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1. The seasons, by James Thomson. Illustrated with engravings by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. and P.W. Tomkins, historical engravers to Their Majesties; from original pictures painted for the work by W. Hamilton, R.A.

The seasons, by James Thomson. Illustrated with engravings by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. and P.W. Tomkins, historical engravers to Their Majesties; from original pictures painted for the work by W. Hamilton, R.A.
Creator:
Thomson, James, 1700–1748
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
7 p.l., 244 p. col. front., col. ill., col. plates. 47 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. An account of the operations carried on for accomplishing a trigonometrical survey of England and Wales ...

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Creator:
Mudge, William, 1762–1820
Date:
1799-1811
Physical Description:
3 v. plates (partly fold.) incl. maps, tables, diagrs. 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The British sportsman, or, Nobleman, Gentleman, and farmer's dictionary, of recreation and amusement : Including a most improved system of modern farriery, and anatomical dissections of a horse : with concise rules for chusing good horses, and the secrets of training them with wind and vigour for the course, field, and road : particular instructions for riding, racing, hunting, coursing, hawking, shooting, setting, & fishing : with the most approved methods of breeding, curing, and managing all sorts of cattle : particularly oxen, cows, deer, and sheep : and for breeding, training, and managing dogs, hawks, cocks, doves, pigeons, singing-birds, &c. : with a new and interesting description of all the traps, nets, engines, baits, and magical contrivances, for taking birds, and all sorts of game, alive : and for destroying vermin of every kind that annoy poultry, or infest the farmer's yard : the whole comprised under one alphabetical arrangement, and each article explained under its proper name : Compiled from the latest discoveries, and improved by many years real practice and observation / by William Augustus Osbaldiston, Esq. ; embellished with elegant copper plates, adapted to each subject.

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Creator:
Osbaldiston, William Augustus
Date:
[1792-1796?]
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-664, [2] pages, [41] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A trip to Kilkenny, from Durham, by way of Whitehaven and Dublin, in the year MDCCLXXVI ... In a series of letters to a friend.

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Creator:
Elstob, Mark
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
229 p. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Statutes of the most honourable Order of the Bath.

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Creator:
Order of the Bath
Date:
1725, reprinted 1812
Physical Description:
viii, 77 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A treatise on the five orders of architecture : in which the principles of that art are illustrated by elegant and correct examples, ... accompanied with observations made on several of the antiquities at Rome, and various parts of Italy, ... and ... France, ... / by George Richardson, architect = Traité des cinq ordres d'architecture, ... par George Richardson, architecte.

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Creator:
Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Physical Description:
x, 32, [2] pages, xxii leaves of plates : illustrations ; 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts