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1. Enamelled impressions struck off from the splendid series of medal dies : illustrative of the Holy Scriptures / engraved by British artists in the employ of the author, Sir Edward Thomason, of Birmingham, ... ; the allegory of the medals is embodied from the productions of Domenichino, Raphael, Carracci, Leonardo da Vinci ... &c. &c.

Enamelled impressions struck off from the splendid series of medal dies : illustrative of the Holy Scriptures / engraved by British artists in the employ of the author, Sir Edward Thomason, of Birmingham, ... ; the allegory of the medals is embodied from the productions of Domenichino, Raphael, Carracci, Leonardo da Vinci ... &c. &c.
Creator:
Thomason, Edward, Sir, 1769–1849
Date:
[183-]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 ([62]; [62] leaves) ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Designs for coloured ornamental glass windows from the glass works of Chance Brothers & Co. near Birmingham 1853.

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Creator:
Chance Brothers and Co. (Birmingham, England)
Date:
[1853]
Physical Description:
[6] p., XXXII leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Choice examples of art manufacture : from the Marlborough House and other valuable collections : mounted flagons, jewellery, lock furniture, porcelain.

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Date:
[185-]
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, 4 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A new and compendious history, of the county of Warwick, : from the earliest period to the present time, comprising views, of the principal towns, buildings, modern improvements, seats of the nobility & gentry, ecclesiastical edifices &c. &c. from actual survey. / By William Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, William, (Topographer)
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
[4], 379, 4 p., [66] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Bisset's Magnificent guide, or, Grand copperplate directory, for the town of Birmingham. : comprising the addresses of the most eminent public companies, bankes, merchants, tradesmen, and manufacturers, in the "toy-shop of Europe" : alphabetically arranged in elegant and emblematic engravings, containing upwards of fifty superb plates, with views of the principal buildings, &c. : exclusive of a view of the Royal Mint and Soho manufactory / by J. Bisset.

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Creator:
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 7 p., [41] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Notes on visits to various country houses and towns in Great Britain.

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Creator:
Kerr, Mary, active 1789–1826
Date:
1789-1826
Physical Description:
1 v. ([4], 19, [1], 83 p., with blanks) ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Picturesque views and descriptions of cities, towns, castles, mansions and other objects of interesting features in Staffordshire & Shropshire / from original drawings taken expressly for this work by Mr. Frederick Calvert ; engraved on steel by Mr. T. Radclyffe ; with historical and topographical illustrations by William West.

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Creator:
West, William, 1770–1854
Date:
1830-1831
Physical Description:
2 pts. ([4], 153 p., [37] leaves of plates; [2], ii, 135 p., [32] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Osborne's guide to the grand junction of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester railway : with the geography of the country : through which the line passes, and complete guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester : illustrated with numerous wood engravings and maps.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
iv, 347, 38 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The history, topography and directory of Warwickshire : inclusive of some portions of the ancient histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, with curious memoirs of the lives of these early English writers : ... a directory of every town and considerable village in the county : a gazetteer of all the towns, villages, parishes and hamlets ... : and an itinerary ... / by William West.

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Creator:
West, William, 1770–1854
Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xiii, [1], 800 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. An outline of architecture : Grecian, Roman and Gothic / by W. Hawkes Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, W. Hawkes (William Hawkes)
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [1], 33 [i.e. 32] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Cornish's stranger's guide through Birmingham : being an accurate description of all that is worth the notice of the visitor to the town : either in its public buildings, manufactories, or religious edifices : with the public walks and rides in the vicinity, etc.

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Creator:
Cornish, J. (James)
Date:
1846
Physical Description:
vi, 114 p., [2] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Allin, hatter, hosier and clothier : wholesale & retail, opposite the top of New Street, Birmingham : Cheap clothes and York shoe warehouse.

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Date:
[ca. 1803]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 56 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Examples of ancient & modern furniture, metal work, tapestries, decorations by B. J. Talbert, archt.

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Creator:
Talbert, Bruce J. (Bruce James), d. 1881
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
2 p. ., 6, [6] p. plates. 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. New illustrated directory, entitled Men & things of modern England : being a direct guide to the highest class of commercial houses, manufacturing establishments, hotels &c. &c.

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Date:
[1858?]
Physical Description:
[6], 35, [1], 226 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A poetic survey round Birmingham; with a brief description of the different curiosities and manufactories of the place. Intended as a guide to strangers. By J. Bisset ... Accompanied by A magnificent directory; with the names, professions, &c. superbly engraved in emblematic plates.

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Creator:
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-62, [2] p. front. (map) 27 plates. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Portfolio of lithographic drawings of the principal articles of manufacture exhibited at the Birmingham exposition, 1849.

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Creator:
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Date:
1849
Physical Description:
1 portfolio (5 leaves) : all ill. ; 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Descriptive guide of Leamington Priors : containing a brief account of that celebrated and fashionable spa : with general rules for drinking the waters, and the use of the baths : (as recommended by the most eminent physicians,) : comprising also various interesting county sketches, including a particular account of Kenilworth and Warwick Castles, Stonley-Abbey, Off-Church, Guy's Cliff, Birmingham, Coventry, Ragley Park, and Stratford-on-Avon, &c. : illustrated with elegant vignettes and a perspective view of the castle and borough of Warwick : likewise with views of the Royal Pump Room and New Baths, of the Assembly Rooms, the theatre, and other superb embellishments / by J. Bisset, (Late of Birmingham,) proprietor of the historic picture gallery, of the Public Reading Room, and the Museum of Natural History at Leamington ; with a map of ten miles round the spa.

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Creator:
Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 114, [12] p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map : 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Kenilworth Castle in the 16th, 18th, & 19th centuries : displayed in thirteen lithographic prints / by William Hawkes Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, W. Hawkes (William Hawkes)
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[4] p., [12] leaves of plates ; chiefly ill. ; 20 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The picture of Birmingham : being a concise but comprehensive historical and descriptive account of that place, intended for the information both of residents and visitors.

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Date:
1825
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 112 p., 5 leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., plan ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. The art of landscape painting in water colours / by Thomas Rowbotham ... and Thomas L. Rowbotham, Jun. ...

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Creator:
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
vii, 47 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. An historical and descriptive sketch of Birmingham : with some account of its environs, and forty-four views of the principal public buildings ...

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Date:
1830
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 254 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Wanderings and excursions in South Wales; including the scenery of the River Wye. By Thomas Roscoe, esq. Forty-eight engravings, by Radclyffe, from drawings by Cox, Harding, Fielding, Creswick, Watson, &c.

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Creator:
Roscoe, Thomas, 1791–1871
Date:
[1837]
Physical Description:
8 p. ., 268, [2] p. front., ill., 42 plates, 2 maps. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Description of and method of using the first kind of patent perspective tracing instrument for sketching from nature : accurately and expeditiously, every kind of subject.

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Date:
1826
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871. Comp. and ed. by John Alfred Langford.

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Creator:
Langford, John Alfred, 1823–1903
Date:
1873-1877
Physical Description:
2 v. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

25. Birmingham and Warwickshire.

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Creator:
Francis White and Co
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
v. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

26. History of the free-schools, colleges, hospitals, and asylums of Birmingham, and their fulfilment. With twelve illustrations. By George Gr iffith.

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Creator:
Griffith, George, d. 1883
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
4 p. l., xviii, 601 p. front., plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

27. The making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise and growth of the midland metropolis, by Robert K. Dent ...

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Creator:
Dent, Robert Kirkup, 1851–1925
Date:
1894
Physical Description:
583 p. front., illus., pl., plans. 29 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

28. A century of Birmingham life: or, A chronicle of local events, from 1741 to 1841. Compiled and edited by John Alfred Langford, L.L.D.

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Creator:
Langford, John Alfred, 1823–1903
Date:
1870-71
Physical Description:
2 v. fold. fronts. (v. 1, plan) plates, ports., fold. facsim. 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

29. History of the corporation of Birmingham : with a sketch of the earlier government of the town / by John Thackray Bunce.

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Creator:
Bunce, John Thackray, 1828–1899
Date:
1878-1902
Physical Description:
3 v. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library