Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Image Use: Free to Use

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29

1773 January 29

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse

[1753]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1853

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Proposals for publishing, a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body, with that of a tyger and a common fowl : in thirty tables, two copper-plates to each table, 20 inches by 15 : forming six numbers, ten plates to each number

[1802]

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

The anatomy of the horse

1766

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Hogarth moralized

1831

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Views in Rome and its environs

1841

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888

Alphabet

1857

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851

Picturesque views in England and Wales

MDCCCXXXVIII [1838]

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?]

Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844

Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr

1824]

Rocque, John, -1762

A map of London and the adjacent country 10 miles round

1748

Stuart, James, 1713–1788

Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London

MDCCLXXI [1771]

The temple of taste

[1796]

Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860

The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide

1827

Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744

An epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington

1731

Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798

The journey from Chester to London

MDCCLXXXII [1782]

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented

1752

Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615

Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ..

[1599?]

The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich

[approximately 1825]

Huchinson & Dixon

Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.

1876

Ointment pot

between 1650 and 1700

G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial

[approximately 1842]

Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]

[1590?]

Walker, John, 1786–1873

This newly constructed and extended map of India

1841

Morris, William, 1834–1896

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

[1892]

Abbott, George, 1803–1838

Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire

[1827]

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]

Ogilby, John, 1600–1676

Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads

1679

Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642

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

MDCXXXII [1632]

Celebrated horses of America

1881-1882

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

Six months' residence and travels in Mexico

1824

In affectionate remembrance of Moses

1875

Whereas the game within the manor of Pinkhurst, and in several parts of the parishes of Itchingfield, Slinfold, Billingshurst, and Rudgwick, in the county of Sussex, has of late years, and up to the present time, been greatly destroyed by poachers, unqualified, and unlicenced persons ..

[1797]

Home, Robert, 1752–1834

Select views in Mysore,

1794

Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813

Flora of the British Isles

circa 1790-1810?

Map of China and the adjacent countries

1842

Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921

As in a looking glass

1889

White Hill Kiln (Luton, England)

Receipts by John Williams, of White Hill Kiln, for chimney tunnel tiles purchased by Breandveath, of Houghton, 1848

1848

Bijlaer, Gerard van, active 1540?-1617

The destruction of the Spanish Armada

1588

Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)

The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860

[1861]

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]

Loggan, David, 1635–1700?

Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani

ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856

Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria

1814

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

Dean's steam-boat alphabet

[1855?]

A letter on the nature and state of curiosity as at present with us ..

1736

Sowerby, James, 1757–1822

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature

[1807?]

Vues de la ville de Londres

1758

The Illustrated London news Colosseum view of London

[1843]

Blanchet, Etienne

Blanchet, artistes capillaires

not before 1866?

Ruskin, John, 1819–1900

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

1855

In affectionate remembrance of Elizabeth Heap, of Bent Clough Farm, Colne

1914

Map of North America

not before 1634

John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]

Ireland, Samuel, -1800

Picturesque views on the River Wye

1797

Tregear's Black jokes

1834

Driver & Shaw

Catalogue of improved superfine colours, and drawing materials

1824

Perkins, John (Gardener)

Floral designs for the table

1877

[Birthday card with floral illustration]

[approximately 1874]

Davis, Joseph, active 1818–1857

Medal commemorating the abolition of the apprenticeship system in the British West Indies

1838

Clarke, J., active 1820

J. Clarke

[approximately 1820?]

Bowers, George Frederick

Crimean War

1856?

Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)

Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge

[1897?]

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

[between 1835-1837]

The red rover

[between 1835-1837]

A book of eighteen leaves

1757

Our Boys Clothing Company

"Our Boys" Clothing Company's universal progressive drawing book

[ca. 1885?]

The brigand

[between 1840-1850]

Cordiner, James

A description of Ceylon

1807

[The Souvenir Rose]

[approximately 1865?]

Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816–1912

The poultry book

1867

Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786

Principles of beauty, relative to the human head

MDCCLXXVIII [1778]

Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824

The costume of Hindostan

1807

Kruyff, Cornelis de, 1771–1854

Vues choisies d'Amsterdam et ses environs

[1825?]

Freeling, Arthur

Lacey's railway companion and Liverpool and Manchester guide

[1832]

Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887

London labour and the London poor

1851[-1861]

T. C. L. (London, England)

Catalogue of up to date suites & chairs in Chippendale, Sheraton, Queen Anne, Jacobean, Hepplewhite, & Louis Styles

[1890?]

Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754

Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the right honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : laid out by Mr. Bridgman, principal gardener to their majesties King George I and II / delineated in a large plan and fifteen perspective views : drawn on the spot by Mons. Rigaud, and engraved by him and Mons. Bernard Baron =

MDCCXLVI [1746]