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1. The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities / collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain, by Antonio de Herrera ; historiographer to His Catholick Majesty ; translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... ; illustrated with cutts and maps.

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Creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Date:
MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Calligraphy exercise book.

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Creator:
Rowe, Richard, fl. 1797
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
1 v. (24 p.) : ill. ; 21 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Magnae Britanniae Notitia : or, The present state of Great Britain; with divers remarks upon the antient state thereof. / By John Chamberlayne, ...

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Creator:
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616–1703
Date:
MDCCXXIII (1723)
Physical Description:
[4], vi, [12], 672, 48 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Desiderata curiosa, or, A collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history : consisting of choice tracts, memoirs, letters, wills, epitaphs, &c., transcribed, many of them, from the originals themselves, and the rest from divers antient ms. copies, or the ms. collections of sundry famous antiquaries and other eminent persons, both of the last and present age : the whole, as near as possible, digested into an order of time, and illustrated with ample notes, contents, additional discourses, and a complete index / by Francis Peck ...

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Creator:
Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
Date:
1779
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Letters and memorials of state : in the reigns of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles the First, part of the reign of King Charles the Second, and Oliver's usurpation / written and collected by Sir Henry Sydney, the famous Sir Philip Sydney, and his brother Sir Robert Sydney ..., Robert, the second earl of Leicester ..., Philip, lord viscount Lisle ... and of his brother, Colonel Algernon Sydney ... ; together with letters of the other ministers of state, with whom they held a correspondence ; the whole containing the antient state of Ireland, with characters and private memoirs ; also, the antient government of the principality of Wales, the wars between the Spaniards, and the States-General in the Netherlands, negotiations between the courts of England, France, &c., the intriegues of the several courts of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles the First ; with other remarkable transactions, both at home and abroad, during those times, not hitherto known, faithfully transcribed from the originals ; whereunto is added, genealogical and historical observations, also memoirs of the lives and actions of the Sydneys, and their noble ancestors, the Dudleys, Grey, Talbot,

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1746
Physical Description:
2 v. : port. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Sterne's sentimental journey through France and Italy : with twelve illustrative prints, designed and etched by Richard Newton.

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Creator:
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
184 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V., by William Robertson ...

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Creator:
Robertson, William, 1721–1793
Date:
1769
Physical Description:
3 v. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Liber veritatis, or, A collection of prints, after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire / executed by Richard Earlom in the manner and taste of the drawings ; to which is added a descriptive catalogue of each print, together with the names of those for whom, and the places for which, the original pictures were first painted (taken from the hand-writing of Claude le Lorrain on the back of each drawing) and of the present possessors of many of the original pictures.

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Creator:
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682
Date:
[1777]-1819
Physical Description:
3 v. : chiefly ill., ports. ; 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The ode for the opening of the new exhibition room of the Royal Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain.

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Date:
1772
Physical Description:
8 p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Ornatus muliebris Anglicanus, or, The severall habits of English women : from the nobilitie. to the contry woman, as they are in these times, 1640.

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Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677
Date:
[not before 1707]
Physical Description:
[1], 26 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Boscobel, or, The compleat history of His Sacred Majesty's most miraculous preservation after the battle of Worcester, which was fought Sept. 3, 1651 : illustrated with a plan of the city of Worcester and a view of Boscobel-house.

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Creator:
Blount, Thomas, 1618–1679
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
93, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The journal of William Dowsing, of Stratford, parliamentary visitor, appointed under a warrant from the Earl of Manchester, for demolishing the superstitious pictures and ornaments of churches &c. within the county of Suffolk, in the years 1643-1644.

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Creator:
Dowsing, William, 1596?-1679?
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
2 p.., 19 p. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c. / Society of Artists of Great Britain.

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Creator:
Society of Artists of Great Britain
Date:
1760-1791
Physical Description:
23 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

14. A collection of voyages : in four volumes. Containing I. Captain William Dampier's Voyages around the world ... II. The voyages of Lionel Wafer ... III. A voyage round the world ... By W. Funnell ... IV. Capt. Cowley's voyage round the globe. V. Capt. Sharp's journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South-seas. VI. Capt. Wood's voyage through the Streights of Magellan. VII. Mr. Robert's adventures and sufferings amongst the corsairs of the Levant: his description of the Archipelago islands, &c. Illustrated with maps and draughts: also several birds, fishes and plants ...

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Creator:
Dampier, William, 1652–1715
Date:
MDCCXXIX [1729]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations, maps, tables ; 21 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Magnae Britanniae Notitia: or, The present state of Great Britain; with diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof. / By John Chamberlayne, ...

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Creator:
Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616–1703
Date:
MDCCXLV [1745]
Physical Description:
[14], 440, 292, 70 p., [1] leaf of plates : ports. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. A survey of London, by John Stow; reprinted from the text of 1603, with introduction and notes by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

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Creator:
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Date:
1908
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (v. 1. port.) illus., fold. map inserted, double facsim. 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

17. A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints, &c... / Society of Artists of Great Britain.

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Creator:
Society of Artists of Great Britain
Date:
1760-1791
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Reference Library