Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Period: 18th century / Language: English

Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789

The works of the late Professor Camper

1794

The rice manufactury in China

[1770?]

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]

The complete dictionary of arts and sciences

1765-1766

Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Antiquities of London and its environs

1791-[1800]

The compleat drawing-master;

1766

Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652

The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng,

MDCCXXV [1725]

Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791

A treatise on ancient armour and weapons,

Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings

1778

Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797

Anecdotes of painting in England;

1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]

Gwynn, John, 1713–1786

London and Westminster improved

MDCCLXVU [1766]

Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?

Penmanship in its utmost beauty and extent

1731

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

History of British birds

1797 [i.e. 1798]-1804

Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645

Iconologia, or, Moral emblems

MDCCIX [1709]

Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,

1795]

Home, Robert, 1752–1834

Select views in Mysore,

1794

Thomson, James, 1700–1748

The seasons,

1797

Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

[A collection of engravings of castles, abbeys, etc. in England and Wales, by Saml. and Nathl. Buck]

1726-42

Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

Buck's antiquities; or venerable remains of above four hundred castles, monasteries, palaces, &c. &c. in England and Wales

1774

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

1736

Cook, James, 1728–1779

A voyage to the Pacific ocean

1784

Barker, Robert, 1739–1806

[London from the roof of the Albion Mills]

1792-1793

Laroon, Marcellus, 1653–1702

The cryes of the city of London drawne after the life = Les cris de la ville de Londres dessignez apres la nature = L'arti com[m]uni che uanno p[er] Londra fatte dal naturale

1711

The art of drawing without a master

[1768]

The temple of taste

[1796]

Tomlinson, Kellom

The art of dancing explained by reading and figures

MDCCXXXV [1735]

Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621

London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563

October 30th, 1789

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777

1796

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]

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827

[Transparent prints]

[1799]

The emperor of China's palace at Pekin

MDCCLIII [1753]

Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750–1788

Museum Britannicum

1778

Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745

Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation

1742

Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806

The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book

1793

Smith, William, surveyor

Thirty different drafts of Guinea

[not before 1727]

Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street

[1748]]

The Sporting magazine ..

1793-1870

Historical descriptions of new and elegant picturesque views of the antiquities of England and Wales

[1786]

The Gentleman's magazine

1731-1907

English lotteries, 1569-1826

mostly 18th-19th c

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]

Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780

Blunt, John, surgeon

Practical farriery, or, The complete directory

MDCCLXXIII [1773]

Indenture placing Elizabeth Richardson into the service of Jane Horam

1769 January 4

Panorama, Leicester-Square

[1793]

Angelo, Domenico, 1717?-1802

Proposal for printing by subscription L'ecole des armes, ou, L'explication generale des principales attitudes et positions concernent l'escrime

circa 1763

R. M

The Mars and the L'Hercule, April 21, 1798

1799

Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779

[Views of the cities of Westminster and London taken from the opposite bank of the Thames]

1749

Edwards, George, 1694–1773

Selections from George Edwards' A natural history of uncommon birds

approximately 1746

Linwood, Mary, 1755–1845

Tygress

ca. 1798

Lloyd, Mr., active 1795

Bill for school expenses for Cyrill Clough, at Henry Lloyd's school

1795

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple

1788

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799

Twelve prints of sea engagements

[between 1771 and 1785]

Stowe

1766

The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates

[between 1771 and 1785]

Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies

[between 1771 and 1785]

Twelve prints of Pamela

published 25 June 1774

Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

not before 1787

The compleat drawing-book

MDCCLV [1755]

Twelve prints, representing the surprising events in the life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe

publish'd as the act directs, 18 Jan. 1783

Cock, Mr. (Christopher), active 1720–1749

A catalogue of all the materials of the dwelling-house, out-houses, &c. of His Grace James Duke of Chandos

[1747]

Corrall, Christopher, active 1772

Billhead of Christopher Corrall and Daniel Blachford, gold and silver lacemen, London, for purchases made by Barrington Buggin Esq., May 13th, 1772

1772

Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815

[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]

[1790]

Walker, Augustine

Cut-paper diorama of the HMS Defiance

1762

Orme, Daniel, 1766–1837

D. Orme, historical engraver to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

[between 1792 and 1797]

Walker, Augustine

Cut-paper diorama of the HMS Sutherland

1763

Tracy, Thomas

Iter boreale, or, The northern expedition

1732

Boulton, George

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

[between 1796 and 1809]

Fob seal, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

not before 1787

Darly, M. (Mary)

Hinton & Lock

[not after 1778]

Burke, Thomas, 1749–1815

Vincent Lunardi Esqr.,

publish'd April 20th, 1786

Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806

Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785

1785

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

[1752]

Society for the Conversion &c. of Negroe Slaves

ca. 1820

John Palmer mail coach token

1797

Romney, George, 1734–1802

Manuscript daybook for George Romney, in the hand of Richard Williams

1794-1796

Romney, George, 1734–1802

Journal and notebook kept during a tour through France and Italy in 1773

1773

Romney, George, 1734–1802

Account book of George Romney with his banker, Thomas Greene

1788 August 19-1798 April 6

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,

1777-1781

Stubbs, George, 1724–1806

Comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl

ca. [1798?]

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

The analysis of beauty

1753

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Prints published by W. Hogarth

1762

Hogarth, William, 1697–1764

Industry and idleness

[between 1771 and 1785]