Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Image Available: Available

Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615

De humana physiognomonia

1586

The Naval chronicle

1799-1818

Edwards, William, d. 1890

Sketches in Scinde

1846

Pricke, Robert

The architects store-house

1674

Jersey algae

1860

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched

1808

Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833

Ancient topography of London

1815

White, George Francis, 1808–1898

Views in India

1836-1837

Britton, John, 1771–1857

Historical and descriptive essays

1847

Greaves, John, 1602–1652

Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt

1646

Kyan, John Howard, 1774–1850

On the elements of light and their identity with those of matter, radiant and fixed

1838

St. John, James Augustus, 1795–1875

Views in the eastern archipelago

Augt., 1847

Daniell, Samuel, 1775–1811

Picturesque illustrations of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants of the island of Ceylon

1808

Gonsalves, José M.

Views at Bombay

[1833?]

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the house & gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick

[17--]

Coleman, Edmund T

Scenes from the snow-fields;

1859

Description of Marshall's Grand historical peristrephic panorama of the coronation of His Majesty George IV

1823

Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813

Ellen Fenton diaries

1854-1862

Wainwright and Watkins (Firm : Hereford, England)

[Bill from Wainwright and Watkins for Sir J.G. Cotterell, 1812]

1812

Cut-paper featherwork illustrations of birds

1830s?

Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837

Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires

[1796]

To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts

[1830]

Bugle Hotel (Newport, England)

Bugle Hotel, Newport, Isle of Wight

[late 19th century]

Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England

[1851]

Stirling Maxwell, William, 1818–1878

Annals of the artists of Spain

1848

The principles of drawing and painting

1811

Haldane, James (Tailor)

Billhead of James Haldane, London tailor, recording services rendered to Viscount Strathallan, 1843

1843

Bailie Nicol Javie Hotel (Aberfoyle, Scotland)

Bailie Nicol Javie Hotel, Aberfoyle

[188-?]

Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851

The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse

[1816]

Printer's sample: "Boots and Shoes neatly mended"

[1850?]

Wellington

1852

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

Indenture placing James Harris into the service of Anthony Harison, goldsmith

Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791

A treatise on ancient armour and weapons,

Williamson, Thomas

Oriental field sports

1807

Harcourt, Susan Vernon, 1829–1894

Sketches in Madeira

1851

Crosse & Blackwell

[1876?]

Fairland, Thomas, 1804–1852

Juliens' New progressive drawing book of the human figure

[18--]

Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

[Views in Calcutta]

1786-1788

Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811–1877

Fantascope

1833

Stanley, C. (Portraitist)

A correct likeness, handsomely framed, in one minute, for one shilling

[approximately 1820?]

St. Helens (Clifton, Bristol)

Bill for school expenses for Miss Mason at St. Helens School, Clifton, Bristol

1884

South Metropolitan Cemetery (London, England)

[Billhead of South Metropolitan Cemetery, opposite St. Luke's Church, Norwood

1865

Pine, John, 1690–1756

The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords

[1739]

Rotherham, Bryan, 1876–

Treatise on the art of weaving, with a full description of the Jacquard machine

1897

Lindley, John, 1799–1865

Lectures delivered by John Lindley in the junior course of botany at University College London

1848

Perring, John

Advertisement for hats and caps sold by John Perring, 85 Strand, London

between 1834-1845

The miller's maid

[between 1840 and 1850]

Pierce, Constance, born 1946

Sketchbook,

1995

The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter

[1800?]

Happy may they birthday be

[1880?]

Barth, Heinrich, 1821–1865

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa

1857-1858

Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie

1670. (fol.)

Notebook of recipes and taxidermic instructions

1830-1834

Muriel, Catharine

Catharine Muriel commonplace book

1825-circa 1840

[Tax bill for Samuel Staneforth Esqr of Attercliff [illegible] Darnall, dated July 12, 1814]

1814

Herring, Francis M.

[Billhead of Francis M. Herring, chemist]

1849

Trollope, Robert, -1686

Osbourne's Fort

1676

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

Full cry

[1879]

In sacred memory of the victims of the great explosion in the East End of London on Friday evening, January, 19th, 1917

1917

Molay, A. Jacques

A. Jacques Molay

[1870?-1890?]

London & County Banking Company

A couple of hundred just to go with

1900

Harlequin and Old Dame Trot

[between 1837-1840]

Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854

Topographical sketches of Brighthelmston and its neighbourhood

[1824]

Line of march of a Bengal regiment of infantry

[1845?]

Documents concerning "James II receiving the mathematical scholars of Christ's Hospital"

1837

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768

J. Christie & Son (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Billhead of J. Christie & Son, Edinburgh clothiers, for purchases by Joseph Markland, 1850

1850

An artistic calendar

[approximately 1950?]

For the information of travellers passing through the Turnpike Gates at Strood, and on the New Road, near Rochester

May 1792

Kindergarten and transition class

[approximately 1900]

The Chinese sensitive leaf

[approximately 184-?]

Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644

Marchionatus Brandenburgicus

[ca. 1681]

Baxter, George, 1804–1867

Baxter's gems of the Great Exhibition

[1854]

Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The great glass house opend;

1851

The artist's vade mecum

1786

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Rome

1750

Dugdale, William, 1605–1686

The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated

MDCCXXX [1730]

Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795

[Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity]

[May 1, 1800]

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

A collection of landscapes

MDCCLXXVII [1777]

Silver & Co. (London, England)

Billhead of Silver & Co., clothiers, London, recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Lambert

1825

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Extra Behar amateur lithographic scrap book

[1829?]

Alexander McBean & Sons

Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness

1900

Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing

1673

William's return

[18th century]

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus L.), with tiphiid wasp (Hymenoptera ?Tiphidae), Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines), soldier fly (Diptera ?Stratiomyidae), longhorned beetle (Chlorida festiva), and shell (Natica euzona Récluz 1844) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768