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16901. Instructions in the art of drawing and painting : for the book-case of instruction and delight.

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Date:
[between 1782 and 1807]
Physical Description:
32 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 10 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16902. Historia de la conquista de Mexico, problacion, y progressos de la America Septentrional conocida por el nombre de Nueva España / escrivióla Don Antonio de Solis ...

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Creator:
Solís, Antonio de, 1610–1686
Date:
1704
Physical Description:
[20] p., 604 columns, [18] p., [24] leaves of plates (some folded) ill., plans, maps ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16903. Voyage de découvertes a l'océan Pacifique du Nord et autour du monde : dans lequel la côte nord-ouest de l'Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement relevée : ordonné par le roi d'Angleterre, principalement dans la vue de constater s'il existe, à travers le continent de l'Amérique, un passage pour les vaisseaux, de l'océan Pacifique du Nord à l'océan Atlantique septentrional : et exécuté en 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 et 1795 / par le capitaine George Vancouver ; traduit de l'anglais ...

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Creator:
Vancouver, George, 1757–1798
Date:
an 8 [1799 or 1800]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., maps ; 33 cm. + 1 atlas ([4] p., [26] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 67 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16904. Repertorium ecclesiasticum parochiale Londinense : an ecclesiastical parochial history of the diocese of London : containing an account of the bishops of that sea, from the first foundation thereof : also, of the deans, archdeacons, dignitaries and prebendaries, from the conquest : and lastly, of the several parish-churches ... within the limits of that diocese, and of their patrons and incumbents : and also the endowments of several vicarages, and likewise of the several religious houses that were within the same : continu'd to the year of Our Lord, MDCC : in an alphabetical order / by Ric. Newcourt ...

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Creator:
Newcourt, Richard, d. 1716
Date:
1708-1710
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16905. Sixty different sorts of ornaments / invented by Gaetano Brunetti, Italian painter ; very useful to painters, sculptors, stone carvers, wood carvers, silversmiths, &c.

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Creator:
Brunetti, Gaetano, -1758
Date:
June ye. 25. 1736
Physical Description:
[61] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16906. The four ages; together with essays on various subjects. by William Jackson ...

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Creator:
Jackson, William, 1730–1803
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
2 p.., 454 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16907. Physiognomy : being a sketch only of a larger work upon the same plan : wherein the different tempers, passions, and manners of men, will be particularly considered ... / by the editor of The history and antiquities of Wheatfield in Suffolk.

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Creator:
Clubbe, John, 1702 or 3–1773
Date:
1763
Physical Description:
30 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16908. The new handmaid to arts, sciences, agriculture, &c. Containing 1. Prognostications for the weather ... 6. The most rare secret how to catch fish; also the method to make bird-lime. Together with the whole art of limning and painting, in oil and water colours. Also the art of gilding ... The method of colouring maps ... The curious art and mystery of japaaning [!] ... with many other things worthy of note ...

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Date:
1789
Physical Description:
2 p.., [3]-142 p. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16909. An historical account of the ancient and modern state of the principality of Wales, dutchy of Cornwall, and earldom of Chester / collected out of the records of the Tower of London, and divers ancient authors by Sir John Doddridge, knight.

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Creator:
Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555–1628
Date:
1714
Physical Description:
[16], 147, [1] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16910. Letters from Italy : describing the manners, customs, antiquities, paintings, &c. of that country : in the year MDCCLXX and MDCCLXXI : to a friend residing in France / by an English woman.

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Creator:
Miller, Anna Riggs, Lady, 1741–1781
Date:
1777
Physical Description:
2 v. : 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16911. A new critical review of the publick buildings, statues and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. With some reflections on the use of sepulchral monuments; as also a scheme shewing the dimensions of St. Peter's Church at Rome and St. Paul's Cathedral at London; and a preface, being an essay on taste. To all which is added, an Appendix, containing a dispute between the Weekly miscellany and the author; and a compleat Alphabetical index.

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Date:
1736
Physical Description:
3 p. l., vi, 91, [5] p. fold. table. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16912. The works of Edmund Waller, esqr., in verse and prose : published by Mr. Fenton.

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Creator:
Waller, Edmund, 1606–1687
Date:
MDCCXXIX [1729]
Physical Description:
9 p.l., 450, xci, [1] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16913. The compleat sportsman ... Part I. Containing the nature and various kinds of game ... Part II. Of the ... erecting and management of parks, warrens, &c. of hunting the buck, doe, &c., ... Part III. Of fish and fishing ...

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Creator:
Jacob, Giles, 1686–1744
Date:
1718
Physical Description:
6 p.l., 152, [4] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16914. Drawings of some ruins and colossal statues at Thebes in Egypt : with an account of the same in a letter to the Royal Society.

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Creator:
Norden, Frederik Ludvig, 1708–1742
Date:
MDCCXLI [1741]
Physical Description:
16 p., IV leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16915. Journal dédié a Monsieur frere du roi : table generale des journaux anciens et modernes, contenant les jugemens des jounalistes sur les principaux ouvrages en tout genre : suivie d'observations impartiales, & de planches en taille-douce ou en colour : par un société de gens de lettres.

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Physical Description:
v. ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16916. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, esq. containing some poetical pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the tour, and never before published; a series of his conversation, literary anecdotes, and opinions of men and books: with an authentick account of the distresses and escape of the grandson of King James II. in the year 1746 ...

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Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 524 p., 1 l. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16917. An account of Corsica : the journal of a tour to that island, and memoirs of Pascal Paoli / by James Boswell, esq. ; illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica.

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Creator:
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
xxi, 3, 382 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16918. A catalogue of pictures, composed and painted chiefly by the most admired masters of the Roman, Florentine, Parman, Bolognese, Venetian, Flemish, and French schools : in which many of the most capital are illustrated by descriptions and critial remarks / humbly offered to the impartial examination of the public by Robert Foulis.

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Creator:
Foulis, Robert, 1707–1776
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
3 v. in 1 ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16919. The history and present state of Virginia : in four parts : I. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the present time -- II. The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement -- III. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. -- IV. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land / by a native and inhabitant of the place.

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Creator:
Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673–1722
Date:
MDCCV [1705]
Physical Description:
[12], 104, 40, 64, 83, [1], 16, [4] pages, [16] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16920. Amusemens des eaux de Schwalbach, des bains de Wisbaden et de Schlangenbad : avec deux relations curieuses, l'une de la nouvelle Jerusalem, et l'autre d'une partie de la tartarie independante : avec des figures en taille-douce.

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Creator:
Solignac, Pierre Joseph de La Pimpie, 1687–1773
Date:
1738
Physical Description:
320 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16921. Sketch of a tour into Derbyshire and Yorkshire : including part of Buckingham, Warwick, Leicester, Nottingham, Northampton, Bedford and Hertford-shires / by William Bray ...

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Creator:
Bray, William, 1736–1832
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 402 p., [9] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16922. Sterne's sentimental journey through France and Italy : with twelve illustrative prints, designed and etched by Richard Newton.

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Creator:
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
184 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16923. [Book of ruins].

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Creator:
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
Date:
[ca. 1745?]
Physical Description:
6 prints : etchings ; plate mark 11 x 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16924. Plans des principales places de guerre et villes maritimes frontieres du royaume de France, distinguez par départemens, gouvernement generaux & particuliers des provinces, : avec les officiers generaux et principaux qui y commandent ... & dans la Nouvelle France ou Amerique ... au premier juillet 1736. ... / par Lemau de la Jaisse ...

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Creator:
Lemau de la Jaisse
Date:
1736
Physical Description:
2 p.l., 268 p. : incl. maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16925. Prospectus and specimen of an history of marine architecture : drawn from the best authorities, and chronologically deduced from the earliest period to the present time ; illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates : exhibiting at least a thousand figures : accurately engraved by the most eminent artists : in three volumes Royal Quarto / by John Charnock, Esq.

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Creator:
Charnock, John, 1756–1807
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[2], 20, 2 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16926. A collection of prints after the sketches.

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Creator:
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
Date:
1789
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16927. The London tradesman : being an historical account of all the trades, professions, arts, both liberal and mechanic, now practised in the cities of London and Westminster, calculated for the instruction of youth in their choice of business ... ; to which is added, an appendix, containing many useful particulars relative to the foregoing / by R. Campbell ...

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Creator:
Campbell, R
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
xii, 340 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16928. The school of miniature, erected for the instruction of the ignorant, the improvement of proficients, and the general information of such as are pleased with pictures in small ... Published from an old mss.

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Date:
1733
Physical Description:
92 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16929. Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, estampes, coquilles, & autres curiosités; après le décès de feu monsieur Dezalier d'Argenville ... Par Pierre Remy.

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Creator:
Remy, Pierre, fl. 1749–1787
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
xii, 152 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16930. An historical description of an ancient picture in Windsor Castle. By Sir Joseph Ayloffe ...

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Creator:
Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709–1781
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
1 p.., 45 p. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16931. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales ... By Daniel Paterson ...

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Creator:
Paterson, Daniel, 1738–1825
Date:
1789
Physical Description:
viii, [2], xxiv p., 298 col., 299-308 p. front. (double map) 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16932. The plan of Dunkirk and its fortification as it was in the year MDCCXIV.

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Date:
17--]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 49 x 31 cm., on sheet 55 x 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16933. L'art de batir les vaisseaux, et d'en perfectionner la construction : de les garnir de leurs apparaux, les mettre en funin, les manoeuvrer, &c avec la coupe d'un vaisseau du premier rang, les devis de plusieurs fortes de vaisseaux, les outils & machines des ateliers de construction, les instrumens de mathematique servans à la navigation, leurs descriptions & figures; diverses listes & tables concernant la construction, l'equipment, &c. Outre, Les pavillons de divers etats, le tout tiré des meilleurs auteurs hollandois, comme Witsen, van Eyk, Allard, &c.

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Date:
MDCCXIX [1719]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16934. Hogarth illustrated / by John Ireland.

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Creator:
Ireland, John, -1808
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16935. The city and countrey [sic] purchaser, and builder's dictionary, or, The compleat builder's guide ... / by T.N., philomath.

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Creator:
Neve, Richard
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
[32], 288 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16936. [Wallpaper fragment with classical frieze].

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Date:
[circa 1760?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet of wallpaper : chiaroscuro ; 46 x 75 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16937. Travels through Swisserland, Italy, Sicily, the Greek Islands, to Constantinople; through part of Greece, Ragusa, and the Dalmatian Isles; in a series of letters to Pennoyre Watkins, esq. from Thomas Watkins, A.M. in the years 1787, 1788, 1789 ...

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Creator:
T. W. (Thomas Watkins)
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 v. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16938. The sea of Marmara or Propontis : with the straits of Constantinople and of Gallipoli / by Wm. Faden ...

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Creator:
Faden, William, 1749–1836
Date:
Jany. 11th, 1786
Physical Description:
1 map : mounted on linen ; 58 x 102 cm, on sheet 59 x 105 cm., folded to 19 x 14 cm. in folder 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16939. Beschryving der nieuwlyks uitgevonden en geoctrojeerde slang-brand-spuiten en haare wyze van brand-blussen, togenwoordig binnen Amsterdam in gebruik zijnde : behelzende wijders aanwijzing van't verschil tusschen haare uitwerking, en die van d'oude blus-gereeschappen en spuiten : zo uit de werktuigen zelve, als uit de blussing der branden, welke binnen deeze stad, onder't gebruik van beyde, zyn voorgevallen : nevens beschrijving der brand-ordres van de stad Amsterdam / door der zelver inventeur Jan van der Heiden en Jan van der Heiden de jonge, Generaale Brandmeesters der Stad Amsterdam.

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Creator:
Heyden, Jan van der, 1637–1712
Date:
ao. 1735
Physical Description:
[8], 50, [4] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16940. A short treatise of hunting / compyled for the delight of noblemen and gentlemen by Sir Thomas Cockaine, knight, 1591 ; presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne.

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Creator:
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
[8], iv, [32] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16941. Illustrations of Shakspeare : being a selection of scenes, from the works of that great author / engraved on forty plates from designs by Stothard & Smirke.

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Date:
[1787]
Physical Description:
[41] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16942. A map of the British colonies in North America : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations / by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell ; Tho.: Kitchin, sculp.

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Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
Date:
[1775?]
Physical Description:
1 map on 8 sheets : hand col., mounted on linen ; 135 x 192 cm., sheets 70 x 51 or smaller.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16943. Theatrical drawings.

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Creator:
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Date:
1788-1832
Physical Description:
1 v. (24 drawings) : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16944. A collection of designs in architecture, containing new plans and elevations of houses, for general use. With a great variety of sections of rooms, from a common room to the most grand and magnificent. Their decorations, viz. bases, surbases, architraves, freezes, and cornices, properly inriched with foliages, frets and flowers, in a new and grand taste. With margents and mouldings for the panelling: all large enough for practice. To which are added, curious designs of stone and timber bridges ... Likewise some screens and pavilions ... By Abraham Swan, architect ...

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Creator:
Swan, Abraham
Date:
[ca. 1768]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. 125 plates. 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16945. The life of the late John Elwes, Esquire; member in three successive parliaments for Berkshire. : First published in the paper of the World. / Inscribed to Sir Paul Jodrell, by Edward Topham ...

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Creator:
Topham, Edward, 1751–1820
Date:
1790
Physical Description:
vii, l06 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16946. 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

16947. Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world : in two parts : containing every instruction necessary to complete the gentleman and man of fashion, to teach him a knowledge of life and make him well received in the best companies : with considerable additions, now first made and a large collection of well adapted proverbial wisdom for the improvement of youth or a polished education ... / by the Rev. Dr. John Trusler ; part two is particularly addressed to young ladies.

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Creator:
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773
Date:
[1790]
Physical Description:
108 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16948. The plans, elevations, and sections, chimney-pieces, and cielings [sic] of Houghton in Norfolk : built by Sr. Robert Walpole ... Earl of Orford &c. / the whole designed by Thomas Ripley ... ; delinated by Isaac Ware and William Kent ... ; and engrav'd by ... Mr. Fourdrinier , with a description of the house and of the elegant collection of pictures.

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Creator:
Ripley, Thomas, -1758
Date:
1760
Physical Description:
[4], 10 p., [37] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16949. Anecdotes of some distinguished persons : chiefly of the present and two preceding centuries : adorned with sculptures.

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Creator:
Seward, William, 1747–1799
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
4 v. : ports., music, facsims ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16950. [Views in the South Seas]

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Creator:
Jukes, Francis, 1745–1812
Date:
1787-1788
Physical Description:
4 prints : etching and aquatint ; plate marks 50.1 x 66.5, or smaller
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16951. Fores's new guide for foreigners, containing the most complete and accurate description of the cities of London and Westminster, and their environs, that has yet been offered to the public ... In French and English, with or without a map of London ...

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Creator:
Fores, Samuel William, 1761–1838
Date:
[179-?]
Physical Description:
[2], vii, vii, vii, vii, 131, 131 p. fold. map. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16952. Travels through different cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and several parts of Asia, as far as the banks of the Euphrates : in a series of letters : containing, an account of what is most remarkable in their present state, as well as in their monuments of antiquity / by Alexander Drummond, Esq. ...

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Creator:
Drummond, Alexander, -1769
Date:
MDCCLIV [1754]
Physical Description:
[4], 311, [1] p., [33] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 39 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16953. The art of fencing, or, The use of the small sword / translated from the French of the late celebrated Monsieur L'Abbat, master of that art at the Academy of Toulouse, by Andrew Mahon, professor of the small sword.

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Creator:
Labat, maître d'armes
Date:
MDCCXXXV [1735]
Physical Description:
[2], x, 133, [3] p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16954. The history of a voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, made in 1763 and 1764 : under the command of M. de Bougainville, in order to form a settlement there : and of two voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians / translated from Dom Pernety's Historical journal, written in French ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Creator:
Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, 1716–1801
Date:
MDCCLXXI [1771]
Physical Description:
[4], xvii, [1], 294 p., 16 leaves of plates (6 folded) : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16955. Travels through the United States of North America : the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada / by the Duke De La Rochefoucault Liancourt.

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Creator:
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de, 1747–1827
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
2 volumes : maps, charts ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16956. The road from London to Cambridge, Ely & Kings Lynn : from Oxford to Cambridge, passing thro Buckingham & Bedford : Ely to Bury / J. Gibson sculp.

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Creator:
Gibson, J. (John), active 1750–1792
Date:
[1769]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 16.7 x 29.0 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

16957. A catalogue of a collection of capital and beautiful cabinet pictures, lately imported from Holland : comprising a number of agreeable and striking subjects, by the following and other admired artists, viz : Teniers, Wouvermans, Vander Heyde, Hobbima, Ostade, Bakhuyen, De Vlieger, Bega, Hondicoeter, De Vries, Le Duc, Van Huysum, Rach. Ruitch, De Hoog, Asselyn : particularly, two capital landscapes by Wynans : a Sea Storm by Bakhuysen : a Doctor by Van Toll, and a Harvest-Home by Teniers : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Greenwood, at his Room in Leicester-Square, on Friday the 15th of April, 191, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Wednesday, and catalogues had.

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Creator:
Greenwood, John, 1727–1792
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16958. A catalogue of Indian idols, Indian paintings, drawings, &c. : which were collected by Mr. Simpson, during a long residence in India, in the Company's service : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his great room, in Pall Mall, on Saturday, May the 26th, 1792 at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
Date:
[1792]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16959. Prints and drawings, framed and glazed, pictures, cameos and intaglios, etruscan vases, capital basso relievos an marble, &c. : a catalogue of framed and glazed prints and drawings, from the herculaneum, pictures by Mortimer, &c. : about 30 cameos and intaglios, of exquisite wormanship, in rings, &c. etruscan vases : capital basso relievos, in marble : bronzes : a fine carving in ivory of Sir Issac Newton : globes, China, wearing apparel, &c. &c. of the late Edward Poore, Esq. deceased : which, by order of the acting executor, will be sold by auction by Mr. Richardson, at his house, No. 31, Strand, on Friday, April 19, and following day, at twelve o'clock : to be viewed on Thursday the 18th, and till the time of sale. catalogues may be had of Mr. Richardson, No. 31, in the Strand : collections of prints, books, &c. purchased in town or country, or sold by auction : money advanced on property intended for public sale.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778–1815
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16960. A catalogue of modern books on architecture, &c. Theoretical, practical, and ornamental; which, with the best ancient authors, are constantly on sale at Taylor's architectural library ...

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Creator:
I. and J. Taylor (Firm)
Date:
ca. 1792]
Physical Description:
[2] p. 36 cm. (in case 42 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16961. The monuments and painted glass of upwards of one hundred churches, chiefly in the eastern part of Kent ... : With an appendix containing three churches in other counties. To which are added, a small collection of detached epitaphs, with a few notes on the whole. / By Philip Parsons ...

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Creator:
Parsons, Philip, 1729–1812
Date:
MDCCXCIV [1794]
Physical Description:
viii, 549 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16962. The looking-glass for the mind, or, Intellectual mirror : being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories and interesting tales / chiefly translated from that much admired work, L'ami des enfans ; with seventy-four cuts, designed and engraved on wood by I. Bewick.

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Creator:
Berquin, M. (Arnaud), 1747–1791
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
[8], 271 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16963. Proofs for a selection of plates in Vitruvius Brittanicus, volume 5.

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Date:
[1771?]
Physical Description:
25 prints ; volume 52 x 39 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16964. Prospects, of palaces and other publick buildings in France, Italy, Spain, &c. very neatly engraved.

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Date:
[ca. 1725?]
Physical Description:
[25] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 21 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16965. Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper : deres Tungemaal, Levemaade og forrige Afgudsdyrkelse, oplyst ved mange Kaabberstykker / med J.E. Gunneri ... Anmaerlninger og E.J. Jessen-s ...

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Creator:
Leem, Knud, 1697–1774
Date:
1767
Physical Description:
544, 82 p., [101] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16966. A dissertation on oriental gardening; by Sr. William Chambers. The second edition, with additions. to which is annexed, an explanatory discourse by Tan Chetqua, of Quang-chew-fu, gent.

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Creator:
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
3 p. ., xi, [13]-163 p. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16967. Ricerche sopra le bellezze della pittura e sul merito de' piu celebri pittori antichi e moderni del signor Daniel Webb. Opera tradotta in Italiano da una dama veneta.

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Creator:
Webb, Daniel, 1718 or 19–1798
Date:
1791
Physical Description:
xx, 220 p. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16968. Poems, consisting chiefly of translations from the Asiatick languages : to which are added two essays ...

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Date:
1777
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 208 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16969. A dialogue on taste ...

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Creator:
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
Date:
Printed in the year 1762
Physical Description:
77 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16970. Philosophical arrangements / by James Harris.

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Creator:
Harris, James, 1709–1780
Date:
1775
Physical Description:
xiv, 485 [i.e. 487], [32] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16971. The complaint, or, Night-thoughts on life, death, and immortality : to which is added : A paraphrase on part of the book of Job ...

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Creator:
Young, Edward, 1683–1765
Date:
1751
Physical Description:
iv, 296 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16972. The journey from Chester to London / by Thomas Pennant ...

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 468, [6] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16973. The penman's repository : containing twenty correct alphabets, ... a valuable selection of flourishes, and a variety of new designs / by William Milns ...

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Creator:
Milns, William, 1761–1801
Date:
[1787]
Physical Description:
32 leaves ; 31 x 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16974. Observations on the river Wye, and several parts of South Wales, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the summer of the year 1770 / by William Gilpin.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1782
Physical Description:
99 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16975. A naval expositor : shewing and explaining the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea : also all species that are received into the magazines, and on what services they are used and issued : together with the titles of all the inferior officers belonging to a ship, with an abridgment of their respective duties / by Thomas Riley Blanckley.

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Creator:
Blanckley, Thomas Riley
Date:
MDCCL [1750]
Physical Description:
[8], 191, [1] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16976. An act for the better preservation of the game.

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Creator:
Great Britain. Parliament
Date:
1707
Physical Description:
[2], 151-154 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16977. John Fowler halfpenny token.

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Creator:
Fowler, John, (active 1794)
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
1 token : copper ; 28 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16978. 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:
xix p., 1 leaf, 213, [1] p. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16979. Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth; and a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; with occasional remarks.

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Creator:
Nichols, John, 1745–1826
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
157 [i.e. 159] p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16980. Remarks on the antiquity and the different modes of brick and stone buildings in England. By Mr. James Essex ... Read at the Society of Antiquaries, Dec. 8, &c. 1774.

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Creator:
Essex, James, 1722–1784
Date:
1775
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 37 p. plate. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16981. The history of the town and county of Kingston upon Hull : from its foundation in the reign of Edward the First to the present time : with a description of part of the adjacent country : embellished with engraved views of public buildings, an ancient and modern plan of the town and several antiquities / by Revd. John Tickell ...

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Creator:
Tickell, John, d. 1694
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
x, 940 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., port., plans ; 28 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16982. Designs of Inigo Jones and others, : published by I. Ware.

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Date:
ca. 1731]
Physical Description:
4 p., [48] leaves (some folded) : chiefly ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16983. A topographical map of the county of Norfolk [cartographic material] : surveyed and measured in the years 1790, 91, 92, 93, and 94 by Thos. Donald, Thos. Milne and associates : planned from a scale of one inch to a statute mile / the whole executed and published at the expense of the proprietor William Faden.

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Creator:
Faden, William, 1749–1836
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
1 map on 6 sheets ; 124 x 183 cm, each sheet 62 x 61 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16984. A catalogue of the superlatively fine collection of pictures, late the property of the Right Reverend Dr. Newton, Lord Bishop of Bristol, dec. : amongst which are some of the best works of the Italian school, formerly purchased for his Lordship by that well known connoisseur, Dr. Bragg, at the sale of the celebrated collection of the late Cardinal Ottoboni at Rome, including a valuable assemblage of Dutch and Flemish pictures, the property of a Gentleman going abroad : also a most capital Descent from the Cross, by Vandyck, and other first-rate performances, collected in Spain, by Richard Cumberland, Esq : likewise that chef d'oeuvre, representing the death of Chatham, with the portraits of several peers and members of the house of commons, painted by J.S. Copley, Esq. R.A. together with forty-two capital pictures just imported from abroad, and several more, some being brought to sale in conformity to the will of a nobleman, and others being the property of different gentlemen : which will be exhibited and sold (by private contract) by a committee appointed for that purpose, at the Great Rooms, late the Royal Academy, No. 125, Pall Mall, on Tuesday, April 8, 1788, and following days (Sundays excepted) till about the middle, or latter end of May following, from nine o'clock in the morning till seven in the evening.

No cover image available
Date:
[1788]
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16985. Map of England and Wales.

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Creator:
Ogilvy, Catherine
Date:
circa [1800?]
Physical Description:
1 map : silk embroidery on linen ; 49 x 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16986. A catalogue of a collection of antient and modern pictures, the genuine property of Mr. Stuart, artist and collector, deceased; to which are added a few pictures, the property of a gentleman, among the pictures, are the works of Pether, Morland, Ibbettson, Wright, Smith, Barratt, and Gilpin, of the Modern School; and various by Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Masters of the antient School : which by order of the Executors, will be sold without reserve, by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, New Bond-Street, on Monday, 4th February, 1799, at 12 o'clock : may be viewed by catalogues to be had as above : of Mr. Lloyd, Bookseller, Harley Street : Mr. Varley, york Hotel, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars : and of Mr. Phillips, at his house, no. 22, Bury-Street, St. James's.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16987. De Haven van Acapulco, geleegen in de Zuyd Zee, aen de kust van Nova Spanje.

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Creator:
Keulen, Gerard van
Date:
1724
Physical Description:
1 map : manuscript, color ; 52 x 63 cm, on sheet 54 x 68 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16988. Watercolor box.

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Creator:
Reeves & Inwood
Date:
between 1796 and 1811?
Physical Description:
1 watercolor box : mahogany ; 17 x 22 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16989. Part of a tour in Greece, & other papers by SR.

No cover image available
Creator:
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Date:
1750-1778
Physical Description:
1 v. ([83] p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16990. A topographical map of Wiltshire : on a scale of 2 inches to a mile, from an actual survey / by John Andrews & Andrew Dury in the year 1773 ; J. Andrews sculp.

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Creator:
Andrews, John, 1736–1809
Date:
[1773]
Physical Description:
1 map on 18 sheets ; 273 x 189 cm, sheets 54 x 72 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16991. The American traveller, or, Observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable : with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively, and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively : together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great-Britain therefrom : in a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honourable the Earl of ******** / by an old and experienced trader.

No cover image available
Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
[8], 122 pages, [2] leaves of plates, (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16992. Plan of the line composed of 11 corps of yeomanry & volunteer cavalry, & 24 corps of volunteer infantry, of the County of Surry, reviewed by the King, on Wimbledon Common, the 4th of July 1799 / engd. by Heath & Ashby.

No cover image available
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored engraving ; plate mark 43 x 67, on sheet 50 x 69 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16993. A catalogue of a most capital and pleasing collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch pictures, the property of a nobleman, brought from his house in Hertford-Street, May-Fair : consisting of the works of the following great and much-admired Masters : Berghem, Teniers, Van Uden, Ruysdael, P. Potter, Mieres, Poussin, Bourdon, Borgonione, Hirizonti, Canaletti, Marieski, Cuyp, Vanderveldt, Vanderneer, Hobbima, Both, Swaneveldt, Vangoen, Moucheron, Eshimeer, Wyck, Ochiali, Detrich : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Squibb, at his new Great Room, in Saville Row, on Friday the 12th of December, 1783, and following day : In the above is a 'View of Tivoli', a very capital landscape by Berghem, lately purchased from the collection of the Hon. Thomas Walpole : also a beautiful cattle piece by Cuyp, in his best style : two remarkable fine landscapes by Swaneveldt : one Ditto by Wynants : a beautiful Cabinet Picture : one by Loutherberg -- 'A view of Hampstead', with the adjacent country, Harrow church in the distance, a very elegant picture : to be viewed two days preceding the sale : catalogues may be had as above.

No cover image available
Creator:
Squibb, Mr.
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16994. A catalogue of a collection of prints : now engraving by subscription, from the most capital paintings in England / published by John Boydell, engraver, in Cheapside (removed over the Way to No. 90. the corner of Ironmonger-Lane) : eight numbers of which, containing thirty eight prints, are already published : to which are added, a catalogue of copper-plats belonging to the above John Boydell.

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Creator:
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
Date:
1767
Physical Description:
24 pages ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16995. Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples : and with permission dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the court of Naples / by his most humble servant Frederick Rehberg, historical painter in His Prussian Majesty's service at Rome, MDCCXCIV.

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Creator:
Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758–1835
Date:
[October 12th, 1797]
Physical Description:
[1], XII leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16996. The works of Alexander Pope, esq. In six volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.

No cover image available
Creator:
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
6 v. front., plates. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16997. Essays on various subjects. By Thomas Monro ...

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Creator:
Monro, Thomas, 1764–1815
Date:
1790
Physical Description:
xv, 228 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16998. [Designs of sundry articles of Queen's or cream-coloured earthen-ware, manufactured by Hartley, Greens, and Co. at Leeds pottery: with a great variety of other articles ...

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Creator:
Hartley, Greens, and Co
Date:
1794]
Physical Description:
12 p. 71 plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16999. The investigator. Containing the following tracts: I. On ridicule. II. On Elizabeth Canning. III. On naturalization. IV. On taste ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
Date:
Printed in the year 1762
Physical Description:
4 v. in 1. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17000. The antient and modern history of the loyal town of Rippon: [introduc'd by a poem on the surprizing beauties of Studley-Park, with a description of the venerable ruins of Fountains-Abbey, written by Mr. Peter Aram; and another on the pleasures of a country life, by a reverend young gentleman.] With ... accounts of ... St. Cuthbert ... St. Wilfrid of Rippon; and St. John of Beverley. ... Besides are added, Travels into other parts of Yorkshire. ... Collected by Tho. Gent, ... To which is sunjoin'd, by the author of The country life, A letter to the Hon. John Aislabie ... The happy reign; an eclogue. And a Latin copy of verses, with a translation, on the renowned grotto of Queen Caroline.

No cover image available
Creator:
Gent, Thomas, 1693–1778
Date:
1733
Physical Description:
xvi, [2], 165, [1], 73, [7] p. Front (fold. plan) ill. (part double) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts