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1. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A history of the University of Cambridge : its colleges, halls, and public buildings.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
2 v. : col. ill., port., plans ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The mirror of the graces, or, The English lady's costume : combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity, and economy with fashion in dress : and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, form, and complexions : to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life : with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners : the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body : offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness : the whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety / by a Lady of distinction ; who has witnessed and attentively studied what is esteemed truly graceful and elegant amongst the most refined nations of Europe.

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Creator:
Lady of distinction, active 19th century
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xii, 240 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Theory on the classification of beauty and deformity, and their correspondence with physiognomic expression : exemplified in various works of art, and natural objects, and illustrated with four general charts, and thirty-eight copper plates / by Mary Anne Schimmelpennick, author of "A tour to Alet.".

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Creator:
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne, 1778–1856
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xviii, 440, [2] p., [2], 38 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic ; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions.

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Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1815-1818
Physical Description:
7 v. : pl. ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A familiar treatise on drawing, for youth : being an elementary introduction to the fine arts ... / by Charles Taylor ; illustrated by thirty three engravings.

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Creator:
Taylor, C. (Charles), 1756–1823
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
16 p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Traité d'architecture : contenant les principes de l'art, cassines, mausolées, portes de Palladio, arcs de triomphe en cinquante-trois planches / par Chambers architecte du roi d'Angleterre, des Académies de Paris, Florence, Stockholm, &c. ; traduit de l'Anglais après la seconde édition par LeRouge, Ingénieur-Géogaphe du Roi.

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
[not before 1815?]
Physical Description:
[1], 52 [i.e. 53] leaves : all illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter : containing a catalogue of all the paintings, antiquities, &c. : with biographical notices of the artists.

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Creator:
Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
x, 292, [4] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

9. Memoir of the conquest of Java : with the subsequent operations of the British forces, in the Oriental archipelago : to which is subjoined a statistical and historical sketch of Java with an account of its dependencies / by Major William Thorn, Late Deputy Quarter-Master-General to the forces serving in Java ; illustrated by plans, charts, views, ec.

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Creator:
Thorn, William
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
xxiv, 369, [1] pages, [36] leaves of plates (16 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the country of Poland : along the southern shores of the Baltic / by Robert Johnston, A.M. ; illustrated with maps and numerous coloured plates ; dedicated, by permission, to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

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Creator:
Johnston, Robert, 1783–1839
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[2], vii, [1], 460 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The panorama of science and art : embracing the sciences of aerostation, agriculture and gardening, architecture, astronomy ... : the arts of building, brewing, bleaching, clockwork ... : the methods of working in wood and metal, applicable in annealing, boring and drilling, filding, grinding ... : and a miscellaneous selection of interesting and useful processes and experiments / by James Smith ; with forty-nine illustrative engravings by eminent artists ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Smith, James Edward, Sir, 1759–1828
Date:
[1815?]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A history of the western division of the county of Sussex : including the rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the city and diocese of Chichester / by James Dallaway ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:
1815-1832
Physical Description:
2 volumes in 3 : illustrations, maps, plans ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A general Cheltenham guide upon an entirely new plan : compiled from the most autentic sources, embracing the ancient and modern history, state, and description of that celebrated town, and its environs, comprising a statement of the virtues and qualitites of the mineral water ... a summary of the disorders, in which they are recommended ... embellished with several engravings / by J.K. Griffith.

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Creator:
Griffith, J. K
Date:
[1815]
Physical Description:
[4], 194 p., [2] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts