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1. Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire : with memoirs of his life and writings / composed by himself ; illustrated from his letters, with occasional notes and narrative, by John Lord Sheffield ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
Date:
MDCCXCVI [1796]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The seats of the nobility and gentry : in a collection of the most interesting & picturesque views / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.

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Creator:
Watts, William, 1752–1851
Date:
January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
Physical Description:
[172] p., LXXXIV leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant : shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building, as the use of the tramel for groins, angle-brackets, niches, &c. semi-circular arches on flewing jambs, the preparing and making their soffits : rules of carpentry, to find the length and backing of hips, strait or curves, trusses for roofs, domes &c., trussing of girders, sections of flooors, &c. : the proportion of the five orders, in their general and particular parts, gluing of columns, stair-cases with their ramp and twist rails, fixing the carriages, newels, &c. : frontispieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings, cornices, architraves, &c. in the newest taste : with plans and elevations of gentlemens and farm-houses, yards, barns, &c. / by William Pain, architect and joiner ; engraved on eighty-three plates.

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Creator:
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:
MDCCLXXIV [1774]
Physical Description:
[16] p., LXXXIII leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Eight implemental heads in colours / with lines by Thomas Hood.

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Creator:
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855
Date:
[1834]
Physical Description:
8 prints : engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. 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

6. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
ix, [1], 218 pages, [19] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The History of little Fanny : exemplified in a series of figures, engraved on copperplate.

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Date:
1825
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place : with a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies, &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.

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Date:
1828
Physical Description:
viii, 188 p., [14] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place : with a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies, &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.

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Date:
[1831?]
Physical Description:
viii, 188 p., [6] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing / by Nimrod.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
viii, 524 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The gentleman's farriery, or, A practical treatise, on the diseases of horses : wherein the best writers on that subject have been consulted, and M. La Fosse's method of trepanning glander'd horses is particularly consider'd and improved : also, a new method of nicking horses is recommended ; with a copper-plate and description of the machine / by J. Bartlet, surgeon.

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Creator:
Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772
Date:
MDCCLIV [1754]
Physical Description:
[2], xxiv, 357, [11] pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
[2], ix, [3], 206, [2] pages, [19] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole : with a brief description of the place : embellished with a front and east view of Knole.

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Date:
1795
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 164, [4] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

14. New series of boxiana : being the only original and complete lives of the boxers ... / by Pierce Egan.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1828-1829
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The storming of Seringapatam : the first important engagement in which the Duke of Wellington was engaged in India / painted by Peter Krafft.

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Creator:
Krafft, Johann Peter, 1780–1856
Date:
[1853]
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; 43 x 37 cm, folded to 29 x 22 cm., in boards 29 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts