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1. Narrative of a visit to the court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus : illustrated with plates and a map : with a sketch of the history of Rutch : and an appendix / by James Burnes.

Narrative of a visit to the court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus : illustrated with plates and a map : with a sketch of the history of Rutch : and an appendix / by James Burnes.
Creator:
Burnes, James, 1801–1862
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
xviii, 168, xviii, 74, 73., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting, in the first circle, Paris : and in the second circle is exhibiting a painting of Edinburgh and the surrounding country ...

Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting, in the first circle, Paris : and in the second circle is exhibiting a painting of Edinburgh and the surrounding country ...
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 27 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The New album of Waverly views.

The New album of Waverly views.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet ([12] panels) : all illustrations ; 8 x 133 cm folded to 8 x 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Billhead recording fabric purchased by Robert Campbell, Esq. from John Sinclair, Edinburgh.

Billhead recording fabric purchased by Robert Campbell, Esq. from John Sinclair, Edinburgh.
Creator:
Sinclair, John, active 1815
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 20 x 13 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The border antiquities of England and Scotland; comprising specimens of architecture and sculpture, and other vestiges of former ages, accompanied by descriptions. Together with illustrations of remarkable incidents in border history and tradition, and original poetry. By Walter Scott, esq.

The border antiquities of England and Scotland; comprising specimens of architecture and sculpture, and other vestiges of former ages, accompanied by descriptions. Together with illustrations of remarkable incidents in border history and tradition, and original poetry. By Walter Scott, esq.
Creator:
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832
Date:
1814-1817
Physical Description:
2 v. plates. 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Owain Miles and other inedited fragments of ancient English poetry.

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Date:
MDCCCXXXVII [1837]
Physical Description:
[151] p. in various pagings : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A new sea and an old land : being papers suggested by a visit to Egypt at the end of 1869. / By W. G. Hamley ...

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Creator:
Hamley, W. G. (William George), 1815–1893
Date:
MDCCCLXXI [1871]
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 318 p., [1], [7] leaves of plates, 1 p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Encyclopædia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, &c. on a plan entirely new: by which, the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems, comprehending the history, theory, and practice, of each, according to the latest discoveries and improvements; and full explanations given of the various detached parts of knowledge, whether relating to natural and artificial objects, or to matters ecclesiastical, civil, military, commercial, &c. Together with a description of all the countries, cities ... a general history, ancient and modern, of the different empires, kingdoms and states; and an account of the lives of the most eminent persons in every nation, from the earliest ages down to the present times ...

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Date:
1778-1783
Physical Description:
10 v. fold. plates, fold. maps, fold. tables, fold. diagrs. (1 col.) 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. An account of the Kingdom of Nepal, : and of the territories annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha. / By Francis Hamilton, (formerly Buchanan,) ... Illustrated with engravings.

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Creator:
Hamilton, Francis, 1762–1829
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 364 p., [4], [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The crown glass cutter and glazier's manual. By William Cooper ...

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Creator:
Cooper, William
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
x, [2], 125 p. front., ill., plates, fold. charts. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Roderick, the last of the Goths. By Robert Southey, Esq. ...

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Creator:
Southey, Robert, 1774–1843
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
2 v. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Painting, and the fine arts: being the articles under those heads contributed to the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia britannica, by B. R. Haydon ... and William Hazlitt.

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Creator:
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
227 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The gentle shepherd, a pastoral comedy; : with illustrations of the scenary: an appendix, containing memoirs of David Allan, the Scots Hogarth; besides original, and other poems connected with the illustrations: and a comprehensive glossary. To which are prefixed, an authentic life of Allan Ramsay, and an inquiry into the origin of pastoral poetry; the propriety of the rules prescribed for it; and the practice of Ramsay ...

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Creator:
Ramsay, Allan, 1686–1758
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
2 v., [16] leaves of plates (some folding) : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. To the right honourable John, Earl of Rothes, &ca. these plates exhibiting the funeral solemnities observed at the internment of his grace John Duke of Rothes Lord High Chancelor of Scotland 23 of August 1681, are respectfully inscribed by his lordship's most obedient, & devoted humble servant, Thomas Sommers.

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Date:
between 1700 and 1773]
Physical Description:
4 plates. 48 x 56 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Essays on the nature and principles of taste. By Archibald Alison ...

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Creator:
Alison, Archibald, 1757–1839
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
2 v. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts