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1. The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.

The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.
Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.
Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
6 p. l., 578 (i.e. 588), [10] p., 1 l. : illus., plates (part double) 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant : demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish, illustrated with a greater number of useful and familiar examples than any work of that kind hitherto published, with clear and ample instructions, annexed to each subject or number, on the same plate ... : also, the figure, description, and use of a new-invented joint-rule ... : the whole correctly engraven on seventy-seven folio copper plates / from the designs of William Pain ...

The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant : demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish, illustrated with a greater number of useful and familiar examples than any work of that kind hitherto published, with clear and ample instructions, annexed to each subject or number, on the same plate ... : also, the figure, description, and use of a new-invented joint-rule ... : the whole correctly engraven on seventy-seven folio copper plates / from the designs of William Pain ...
Creator:
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:
MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description:
[6], 4 pages, [76] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial : 13, St. Mary at Hill, Lower Thames Street, London.

G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial : 13, St. Mary at Hill, Lower Thames Street, London.
Date:
[approximately 1842]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A book of eighteen leaves : containing divers subjects for the use of goldsmiths, chasers, carvers, etc. / from Messrs. Germain, Messonier, Sig. Cattarello &c.

A book of eighteen leaves : containing divers subjects for the use of goldsmiths, chasers, carvers, etc. / from Messrs. Germain, Messonier, Sig. Cattarello &c.
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
[18] leaves : all ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa : e filosofo, e matematico primario del Serenissimo Gr. Duca di Toscana : doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano : proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche, e naturali tanto per l'vna, quanto per l'altra parte.

Dialogo di Galileo Galilei Linceo, matematico sopraordinario dello studio di Pisa : e filosofo, e matematico primario del Serenissimo Gr. Duca di Toscana : doue ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano : proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche, e naturali tanto per l'vna, quanto per l'altra parte.
Creator:
Galilei, Galileo, 1564–1642
Date:
MDCXXXII [1632]
Physical Description:
[8], 458, [32] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The journey from Chester to London.

The journey from Chester to London.
Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 452, [6] pages, 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads : with computed and measured distances and the distinction of market and post townes.

Mr. Ogilby's Pocket book of roads : with computed and measured distances and the distinction of market and post townes.
Creator:
Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:
1679
Physical Description:
[13], 27 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.
Date:
1788
Physical Description:
54, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

10. An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation : preceded by a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : with notices of nearly five hundred English buildings / by Thomas Rickman.

An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation : preceded by a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : with notices of nearly five hundred English buildings / by Thomas Rickman.
Creator:
Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841
Date:
[1817]
Physical Description:
iv, 146 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. [Atlas of the counties of England and Wales].

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales].
Creator:
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
Date:
[1590?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([74] leaves) : 34 maps (some folded) ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.
Creator:
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:
1752
Physical Description:
16 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich.

The majestic game of the Asiatic ostrich.
Date:
[approximately 1825]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet : hand-colored engraving, on linen ; 51 x 41 cm, folded (in slipcase) to 17 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

14. Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...

Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...
Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
xii, 159, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.
Creator:
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Date:
MDCLXIV [1664]
Physical Description:
[24], 159, [1] pages : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Cambridgeshire : in which is laid down every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses / Cooper delt. et sculpt.

Cambridgeshire : in which is laid down every parish and place containing upwards of 40 houses / Cooper delt. et sculpt.
Creator:
Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Date:
[1808]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 18 x 11 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

17. A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital : to be preach'd by the Right Revd. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, at St. Andrew's Church, Holbourn, on Thursday the 5th of March, 1752 ... there will be a full band of vocal and instrumental musick by the first performers, to accompany the service at church.

A lady's ticket for the anniversary sermon of the Small Pox Hospital : to be preach'd by the Right Revd. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, at St. Andrew's Church, Holbourn, on Thursday the 5th of March, 1752 ... there will be a full band of vocal and instrumental musick by the first performers, to accompany the service at church.
Date:
[1752]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching, engraving ; plate mark 10 x 13 cm, on sheet 12 x 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors : which set out from the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, London, through the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Suffolk & Norfolk / V. Woodthorpe sc. 27 Fetter Lane.

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors : which set out from the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, London, through the counties of Essex, Cambridge, Suffolk & Norfolk / V. Woodthorpe sc. 27 Fetter Lane.
Creator:
Boulton, George
Date:
[between 1796 and 1809]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 26 x 20 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. [Trade card for The London Hotel].

[Trade card for The London Hotel].
Date:
1862
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 13 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

The sailing and fighting instructions, or, Signals as they are observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain.
Creator:
Greenwood, Jonathan
Date:
[1715?]
Physical Description:
[72] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches : containing a faithful translation of that most noble and useful work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The manner of feeding, dressing, and training of horses for the great saddle, and fitting them for the service of the field in time of war, or for the exercise and improvement of gentlemen in the Academy at home : a science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign nations for this part of their education : with all the original copper-plates, in number forty-three, which were engrav'd by the best foreign masters, under his Grace's immediate care and inspection, and which are explained in the different lessons : and to give all the improvements that may be, this work is ornamented with head-pieces and initial letters, properly adapted to the subsequent chapters, and enlarged with an index.

A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches : containing a faithful translation of that most noble and useful work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The manner of feeding, dressing, and training of horses for the great saddle, and fitting them for the service of the field in time of war, or for the exercise and improvement of gentlemen in the Academy at home : a science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign nations for this part of their education : with all the original copper-plates, in number forty-three, which were engrav'd by the best foreign masters, under his Grace's immediate care and inspection, and which are explained in the different lessons : and to give all the improvements that may be, this work is ornamented with head-pieces and initial letters, properly adapted to the subsequent chapters, and enlarged with an index.
Creator:
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676
Date:
MDCCXLIII [1743]
Physical Description:
2 v. ([2], viii, [11]-142, [4] p., [84] leaves of plates; [2], 4, [4], 36, 33-138, [14] p., [22] leaves of plates) : ill. (engravings) ; 55cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. De humana physiognomonia : libri IIII ... / Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani.

De humana physiognomonia : libri IIII ... / Io. Baptistae Portae Neapolitani.
Creator:
Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615
Date:
1586
Physical Description:
265 [i.e. 272] p. : ill., port. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Oriental memoirs : selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India : includung observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurences in four India voyages : illustrated by engravings from original drawings / by James Forbes ; ... in four volumes.

Oriental memoirs : selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India : includung observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurences in four India voyages : illustrated by engravings from original drawings / by James Forbes ; ... in four volumes.
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
1813 [i.e. 1839]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Vignola, or the compleat architect : shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders in architecture : viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the proportions that all members in a building have one unto another : set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola / translated into English by Joseph Moxon.

Vignola, or the compleat architect : shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders in architecture : viz. Tuscan, Doric, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the proportions that all members in a building have one unto another : set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola / translated into English by Joseph Moxon.
Creator:
Vignola, 1507–1573
Date:
1655
Physical Description:
[9], 16-80 p., 23 leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Apolla Quadrille Party

Apolla Quadrille Party
Date:
[approximately 1860?]
Physical Description:
1 invitation : illustrations ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...

A direction for the English traviller : by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales : and also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great town, with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end ...
Creator:
Simons, Matthew, d. 1654
Date:
1643
Physical Description:
[48] leaves (some folded) : maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond : and of Their R.H. the Prince of Wales & the Princess Royal of Kew = Plan general des maisons, jardins, parcs & hermitage de leurs majestes a Richmond : et de l.a.r. le prince de Galles & la princesse royale a Kew ... / par ... Jean Rocque, dessinateur de jardins ...

Plan of the house, gardens, park & hermitage of Their Majesties at Richmond : and of Their R.H. the Prince of Wales & the Princess Royal of Kew = Plan general des maisons, jardins, parcs & hermitage de leurs majestes a Richmond : et de l.a.r. le prince de Galles & la princesse royale a Kew ... / par ... Jean Rocque, dessinateur de jardins ...
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1734
Physical Description:
1 map : ill. ; 57 x 90 cm., on sheet 62 x 96 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Panorama, Leicester-Square [graphic] : (by Royal Patent) is open every day (Sundays excepted) from ten till seven : admittance one shilling : the present subject is a view of the Grand Fleet, moored at Spithead, being the Russian armament in 1791, taken from the centre, together with Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and entire surrounding objects / the painting, by Mr. Barker, contains above ten thousand square feet, and every object appears as large as reality, by effect of the pencil only.

Panorama, Leicester-Square [graphic] : (by Royal Patent) is open every day (Sundays excepted) from ten till seven : admittance one shilling : the present subject is a view of the Grand Fleet, moored at Spithead, being the Russian armament in 1791, taken from the centre, together with Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight, and entire surrounding objects / the painting, by Mr. Barker, contains above ten thousand square feet, and every object appears as large as reality, by effect of the pencil only.
Date:
[1793]
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; 27.5 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Advertisement for Young's London Drapery House.

Advertisement for Young's London Drapery House.
Creator:
Young's London Drapery House (Firm : Tynemouth and Whitley)
Date:
1886
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 page) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ... / by William Halfpenny.

New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ... / by William Halfpenny.
Creator:
Halfpenny, William, -1755
Date:
1750-1752
Physical Description:
4 pts. in 1 : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. 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.

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.
Creator:
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. Violettes du 20 Mars 1815 / Cana fecit.

Violettes du 20 Mars 1815 / Cana fecit.
Creator:
Canu, Jean Dominique Etienne, 1768–
Date:
20 Mars 1815
Physical Description:
1 print : hand colored engraving. ; 14 x 10 cm, on sheet 25 x 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Twelve prints of sea engagements [graphic].

Twelve prints of sea engagements [graphic].
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...

The Historical and local new Bath guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal use of the Bath waters, by Sir George Smith Gibbes, M. D. ...
Date:
[ca. 1832]
Physical Description:
1 p. ., 176 (i. e. 182), [4] p. fold. front (map) plates, fold. plan. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.

Flora Australasica, or, A selection of handsome, or curious plants, natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands : containing coloured figures and descriptions of some of the choicest species most proper for the conservatory or greenhouse, and many of which will endure the cold of our climate, in the open air, with a very little protection; with magnified dissections of their most essential parts, their names, descriptions, & a full account of the best method of cultivation and propagation : the greater part are handsome evergreen shrubs, and may produce sweet-scented flowers; and as they are generally of free growth, and easily managed, they may be considered as the most desirable plants for cultivation : in one volume / by Robert Sweet, F.L.S. author of Hortus Suburbanus Londoniensis, Hortus Britannicus, Botanical cultivator, The British flower garden, Geraniaceæ, Cistineæ, The florist's guide, The British warblers, &c. ; the drawings by E.D. Smith, F.L.S. botanical artist.
Creator:
Sweet, Robert, 1783–1835
Date:
1827-28
Physical Description:
[114] pages, 56 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practice / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.

The vale-royall of England, or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated : wherein is contained a geographical and historical description of that famous county, with all its hundreds and seats of the nobility, gentry, and freeholders; its rivers, towns, castles, buildings ancient and modern. Adorned with maps and prospects, and the coats of arms belonging to every individual family of the whole county / performed by William Smith, and William Webb, gentlemen. Published by Mr. Daniel King. To which is annexed, an exact chronology of all its rulers and governors both in church and state, from the time of the foundation of the stately city of Chester, to this very day: fixed by eclipses, and other chronological characters. Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants. Of the state ecclesiasticall. Of the civil government. Of the trade; and, of the strength of the island.
Creator:
King, Daniel, -1664?
Date:
1656
Physical Description:
12 unnumbered pages, 99 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 239 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 55 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, maps, coats of arms ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Billhead recording purchases for repairs to a trunk and items of clothing purchased by John Hancock in 1820, from Joseph Gibson, Portsmouth.

Billhead recording purchases for repairs to a trunk and items of clothing purchased by John Hancock in 1820, from Joseph Gibson, Portsmouth.
Creator:
Gibson, Joseph (Merchant)
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 16 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

[Folded sheet of stationery with engraved satirical vignette at top].
Date:
Octr 11, [18]51
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet : illustrations ; 19 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani : nec non urbis totius scenographia / delineavit & sculpsit Dav. Loggan Univ. Oxon. chalcographus.

Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani : nec non urbis totius scenographia / delineavit & sculpsit Dav. Loggan Univ. Oxon. chalcographus.
Creator:
Loggan, David, 1635–1700?
Date:
ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]
Physical Description:
[85] leaves (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. 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

42. Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent : avec un dictionnaire des termes propres à chacun de ces arts.

Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent : avec un dictionnaire des termes propres à chacun de ces arts.
Creator:
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Date:
MDCLXXVI [1676]
Physical Description:
[24], 795, [1] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London.

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London.
Creator:
Shoubridge, James
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 sheets : illustration, 20 x 24 cm and 9 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The bardic museum : of primitive British literature, and other admirable rarities : forming the second volume of the Musical, poetical, and historical relicks of the Welsh bards and druids ... : containing, the bardic triads, historic odes, eulogies, songs, elegies, memorials of the tombs of the warriors, of King Arthur and his knights, regalias, the wonders of Wales, et caetera : with English translations and historic illustrations : likewise, the ancient war-tunes of the bards ... to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations ... / by Edward Jones ...

The bardic museum : of primitive British literature, and other admirable rarities : forming the second volume of the Musical, poetical, and historical relicks of the Welsh bards and druids ... : containing, the bardic triads, historic odes, eulogies, songs, elegies, memorials of the tombs of the warriors, of King Arthur and his knights, regalias, the wonders of Wales, et caetera : with English translations and historic illustrations : likewise, the ancient war-tunes of the bards ... to these national melodies are added new basses, with variations ... / by Edward Jones ...
Creator:
Jones, Edward, 1752–1824
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
xx, 112 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Creator:
Wilkins, William, 1778–1839
Date:
MDCCCVII [1807]
Physical Description:
[6], xxii, 74, [2] pages, [73] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. W. Alexander & Son, printers, booksellers, stationers, and book-binders : W. A. & Son are also dealers in London paper hangings, and borders : in writing desks, dressing cases, work boxes, Pocket books, dissected maps, hand and pole screens, and a great variety of other articles : Castlegate, York.

W. Alexander & Son, printers, booksellers, stationers, and book-binders : W. A. & Son are also dealers in London paper hangings, and borders : in writing desks, dressing cases, work boxes, Pocket books, dissected maps, hand and pole screens, and a great variety of other articles : Castlegate, York.
Creator:
W. Alexander & Son
Date:
[approximately 1830?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; 11 x 8 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia / by George Waddington ... and the Rev. Barnard Hanbury ... ; with maps and other engravings.

Journal of a visit to some parts of Ethiopia / by George Waddington ... and the Rev. Barnard Hanbury ... ; with maps and other engravings.
Creator:
Waddington, George, 1793–1869
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 333, [3] p., [18] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie : teaching, by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c. : by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe : by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c. and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ; hydrographer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.

Practical perspective, or, Perspective made easie : teaching, by the opticks, how to delineate all bodies, buildings, or landskips, &c. : by the catoptricks, how to delineate confused appearences so as when seen in a mirror or pollisht body of any intended shape, the reflection shall shew a designe : by the dioptircks [sic], how to draw parts of many figures into one when seen through a glass or christal cut into many faces : usefull for all painters, engravers, architects, &c. and all others that are any waies inclined to speculatory ingenuity / by Joseph Moxon ; hydrographer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.
Creator:
Moxon, Joseph, 1627–1691
Date:
1670. (fol.)
Physical Description:
[6], 66 p., LX [i.e. 42] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio : LXV tabulis æneis / expressa a Guilielmo Williams cui accedit uniuscujusque collegij aulæque notitia.

Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio : LXV tabulis æneis / expressa a Guilielmo Williams cui accedit uniuscujusque collegij aulæque notitia.
Creator:
Williams, William, active 1724–1733
Date:
[1733]
Physical Description:
[66] leaves (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. Pike & Garnham, linen drapers, silk mercers & hosiers : 12, Red Lion Street, Holborn.

Pike & Garnham, linen drapers, silk mercers & hosiers : 12, Red Lion Street, Holborn.
Creator:
Pike & Garnham
Date:
[1830?]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 90 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Practical farriery, or, The complete directory : in whatever relates to the food, management, and cure of the diseases incident to horses ; the whole alphabetically digested, and illustrated with copper-plates / by John Blunt, surgeon, at Leominster, Hereforshire.

Practical farriery, or, The complete directory : in whatever relates to the food, management, and cure of the diseases incident to horses ; the whole alphabetically digested, and illustrated with copper-plates / by John Blunt, surgeon, at Leominster, Hereforshire.
Creator:
Blunt, John, surgeon
Date:
MDCCLXXIII [1773]
Physical Description:
viii, 316, [8] p., III leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (engraving) ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. A plan of the city of Bristol / survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engraved by John Pine, 1742.

A plan of the city of Bristol / survey'd and drawn by John Rocque ; engraved by John Pine, 1742.
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1743
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets ; 100 x 228 cm., sheets 110 x 122 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. John V. Harrison & Co. : (successors to R. Wootten & Co.) : (late Josh. Barton) : glue manufacturers, Grange Road, Bermondsey.

John V. Harrison & Co. : (successors to R. Wootten & Co.) : (late Josh. Barton) : glue manufacturers, Grange Road, Bermondsey.
Creator:
John V. Harrison & Co.
Date:
[approximately 1840?]
Physical Description:
1 trade card ; 7 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Constable & Compy : successor to John Meabry & Son : wholesale and retail tea, coffee & grocery warehouse : No. 1 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, London.

Constable & Compy : successor to John Meabry & Son : wholesale and retail tea, coffee & grocery warehouse : No. 1 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, London.
Creator:
Constable & Company (Firm : London, England)
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : illustrations ; 100 x 70 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 : with illustrations.

A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854 : with illustrations.
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
89 p., [11] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen : vnd nemblich, in was Form vnd Gestallt : fürs Erste, ein Galea ... zum Andern, ein Nave ... nach Verständlicher, gewisser Regul, vnd vnfehlbarer beständiger Ordnung sollen erbawen werden : allen, auf dem Meerpracticirten Liebhabern, wie auch den Bawmeistern, und Mahlern zu wolgefallen, vnd sonderbahren Nutzbarkeiten ... / durch Josephum Furttenbach.

Architectura navalis, das ist, Von dem Schiffgebäw, auf dem Meer vnd Seekusten zugebrauchen : vnd nemblich, in was Form vnd Gestallt : fürs Erste, ein Galea ... zum Andern, ein Nave ... nach Verständlicher, gewisser Regul, vnd vnfehlbarer beständiger Ordnung sollen erbawen werden : allen, auf dem Meerpracticirten Liebhabern, wie auch den Bawmeistern, und Mahlern zu wolgefallen, vnd sonderbahren Nutzbarkeiten ... / durch Josephum Furttenbach.
Creator:
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Date:
anno MDCXXIX [1629]
Physical Description:
[22], 134 p., 20 leaves of double plates : ill. ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Angelo's infantry sword exercise : established by the Prince Regent's command / the figures by I.A. Atkinson ; engraved by I. Robinson.

Angelo's infantry sword exercise : established by the Prince Regent's command / the figures by I.A. Atkinson ; engraved by I. Robinson.
Creator:
Angelo, Henry, 1780–1852
Date:
Octr. 1, 1816
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored engraving ; platemark 74 x 53, on sheet 76 x 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Twelve prints of Pamela : representing the principle actions of her life.

Twelve prints of Pamela : representing the principle actions of her life.
Date:
published 25 June 1774
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 28 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

[Views of the cities of Westminster and London taken from the opposite bank of the Thames]
Creator:
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
1 panorama on 5 sheets : engraving ; full panorama 31 x 395 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. To the keepers and drivers of donkeys.

To the keepers and drivers of donkeys.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] pages) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Nouus Orbis, sive, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis / auctore Antonio de Herrera ... ; metaphraste C. Barlæo ; accesserunt & aliorum Indiæ Occidentalis descriptiones, & navigationis nuperæ Australis Jacobi le Maire historia, uti & navigationum omnium per Fretum Magellanicum succincta narratio.

Nouus Orbis, sive, Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis / auctore Antonio de Herrera ... ; metaphraste C. Barlæo ; accesserunt & aliorum Indiæ Occidentalis descriptiones, & navigationis nuperæ Australis Jacobi le Maire historia, uti & navigationum omnium per Fretum Magellanicum succincta narratio.
Creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625
Date:
1622
Physical Description:
[4], 81 [i.e. 82], [1], 11, [1] leaves, [35] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., 17 maps, port. ; 38 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c. / by Rob. Morden. ; J. Harris sculp.

A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c. / by Rob. Morden. ; J. Harris sculp.
Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[ca. 1695]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 51 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. [Campaign card advertising the free trade movement, and the Free Trade Star].

[Campaign card advertising the free trade movement, and the Free Trade Star].
Creator:
Anti-Corn Law League
Date:
[approximately 1844]
Physical Description:
1 campaign card : color illustrations ; 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland : with descriptive illustrations / by Walter Scott.

The provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland : with descriptive illustrations / by Walter Scott.
Creator:
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
2 v. (lii, 208 p., [2] leaves, [52] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates [graphic].

The Chinese silk manufactory represented in twelve copper plates [graphic].
Date:
[between 1771 and 1785]
Physical Description:
12 prints : engravings ; plate marks 18 x 26 cm, on sheets 23 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire.

Affidavit certifying the burial in wool of Mary Harvey of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire.
Date:
1680 April 1
Physical Description:
1 sheet (1 page) ; 31 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts : containing, the description and use of the scale of scales, it being a mathematical ruler that resolves most mathematical conclusions : and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, quadrant, and the quadrat, nocturnals and other most useful instruments for all artists and navigators : the art of navigation ... with new tables of the longitude and latitude of the most eminent places round the world ... : together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation, in working a ship in all weathers and conditions at sea : a new way of surveying of land, by the mariners azimuth or amplitude compass ... : the art of gauging all sorts of vessels, and the measuring of timber, glass, board, stone, walls, cielings, and tylings : the art of gunnery ... astronomy, geometrical, instrumental, and by calculation : the art of dialling by a gnomonical scale ... : whereunto is annexed an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by acts of parliaments appointed relating to the customs and navigation : also a compen / by Capt. Samuel Sturmy.

The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts : containing, the description and use of the scale of scales, it being a mathematical ruler that resolves most mathematical conclusions : and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, quadrant, and the quadrat, nocturnals and other most useful instruments for all artists and navigators : the art of navigation ... with new tables of the longitude and latitude of the most eminent places round the world ... : together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation, in working a ship in all weathers and conditions at sea : a new way of surveying of land, by the mariners azimuth or amplitude compass ... : the art of gauging all sorts of vessels, and the measuring of timber, glass, board, stone, walls, cielings, and tylings : the art of gunnery ... astronomy, geometrical, instrumental, and by calculation : the art of dialling by a gnomonical scale ... : whereunto is annexed an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by acts of parliaments appointed relating to the customs and navigation : also a compen / by Capt. Samuel Sturmy.
Creator:
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669
Date:
1669
Physical Description:
[34], 219 [i.e. 223], [7], 132, [6], 52, [52], 11, [3], 13 p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : port, ill. ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.
Creator:
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:
MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. By the Rev.d Mr. Spence.

Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. By the Rev.d Mr. Spence.
Creator:
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
xii, 361, [1] p. front. (port.) illus., XLI pl. (part fold.) 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.
Creator:
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
Date:
1707-1725
Physical Description:
2 v., XI, 274 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. (frontispiece), map (engravings) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The drawing school for little masters and misses : containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher : embellished with a great variety of figures, curiously designed : to which are added, The whole art of kite making ; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours / by Master Michael Angelo.

The drawing school for little masters and misses : containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher : embellished with a great variety of figures, curiously designed : to which are added, The whole art of kite making ; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours / by Master Michael Angelo.
Creator:
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
[6], iv, 106 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
[between 1723 and 1727]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. To Martin Folkes, esq., president of the Royal Society : this plan of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings / is humbly inscribed by his most humble servants John Pine and John Tinney.

To Martin Folkes, esq., president of the Royal Society : this plan of the cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark, with the contiguous buildings / is humbly inscribed by his most humble servants John Pine and John Tinney.
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
1 map ; 46 x 91 cm., on sheet 55 x 96 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Itinerarium curiosum, or, An account of the antiquities and remarkable curiositys in nature or art : observ'd in travels thro' Great Brittan : illustrated with copper plates : Centuria I / by William Stukeley, M.D. CML. & SRS.

Itinerarium curiosum, or, An account of the antiquities and remarkable curiositys in nature or art : observ'd in travels thro' Great Brittan : illustrated with copper plates : Centuria I / by William Stukeley, M.D. CML. & SRS.
Creator:
Stukeley, William, 1687–1765
Date:
MDCCXXIV [1724]
Physical Description:
[12], 198, [6] pages, 100 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Cocking and its votaries.

Cocking and its votaries.
Creator:
Taylor, S. A
Date:
1885]
Physical Description:
36, i-iv p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre : divisez en trois parties ... : ouvrage enrichi de plus de quatre-cens planches gravées en taille-douce / par Allain Manesson Mallet ...

Les Travaux de Mars, ou, L'Art de la guerre : divisez en trois parties ... : ouvrage enrichi de plus de quatre-cens planches gravées en taille-douce / par Allain Manesson Mallet ...
Creator:
Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?
Date:
1696
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., plans ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. [Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].

[Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].
Creator:
Urch, Henry
Date:
May, 1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Gerardi de Lairesse, Leodiensis pictoris, Opus elegantissimum.

Gerardi de Lairesse, Leodiensis pictoris, Opus elegantissimum.
Creator:
Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640–1711
Date:
[ca. 1690?]
Physical Description:
[56] double leaves of plates : all ill. ; 52 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. A new book of Chinese designs / by Pillement.

A new book of Chinese designs / by Pillement.
Creator:
Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808
Date:
1755
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales : in a collection of select views / engraved by W. Angus, from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.

The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales : in a collection of select views / engraved by W. Angus, from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists ; with descriptions of each view.
Creator:
Angus, William, 1752–1821
Date:
Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815]
Physical Description:
[130] p., [1], LXIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Drawings of houses and gardens.

Drawings of houses and gardens.
Creator:
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Date:
1736-1743
Physical Description:
1 v. (circa 280 pages, with blanks) : ill., plans ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.

Antiquities of London and its environs / engraved and published by John Thomas Smith ; dedicated to Sir James Winter Lake ... ; containing views of houses, monuments, statues, and other curious remains of antiquity engraved from original drawings, communicated by several members of the Society of Antiquaries ; with remarks and references to the historical works of Pennant, Lysons, Stowe, Weaver, Camden, Maitland, &c.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1791-[1800]
Physical Description:
[96] leaves : chiefly ill., ports. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton : la terre du comte de Pembroke, située dans la comté de Wilts. à 75 miles de Londres / par J. Rocque ... = An exact survey of the beautiful & magnificent house, garden & park of the Right Honble. the Earl of Pembroke : with the ancient town of Wilton 3 miles from Salisbury / by John Rocque ...

Plan du chateau, jardin et parc de Wilton : la terre du comte de Pembroke, située dans la comté de Wilts. à 75 miles de Londres / par J. Rocque ... = An exact survey of the beautiful & magnificent house, garden & park of the Right Honble. the Earl of Pembroke : with the ancient town of Wilton 3 miles from Salisbury / by John Rocque ...
Creator:
Rocque, John, -1762
Date:
1754
Physical Description:
1 map : ill. ; 29 x 30 cm., on sheet 47 x 61 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. [Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]

[Old series Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales]
Creator:
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Date:
1805-1834 [i.e. 1834-1835?]
Physical Description:
65 maps on 66 sheets : mounted on linen ; sheets 69 x 98 cm, or smaller + index.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Lucas' progressive drawing book, in three parts : ... consisting chiefly of original views of American scenery, and embracing the latest and best improvements in the mode of instruction.

Lucas' progressive drawing book, in three parts : ... consisting chiefly of original views of American scenery, and embracing the latest and best improvements in the mode of instruction.
Creator:
Lucas, Fielding, Jr., 1781–1854
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
3 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 24 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus : eiusdem Norvicus.

Alexandri Nevylli Angli De furoribus Norfolciensium Ketto duce, liber vnus : eiusdem Norvicus.
Creator:
Neville, Alexander, 1544–1614
Date:
1575
Physical Description:
[16], 156, [12], 207, [13] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : geneal. tables, coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.

London interiors: a grand national exhibition of the religious, regal, and civic solemnities, public amusements, scientific meetings, and commercial scenes of the British capital; beautifully engraved on steel, from drawings made expressly for this work ... With descriptions written by official authorities.
Date:
[1841-1844]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. front., ill., plates. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Aesop's Fables : with his life, in English, French and Latin : newly translated : illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures : to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life / by Francis Barlow.

Aesop's Fables : with his life, in English, French and Latin : newly translated : illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures : to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life / by Francis Barlow.
Date:
1687
Physical Description:
[6], 40, 40, 17, 2-221, [3] pages, [2], 31 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 33 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A new system of geography : designed in a most plain and easy method ... : accommodated with new mapps of ... the whole world : with geographical tables explaining the divisions in each mapp / by John Seller ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Seller, John, active 1658–1698
Date:
[1685]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([4], 112 [i.e. 110 p.], [53] leaves of plates : 51 maps ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. [The Popish Plot]

[The Popish Plot]
Date:
[1679?]
Physical Description:
52 cards : ill. ; 90 x 54 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.

Ancient topography of London : containing not only views of buildings, which in many instances no longer exist, and for the most part were never before published, but some account of places and customs either unknown, or overlooked by the London historians / by John Thomas Smith.
Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[4], 82 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Scotiae Regni Antiqvissimi Accvrata Descriptio / Io Leslavs, Epus Rossen.

Scotiae Regni Antiqvissimi Accvrata Descriptio / Io Leslavs, Epus Rossen.
Creator:
Leslie, John, 1527–1596
Date:
MDLXXVIII [1578]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 40.5 x 53.5 cm, on sheet, 41.5 x 54.5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt / by Iohn Greaves ...

Pyramidographia, or, A description of the pyramids in Ægypt / by Iohn Greaves ...
Creator:
Greaves, John, 1602–1652
Date:
1646
Physical Description:
13, 142 [i.e. 120] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...

The complete dictionary of arts and sciences : in which the whole circle of human learning is explained, and the difficulties attending the acquisition of every art, whether liberal or mechanical, are removed, in the most easy and familiar manner ... / the theological, philological and critical branches by the Rev. Temple Henry Croker ... ; the medicinal, anatomical, and chemical, by Thomas Williams ... ; the mathematical by Samuel Clark ...
Date:
1765-1766
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., maps ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions / by John White, esqre., surgeon general to the settlement.

Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions / by John White, esqre., surgeon general to the settlement.
Creator:
White, John, active 1757–1759
Date:
MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
[16], 299, [37] pages, [66] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the gallery of Cleveland House : comprising a list of the pictures, with illustrative anecdotes, and descriptive accounts of the execution, composition, and characteristic merits of the principal paintings / by John Britton.

Catalogue raisonné of the pictures belonging to the most honourable the Marquis of Stafford, in the gallery of Cleveland House : comprising a list of the pictures, with illustrative anecdotes, and descriptive accounts of the execution, composition, and characteristic merits of the principal paintings / by John Britton.
Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
viii, 147, [13] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, plan ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Hortus ericaeus woburnensis, or, A catalogue of heaths, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey : alphabetically and systematically arranged.

Hortus ericaeus woburnensis, or, A catalogue of heaths, in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey : alphabetically and systematically arranged.
Creator:
Sinclair, George, 1786–1834
Date:
MDCCCXXV [1825]
Physical Description:
xiv, [2], 42 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.

Antiquarian gleanings in the North of England : being examples of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, objects of historical interest, etc. / drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of Design, Newcastle.
Creator:
Scott, William Bell, 1811–1890
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
18 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. The architects store-house : being a collection of several designes of frontispieces, doors and vvindow-cases, cieling-pieces, alcoves, chimney-pieces and fountains, with divers other sorts useful in eminent buildings. Likewise a representation of the five columns of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. Useful for painters,, carvers, masons, carpenters, bricklayers, joyners, cabinet-makers, plaisterers, &c. Containing fifty cooper-plate prints / collected and set forth by Robert Pricke.

The architects store-house : being a collection of several designes of frontispieces, doors and vvindow-cases, cieling-pieces, alcoves, chimney-pieces and fountains, with divers other sorts useful in eminent buildings. Likewise a representation of the five columns of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite. Useful for painters,, carvers, masons, carpenters, bricklayers, joyners, cabinet-makers, plaisterers, &c. Containing fifty cooper-plate prints / collected and set forth by Robert Pricke.
Creator:
Pricke, Robert
Date:
1674
Physical Description:
[2] p., [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...

A book of drawing, limning, washing or colouring of maps and prints, or, The young-man's time well spent ...
Date:
1647
Physical Description:
[3], 18 [i.e. 33] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts