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Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752

A book of eighteen leaves

1757

The temple of taste

[1796]

Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]

Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]

[1590?]

Morris, William, 1834–1896

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

[1892]

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]

Bridgens, Richard

West India scenery with illustrations of Negro character, the process of making sugar, &c. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad

[1836?]

Bill for building expenses

1760

Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn

[between 1835-1837]

The red rover

[between 1835-1837]

Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine

mid-19th century

Ointment pot

between 1650 and 1700

Cox, David, 1783–1859

The young artist's companion, or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments

1825

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

Notes on some of the principal pictures exhibited in the rooms of the Royal Academy : 1855

1855

Ireland, Samuel, -1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797

Taunt, Henry

A new map of the river Thames from Oxford to London

[1873]

Dreyfus, John

Type specimen facsimiles;

1963

Scott, Allan N. (Allan Newton), 1824–1870

Sketches in India

1862

Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

[between 1796 and 1809]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

?House wren (Troglodytes aedon) and eggs, with a specimen from the rose family (Rosaceae), Peacock butterflies (Nymphalis io), both closed and open, and butterfly chrysalis, larva caterpillar, daddy longlegs spider (Phalangida) egg case, and snout beetle, from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 1820?]

Six views of Buxton & neighbourhood

[185-?]

Witton, Philip Henry

Views of the ruins of the principal houses destroyed during the riots at Birmingham =

1791 [i.e. 1792]

London & Sunderland royal mail coach

[ca. 1800]

Gascoigne, George, -1577

The noble arte of venerie or hunting

[1575]

May nothing cloud your Xmas day, or interrupt its glee, but may its joys con-neck-tie-dly be collared all by thee!

[approximately 1875?]

Album of family portrait photographs, from Newcastle upon Tyne

between 1870 and [1890?]

Home, Robert, 1752–1834

Select views in Mysore,

1794

Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa

MDCXXXII [1632]

Harding, James Duffield, 1798–1863

Lessons on trees

[1855]

Armer's (Flookborough, England]

Armer's, Flookborough

[early 19th century]

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington

[1736?]

J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]

Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race meeting

1890

Breame, James, born 1793 or 1794

Half a cwt. of coals, James Breame's warehouse, near the bridge

[approximately 1845]

J. R. Jaffray & Son (Firm : New York)

The prize embroidery from the World Fair, 1851 will be exhibited from 1st, February to 1st, May 1852 : Messrs. J. R. Jaffray & Sons, 73, Broadway, New York

1851

A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital

[1752]

C. W

Portraits of brood mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court

1837

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

The virtuosi's museum

1778[-1781]

The naval achievements of Great Britain, from the year 1793 to 1817

[1817]

Wm Walker & Son (Firm)

Wm. Walker & Son

1891

[Folded sheet of stationery with engraved satirical vignette at top]

Octr 11, [18]51

Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park

1851

Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857

[Six views of Hastings]

Novr. 1, 1823

Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

1949-1953

Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?

Illuminated illustrations of Froissart

1845

Richter, Henry, 1772–1857

Illustrations of the works of Henry Richter. 1st ser. ..

1822

Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785–1842

Three months passed in the mountains east of Rome,

1820

Simons, Matthew, d. 1654

A direction for the English traviller

1643

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

The Canterbury tales

1483]

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848

A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793

Madras

[1832?]

Uncle Tom's cabin

1852

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Catalogue of the exhibition, called Modern Mexico

1824

Greenwood, Jonathan

The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain

[1715?]

H.R.H Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton on the occasion of their engagement, 16th November 2010

2010

Stevens, Francis, 1781–1823

Domestic architecture

[between 1844 and 1850]

Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho

[approximately 1855]

M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]

The gift receive the deed approved ..

mid-19th century

What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..

mid-19th century

Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]

Thompson, Miss, active 1889

Bill for school expenses for Mr. Bryans from Miss Thompson, 17 and 18 Holland Road, Brighton

April 1889

Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society's gardens, Regent's Park. Sunday, December 14th, 1879. Admit one

1879

Yarmouth

[approximately 1880?]

In loving memory of George Bye

1895

Moffat, James

Views in Calcutta

s.d.]

Bonnell, Mandy

The coral aquarium

[1997]

Character of forest trees

circa 1817

[India Orientalis]

1597[-1628]

Royal Academy (Gosport, England)

Bill for school expenses from the Royal Academy for Lord Augustus Beauclerk

August 2nd, 1834

Eastwood and Taylor (Firm)

Eastwood and Taylor

[approximately 1870]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra), male, with Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Wenger, Albert Francis, 1837 or 1838–1924

Photograph album of pottery manufactured by Albert Wenger

1888

Parmenter, S., active 1821

An elegy

[1821?]

Medical miscellany

second half of the 15th century

John Thridgould & Co.

Rock me to sleep Teddy

[approximately 1905]

Thomson, James, 1700–1748

The seasons,

1797

Zeno, Niccolò, 1515–1565

De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre fatte nell' imperio persiano, dal tempo di Vssuncassano in quà libri due

MDLVIII [1558]