments for those apartments in which children receive the first rudiments of their education.

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Creator:
Trimmer, Sarah, 1741–1810
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
[4] p., 32 leaves of plates : ill ; 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. A drawing book of landscapes / by Benj. N. Green ; drawing master of Christ's Hospital.

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Creator:
Green, Benjamin, 1739–1798
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, parliamentary visitor, appointed under a warrant from the Earl of Manchester, for demolishing the superstitious pictures and ornaments of churches &c. within the county of Suffolk, in the years 1643-1644.

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Creator:
Dowsing, William, 1596?-1679?
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 p.., 19 p. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Observations on the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland.

Observations on the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland.
Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1973
Physical Description:
568 p. in various pagings, [30] leaves. illus., 2 maps. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library