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301. A comparative view of the form and character of the English racer and saddle-horse during the last and present centuries : illustrated by eighteen plates of horses.

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Date:
. Hookham,
Physical Description:
v, [1],155, [1] pages, 18 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

302. Select views of the antiquities and harbours in the south of France : with topographical and historical descriptions / by the author of The Rhaetian Alps &c. &c.

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Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[2], 56 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

303. Delices de la Grande Bretagne / engraved and published by William Birch, enamel painter, Hampstead-Heath.

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Creator:
Birch, William, 1760–1794?
Date:
[1791]
Physical Description:
[8] pages, x, [36] leaves, [36] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

304. Travels through the Maritime Alps, from Italy to Lyons, across the Col de Tende, by the way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, &c. : with topographical and historical descriptions : to which are added, some philosophical observations on the various appearances in mineralogy, &c. found in those countries / by Albanis Beaumont ; author of the Rhaetian Alps, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Beaumont, Albanis, 1755–1812
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
[6], 127 pages, [3] pages, [24] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

305. Italian school of design : a series of select studies, engraved by F. Bartolozzi, and others : from the original pictures and drawings of Guercino, Michael Angelo, Domenichino, Annibale, Ludovico, and Agostino Carracci, P. Da Cortona, Carlo Maratti, Elisabetta Sirani, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Francheshino, &c. &c. : now preserved in the collection of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.

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Creator:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901
Date:
1842
Physical Description:
4 p., [91] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

306. In fairy-land: a series of pictures from the elf-world, by Richard Doyle. With a poem, by William Allingham.

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Creator:
Allingham, William, 1824–1889
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
4 p.l., 31 p. col. front., 15 col. pl. 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

307. Bibliographie instructive: ou, Traite de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers ... Par Guillaume-François De Bure, le jeune ...

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Creator:
Bure, Guillaume-François de, 1731–1782
Date:
1763-1768
Physical Description:
7 v. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

308. The history of Audley End : to which are appended notices of the town and parish of Saffron Walden in the county of Essex / by Richard, Lord Braybrook.

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Creator:
Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron, 1783–1858
Date:
MDCCCXXXVI [1836]
Physical Description:
xiv, 331 (i.e. 333), [1] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

309. A chronological series of engravers from the invention of the art to the beginning of the present century.

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Creator:
Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
Date:
1770
Physical Description:
[4], xii, 128, [16] p., III folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

310. An essay upon prints : containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters : illustrated by criticisms upon particular pieces : to which are added, some cautions that may be useful in collecting prints.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 4, [2], 249, [13] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

311. Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth; and a catalogue of his works chronologically arranged; with occasional remarks.

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Creator:
Nichols, John, 1745–1826
Date:
1781
Physical Description:
157 [i.e. 159] p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

312. The art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters: containing a complete treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints. With reflexions on the works of the most celebrated masters, and of several schools of Europe, as well ancient as modern ... Tr. from the French of Monsieur de Piles. To which is added, An essay towards an English school.

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Creator:
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Date:
[1754?]
Physical Description:
8 p.l., 439 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

313. Practical hints on decorative printing : with illustrations engraved on wood, and printed in colours at the type press / By William Savage.

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Creator:
Savage, William, 1770–1843
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
6 p.l., [iii]-vi, [2], 118 p., 5 leaves. col. front., 51 plates (part. col.) on 47 leaves. 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

314. An historical and topographical sketch of Knole, in Kent : with a brief genealogy of the Sackville family : embellished with engravings / by John Bridgman.

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Creator:
Bridgman, John
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[5], p. viii, 164 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

315. The principles of painting ... To which is added, The balance of painters. Being the names of the most noted painters, and their degrees of perfection in the four principal parts of their art ... Written originally in French by Mons. Du Piles ... And now first translated into English. By a painter.

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Creator:
Piles, Roger de, 1635–1709
Date:
1743
Physical Description:
xii, 300, [8] p. II plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

316. The visitor's guide to Knole, in the county of Kent : with catalogues of the pictures contained in the mansion, and biographical notices of the principal persons whose portraits form part of the collection / by John H. Brady, F.R.A.S.

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Creator:
Brady, John Henry
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
xx, 258, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates, ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

317. The elements of heraldry ... : To which is annexed, A dictionary of the technical terms made use of in heraldry. By M. A. Porny ...

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Creator:
Porny, Mr
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
2 p. ., [vii]-xxiv, 278, [81] p. : ill., coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

318. The landscape : a didactic poem : in three books : addressed to Uvedale Price ... / by R.P. Knight.

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Creator:
Knight, Richard Payne, 1751–1824
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
xv, 104 p., 3 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

319. A catalogue of the pictures at Leigh Court, near Bristol, the seat of Philip John Miles, Esq. M.P. : with etchings from the whole collection : executed by permission of the proprietor, and accompanied with historical and biographical notices / by John Young, engraver in mezzotinto to His Majesty, and Keeper of the British Institution.

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Creator:
Young, John, 1755–1825
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[8], 32, [2] pages, 33 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

320. Introduction to the Original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, intituled The beauties of England and Wales : comprising observations on the history and antiquities of the Britons ... : together with remarks on the progress of ... architecture in succeeding ages / by J. Norris Brewer.

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Creator:
Brewer, J. N. (James Norris)
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
xl, 676 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

321. New description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : to which is prefixed, Blenheim, a poem.

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Creator:
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:
ix, [3], 172 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

322. The Norfolk & Norwich remembrancer, and vade mecum; : containing, 1st. A brief description of the city and county. 2d. A chronological retrospect of the most remarkable events which have occurred in Norfolk & Norwich during the eighteenth century; ... 3d. An index villaris; Including an accurate account of the population ... extracted from the official returns taken in 1801. ... 4th. Direct and cross roads from Norwich, Yarmouth, Lynn, and Cromer. 5th. An alphabetical list of noblemen and gentlemen's seats and villas in the county ...

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Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
viii, 80, [2] pages, [2] leaves of folded plates : chart, map ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

323. The poetical works of S. Johnson : with the life of the author.

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[6], 83, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 15 cm. (12 mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

324. Graphic illustrations, with historical and descriptive accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire : the seat of Lord Sudeley / by John Britton, F.S.A.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xvi, 46, [2], viii pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

325. Illustrations of domestic architecture in England, : during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, as exemplified in the interior of the residence of John Danby Palmer, Esq. situated in the borough-town of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, with notices of the house and its proprietors. / By Charles John Palmer ... The plates engraved by H. Shaw ...

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Creator:
Palmer, Charles John, 1805–1882
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
25, [11] p., [44] leaves of plates : ill., plans, port. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

326. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection generale de pierres gravées antiques et modernes, tant en creux que camées, tirées des cabinets les plus celébres de l'Europe : moulées en pâtes de couleurs a l'imitation des pierres, emaux blancs, et soufres, par Jacques Tassie, sculpteur / mis en ordre et le texte rédigé par R.E. Raspe ; orné de planches gravées ; au quel on a ajouté un discours preliminaire sur les differents usages de cette collection, sur l'origine de l'art de graver les pierres dures, et le progrès de l'invention des pâtes.

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Creator:
Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

327. Essay on the life and character of John lord Somers, baron of Evesham : also sketches of an essay on the life and character of Philip earl of Hardwicke. Proposed to be inserted in a compendious history of Worcestershire / by Richard Cooksey, Esq. of the Inner Temple.

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Creator:
Cooksey, Richard
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
[8], 167 [i.e. 169], [3] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : genealogical table ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

328. Walpoliana ...

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
2 v. : fold. facsim. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

329. Leonora / translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher, by W. R. Spencer, Esq ; with designs by Lady Diana Beauclerc.

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Creator:
Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747–1794
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
[8], 35, [1] p. [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

330. A history of the University of Oxford : its colleges, halls, public buildings : in two volumes.

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Creator:
Combe, William, 1742–1823
Date:
1814 [i.e. 1813-1815]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

331. Oxonia antiqua restaurata : containing upwards of one hundred and seventy engravings, amongst which are numerous representations of buildings in Oxford, now either altered or demolished, and which have never been before engraved : the whole forming an illustration of the colleges, halls, and public buildings in this university / by Joseph Skelton.

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Creator:
Skelton, Joseph, 1783–1871
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

332. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. By the Right Honourable Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury.

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Creator:
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671–1713
Date:
1732
Physical Description:
3 v. front. (port.) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

333. The ducal estate of Stowe, near Buckingham : the historical seat of the dukes of Buckingham and Chandos and for some years the residence of the late Comte de Paris : Messrs. Jackson Stops will sell by auction, at Stowe house, on Monday, July 4th, 1921, at 1 o'clock, the free hold of the historic mansion and estate, extending to about 1,400 acres, including the world famous grounds, and temples, surrounding park lands, and the picturesque village of Dadford : the estate will be first offered as a whole, and, and if not then sold, in 67 lots, including 24 first pasture farms and small holdings, chiefly with vacant possession : houses and freehold ground rents, at or near the town of Buckingham : on the eighteen days following (from July 5th to July 28th, excluding Saturdays at 11 o'clock precisely each day) will be sold the contents of the mansion, including the supremely valuable collection of heirloom pictures, tapestries and historic furniture, by the world's greatest masters, superb statuary and metal work, important collection of rare china, porcelain, an immense assortment of other objets d'art, the contents of the magnificent library, fine collection of historic letters and manuscripts, the valuable gold plate, carvings and panellings by Grinling Gibbons : famous classic temples and other buildings and bridges luxuriously built to designs by famous architects.

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Date:
[1921]
Physical Description:
232 pages : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

334. Travels in the island of Iceland : during the summer of the year MDCCCX / by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, Baronet ; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c.

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Creator:
Mackenzie, George Steuart, Sir, 1780–1848
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
xvii, [3], 491, [1] p., [17] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

335. Twenty lithographic views of ecclesiastical edifices in the borough of Stroud / by Alfred Smith, artist ; with short notices appended to each drawing.

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Creator:
Smith, Alfred Newland, 1812–1876
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[46] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

336. The art of tying the cravat : demonstrated in sixteen lessons, including thirty-two different styles, forming a pocket manual, and exemplifying the advantages arising from an elegant arrangement of this important part of the costume : preceded by a history of the cravat, from its origin to the present time, and remarks on its influence on society in general / by H. Le Blanc, Esq. ; with explanatory plates, and a portait of the author.

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Creator:
Le Blanc, H., -1887
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
vii, [2], 72 pages, [5] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

337. Travels through the southern provinces of the Russian Empire, in the years 1793 and 1794 / translated from the German of P.S. Pallas, counsellor of state to His Imperial Majesty of all the Russias, Knight, &c. ; in two volumes ; with many coloured vignettes, plates and maps.

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Creator:
Pallas, Peter Simon, 1741–1811
Date:
MDCCCII-MDCCCIII [1802-1803]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

338. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions : illustrated by maps of the different counties and islands : a map of England shewing the principal towns, roads, railways, navigable rivers, and canals : and a plan of London and its environs : and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bishoprics, universities, colleges, corporate towns, and boroughs : and of the seals of the several municipal corporations / by Samuel Lewis.

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Creator:
Lewis, Samuel, -1865
Date:
1831
Physical Description:
4 volumes ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

339. The history and antiquities of the Tower of London : with biographical anecdotes of royal and distinguished persons, deduced from records, state papers, and manuscripts, and from other original and authentic sources / by John Bayley, Esq., F.S.A. of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, and one of His Majesty's Sub-Commissioners on the Public Records ; in two parts ; Part I[-II].

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Creator:
Bayley, John, -1869
Date:
1821-1825
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

340. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...

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Creator:
Skinner and Co. (London, England)
Date:
[1786]
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 4-194 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (4vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nancy H. Bartels

341. The adventures of a post captain / by a naval officer ; with characteristic engravings by Mr. Williams.

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Creator:
Thornton, Alfred, active 1820
Date:
[1817]
Physical Description:
[4], 282, [2] p., [1], 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

342. Le cabinet des plus beaux portraits des plusieurs princes & princesses, hommes illustres, fameux peintres & autres / faits par le fameux Antoine Van Dyck, Chevalier et Peintre du Roi, quel l'auteur a fait graver à ses propres dépens, par les meilleurs graveurs de son temps ; cette ouvrage peut aussi servir pour supplement au Cabinet du fameux van Dyck, imprimez à Anvers.

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Creator:
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641
Date:
MDCCXXVIII [1728]
Physical Description:
[2] p., [49] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

343. A collection of papers relating to the Thames Quay : with hints for some further improvements in the metropolis / by Colonel Trench, M.P. ; with seventeen explanatory plates.

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Creator:
Trench, F. W. (Frederick William), Sir, 1775–1859
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[4], iv, iv, 176 p., 17 leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

344. Picturesque tour of the River Thames : illustrated by twenty-four coloured views, a map, and vignettes, from original drawings taken on the spot / by William Westall and Samuel Owen.

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Date:
1828
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 169 p., [26] leaves of plates [(1) folded] : ill., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

345. Illustrations of Windsor Castle / by the late Sir Jeffry Wyatville, R.A. ; edited by Henry Ashton, architect.

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Creator:
Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir, 1776–1840
Date:
MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 69 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

346. An academy for grown horsemen : containing the completest instructions, for walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, stumbling, and tumbling / illustrated with copper plates, and adorned with a portrait of the author / by Geoffrey Gambado, Esq. ; Riding Master, Master of the Horse, and Grand Equerry to the Doge of Venice.

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Creator:
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
Date:
1st Jany. 1825
Physical Description:
xxvii, [2], 30-75, [4], lxxx-xcix, [2], 102-201, [1] pages, [27] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

347. Louthiana, or, An introduction to the antiquities of Ireland : in upwards of ninety views and plans : representing, with proper explanation, the principal ruins, curiosities, and antient dwellings, in the County of Louth : divided into three books / taken upon the spot by Thomas Wright, author of The physical and mathematical elements of astronomy, &c. ; engraved by Paul Fourdrinier.

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Creator:
Wright, Thomas, 1711–1786
Date:
MDCCLVIII [1758]
Physical Description:
3 pt. in 1 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

348. An historical survey of the ecclesiastical antiquities of France : with a view to illustrate the rise and progress of Gothic architecture in Europe / by the late Rev. G.D. Whittington, of St. John's College, Cambridge.

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Creator:
Whittington, G. D. (George Downing)
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
[2], xv, [3], 188 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

349. Der Freischütz, travestie / by Septimus Globus, Esq. ... ; with twelve etchings, by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.

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Creator:
Globus, Septimus
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
[4], 68 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer

350. Regal heraldry : the armorial insignia of the kings and queens of England, from coeval authorities / by Thomas Willement, heraldic artist to His Majesty King George the Fourth.

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Creator:
Willement, Thomas, 1786–1871
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[5], viii-x, [2], 116 pages, XXXVI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

351. Windsor, with its surrounding scenery, the parks, the Thames, Eton college &c. / by J.B. Pyne.

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Creator:
Pyne, J. B. (James Baker), 1800–1870
Date:
[1839]
Physical Description:
[14] leaves : illustrations ; 47-56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

352. Yorkshire scenery, or, Excursions in Yorkshire : with delineations of some of the most interesting objects / engraved by G. Cooke, Esq. and other eminent artists, from drawings made for the purpose, by T.C. Hofland, Esq., W. Cowen, R. Thompson, &c., &c. ; by E. Rhodes, author of "Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire.".

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Creator:
Rhodes, Ebenezer, 1762–1839
Date:
MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Physical Description:
viii, 167 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

353. New designs of vases and tripods decorated in the antique taste / by Geo. Richardson, archt. and son ; on XXV plates.

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Creator:
Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:
Septr. 5th, 1793
Physical Description:
[25] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

354. Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of god with other dyuerse tytles as it sheweth in his table.

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Date:
[1519?]
Physical Description:
[72] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

355. The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century : accompanied by a description of the present castle, and critical notices of the paintings, tapestry, statuary, &c. : with which it is enriched / by the Rev. Irvin Eller, of Queen's College Cambridge.

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Creator:
Eller, Irvin
Date:
MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:
viii, 410 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

356. Panorama du Mont Righi [graphic] / gravé par H. Siegfried.

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Creator:
Siegfried, Heinrich, 1814–1889
Date:
[ca. 1830]
Physical Description:
1 print : hand-colored aquatint ; 16 x 71 cm, accordion folded to 16 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

357. California : its past history, its present position, its future prospects : containing a history of the country from its colonization by the Spaniards to the present time : a sketch of its geographical and physical features: and a minute and authentic account of the discovery of the gold region, and the subsequent important proceedings : including a history of the rise, progress, and present condition of the Mormon settlements : with an appendix, containing the official reports made to the government of the United States.

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Creator:
Fleming, G. A., active 1850
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
viii, 270 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

358. A memoir, explanatory of the chart and survey of the county of London-Derry, Ireland / by the Rev. George Vaughan Sampson.

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Creator:
Sampson, George Vaughan
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 359 p., [8] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

359. Suggestions for the architectural improvement of the western part of London / by Sydney Smirke, F.S.A., F.G.A.

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Creator:
Smirke, Sydney, 1798–1877
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
[4], 117 p., [3] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., plan ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

360. Remarks on rural scenery : with twenty etchings of cottages, from nature : and some observations and precepts relative to the pictoresque [sic] / by John Thomas Smith.

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
27, [3] p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

361. A complete view of the dress and habits of the people of England : from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time : illustrated by engravings taken from the most authentic remains of antiquity : to which is prefixed an introduction, containing a general description of the ancient habits in use among mankind, from the earliest period of time to the conclusion of the seventh century / by Joseph Strutt.

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Creator:
Strutt, Joseph, 1749–1802
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

362. Selections of the ancient costume of Great Britain & Ireland : from the seventh to the sixteenth century, out of the collection in the possession of the author / by Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq.

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Creator:
Smith, Charles Hamilton
Date:
1814 [i.e. 1815?]
Physical Description:
[6], viii, [iv], [120] p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38-46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

363. Variety of capitals, freezes, and corniches : and how to increase, or decrease them, still retaining the same proportion as the original : likewise 12 designs for chimney pieces, drawn an inch and a half to a foot, the whole consisting of 12 plates / published according to act of parliament in the year 1776 by P. Columbani.

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Creator:
Columbani, Placido
Date:
1776
Physical Description:
12, [1] leaves : illustrations ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

364. Burke's descriptive guide, or, The visitors' companion to Niagara Falls : its strange and wonderful localities / by an old resident.

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Creator:
Burke, Andrew, active 19th century
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
[4], 106 pages, [5] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

365. A history of Lichfield Cathedral : from its foundation to the present time : with a description of its architecture and monuments : with photographic illustrations / by J.B. Stone, F.G.S., member of the Society of Arts, etc.

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Creator:
Stone, John Benjamin, Sir, 1838–1914
Date:
MDCCCLXX [1870]
Physical Description:
[10], 120 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

366. The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politicks, and literature for the year ...

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Date:
[1762?]-1838
Physical Description:
80 v. : ill., maps ; 21-23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

367. The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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Date:
1832-1845
Physical Description:
v. : ill. ; 20-29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

368. An account of the grand musical festival, held in September, 1823, in the cathedral church of York : for the benefit of the York County Hospital, and the general infirmaries at Leeds, Hull, and Sheffield : to which is prefixed, a sketch of the rise and progress of musical festivals in Great Britain : with biographical and historical notes / by John Crosse, F.S.A., F.R.S.L., M.G.S. ...

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Creator:
Crosse, John, 1786–1833
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 436, xxvi, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

369. Ye parish of Cam̃erwell : a brief account of the parish of Camberwell, its history and antiquities / by William Harnett Blanch.

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Creator:
Blanch, William Harnett
Date:
1877
Physical Description:
xiv, 486, [2], cviii, 6 p., [81] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

370. The amateur's portfolio, or, The new drawing magazine : being a selection of lessons calculated to make the art of drawing easy, and founded upon the principles of geometry and practical perspective / by James Merigot.

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Creator:
Merigot, James
Date:
1815-1816
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

371. The history and antiquities of Birkenhead Priory : illustrated by views, plans, and elevations : together with views of the churches formerly connected with the priory / by William I. Mason, architect, and A.W. Hunt, B.A.

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Creator:
Mason, William Ithell
Date:
1854
Physical Description:
16 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

372. Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on foot during the insurrection, August and September 1875 : with an historical view of Bosnia, and a glimpse at the Croats, Slavonians, and the ancient republic of Ragusa / by Arthur J. Evans ; with a map and fifty-eight illustrations from photographs and sketches by the author.

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Creator:
Evans, Arthur, Sir, 1851–1941
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
lxiii, [1], 435 p., [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

373. Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae : containing figures of Roman antiquities discovered in various parts of England.

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Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763–1819
Date:
1813-1817
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. (some col.), port., plans, map ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

374. Architectura martialis, das ist, Ausführliches Bedeucken, über das, zu dem geschütz und Waffen gehärige Gebäu ... allen Martialisten, besondes den Zeügwartten und Bächsenmeistern zu Wolgefallen beschrieben und mit 12 hierzau dienlichen Kupfferstücken aussgefertiget / durch Josephum Furttenbach.

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Creator:
Furttenbach, Joseph, 1591–1667
Date:
Anno MDCXXX [1630]
Physical Description:
[14], 93, [5], 22, [48] p., [12] double-leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

375. Rules for bad horsemen : addressed to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. / by Charles Thompson, Esq.

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Creator:
Thompson, Charles, b. ca. 1710
Date:
MDCCLXII [1762]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 82 pages ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

376. Doing the thing and the thing done : in a series of sporting plates / by Ben Tally-Ho ; author of "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of driving," and "Sporting discoveries, or The miseries of hunting," &c. &c.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1818]
Physical Description:
[8] leaves of plates : all ill., 28 x 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

377. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod. ; with numerous illustrations by Alken ; reprinted from the New sporting magazine.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 110 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

378. Myttonian feats : the sketches from nature / by Captain Parr ; furnished (along with many authentic anecdotes) to Nimrod (Charles Apperley, Esq.), for his work, "The life and death of John Mytton, Esq., of Halston Hall, Shropshire.".

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Creator:
Parr, Frederick, 1806–1871
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[26] leaves : ill. ; 30 x 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

379. [Deer stalking].

No cover image available
Date:
[ca. 1810]
Physical Description:
[10] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 39 x 52 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

380. Sporting sketches : consisting of subjects relating to sports of the field, as horses, dogs, live and dead game, wild fowl, fox hunting, shooting, coursing, fishing, &c. &c. &c. : the whole illustrative of landscape scenery / by Henry Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1817-1818]
Physical Description:
8 pt. : all ill. (engravings) ; 31 x 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

381. Symptoms of being amused. Vol. 1 / by Hy. Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, [42] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

382. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xv, [1], 108, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

383. Descrittione di M. Lodovico Gvicciardini patritio fiorentino, di tvtti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti detti Germania Inferiore : con tutte le carte di geographia del paese, & con ritratto naturale di molte terre principali riueduta di nuovo, & ampliata per tutto piu che la meta dal medesimo autore ... Con amplissimo indice di tutte le cose piu memorabili.

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Creator:
Guicciardini, Lodovico, 1521–1589
Date:
1581
Physical Description:
[24], 558, [18] pages : illustrations (maps, portrait, coats of arms) ; 33 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

384. Réflexions sur l'alphabet et sur la langue dont on se servoit autrefois à Palmyre / par M. l'Abbé Barthelemy.

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Creator:
Barthélemy, J.-J. (Jean-Jacques), 1716–1795
Date:
1754
Physical Description:
8 pages, [1] leaf of plates ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

385. Les ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite, Tedmor au desert.

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Creator:
Wood, Robert, 1717?-1771
Date:
MDCCLIII [1753]
Physical Description:
[6], 50 pages, LVII leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

386. Proposal for county naval free-schools : to be built on waste lands, giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service : teaching them also to cultivate the earth, that in due time tey may furnish their own food : & to spin, knit, weave, make shoes, etc. with a view to provide their own raiment, while good regulations and discipline, diffuse a moral & religious oeconomy through the land.

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Creator:
Hanway, Jonas, 1712–1786
Date:
[1783]
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [1], x-xxii, [2], 2, 90, [4], 91-120, [2], 121-141, [1], 48, [4], v, [3], 67, [1] pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

387. Prospects of the most remarkable places in and about the citty of London, neatly engraved = Veues des toutes les endroites que est plus remarquable aussi bien celles dans le ville de Londre que d'alentour, gravé fort curieusement.

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Date:
[1739-1753]
Physical Description:
[104] prints : engravings ; 24 x 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

388. Views of Oxford / by T. Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, Thomas, 1748–1804
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
1 leaf, [44] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

389. The history and antiquities of the archiepiscopal palace of Lambeth : from its foundation to the present time / by Dr. Ducarel, F.R. and A.SS.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, 1713–1785
Date:
MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Physical Description:
[4], vi-ix, 132, 72 pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

390. Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae / by Admiral W.H. Smyth.

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Creator:
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788–1865
Date:
MDCCCLXIV [1864]
Physical Description:
[4], viii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

391. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient and present state of that place : with a particular description of all the town, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies &c. : within the circumference of sixteen miles with accurate views of the principal objects.

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Creator:
Sprange, J. (Jasper), 1746–1823
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
xx, 332 p., [14] leaves of plates ([9] folded) : ill., chart ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

392. A survey of the ports on the south west coast of England : from Dover to the Lands-end / by Edmd. Dummer & Capt. Tho. Wiltshaw, Esqrs., Comrs. of His Mties. Navy ; together with Capt. James Conaway and Capt. William Cruft, Masters of Trinity House at Deptford ; delineated in July & Augst. 1698.

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Creator:
Dummer, Edmund, -1712
Date:
[1698]
Physical Description:
1 atlas (78 pages) : manuscript, 17 maps, pen and ink and watercolor ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

393. Dictionnaire iconologique, ou, Introduction à la connoissance des peintures, sculptures, médailles, estampes, &c. : avec des description tirées des poétes anciens & modernes / par M.D.P.

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Creator:
Lacombe de Prézel, Honoré, 1725–
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
Physical Description:
xxiv, 307, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

394. The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia / by William Stith, A.M. President of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

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Creator:
Stith, William, 1707–1755
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
viii, 304, 295-331, [1], v, [1], 34, [2] pages ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

395. The Lord's prayer of an Unterwaldener / invented by John Martin Usteri at Zurich ; & engraved by Marquard Wocher at Basil.

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Creator:
Usteri, Johann Martin, 1763–1827
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
[1], 7 leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

396. An historical and descriptive guide to York cathedral and its antiquities / by Geo. Ayliffe Poole, M.A., Vicar of Welford, and J.W. Hugall, Esq., architect ; with a history and description of the Minster Organ.

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Creator:
Poole, Geo. Ayliffe (George Ayliffe), 1809–1883
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
[2], xiii, [1], 213, [1] p., [37] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts