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1. 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

2. 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

3. A collection of prints in imitation of drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors with explanatory and critical notes, by Charles Rogers ...

A collection of prints in imitation of drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors with explanatory and critical notes, by Charles Rogers ...
Creator:
Rogers, Charles, 1711–1784
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
2 v. illus., plates, ports. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The history, antiquities, and topography of the county of Sussex. By Thomas Walker Horsfield ...

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Creator:
Horsfield, Thomas Walker, -1837
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
2 v., front., plates, port., folded maps, plans. 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Typographical antiquities, or, The history of printing in England, Scotland and Ireland : containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them / begun by the late Joseph Ames ... considerably augmented by William Herbert ... and now greatly enlarged with copious notes, and illustrated with appropriate engravings ; comprehending the history of English literature, and a view of the progress of the art of engraving in Great Britain by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ...

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Creator:
Ames, Joseph, 1689–1759
Date:
1810-1819
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The art of engraving : with the various modes of operation : ... illustrated with ten specimens of the different styles of engraving / by T.H. Fielding.

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Creator:
Fielding, T. H. (Theodore Henry), 1781–1851
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
vii, 109 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The history and antiquities of London / by Thomas Pennant.

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Creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726–1798
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
vi, 381 p. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Collection of British portraits.

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Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
circa 1700-1817
Physical Description:
approximately 550 prints in 3 volumes ; 54 x 40 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The history and antiquities of the cathedral church of Canterbury, and the once-adjoining monastery: containing, an account of its first establishment, building, reedifications, repairs, endowments, benefactions, chapels, altars, shrines, reliques, chauntries, obiits, ornaments, books, jewels, plate, vestments; before the dissolution of the monastery: and the manner of its dissolution. A survey of the present church and cloysters, monuments, and inscriptions, with other things remarkable: which, with the several prospects of the church, are engraved by the best hands. The lives of the archbishops, priors, &c. of Christ-church: with an account of learned men there flourishing in their several times. An appendix of ancient charters and writings relating to the church and monastery. A catalogue of the church-wealth in prior Estrey's time. An ancient Saxon obituary and a large one continu'd thence downward. By the Reverend Mr. J. Dart.

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Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
1726
Physical Description:
2 p. l., ix, 204, lvi p. illus., plates (part. fold.), coats of arms, plan. 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. The biographical mirrour : comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits of eminent and distinguished persons, from original pictures and drawings.

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Creator:
Waldron, F. G. (Francis Godolphin), 1744–1818
Date:
1795-[1814]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The history and antiquities of Suffolk : Thingoe hundred / by John Gage.

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Creator:
Gage, John, 1786–1842
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
xxvii, 538 p. : geneal. tables., ill., ports., maps, plans, facsims. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. The history and antiquities of the county of Essex : compiled from the best and most ancient historians, from Domesday-book, Inquisitiones post mortem, and other the most valuable records and mss. &c. / the whole digested, improved, perfected, and brought down to the present time, by Philip Morant ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Creator:
Morant, Philip, 1700–1770
Date:
1768
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some folded), 9 maps, plan ; 48 x 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. For Gladstone / [written, set, printed, and illustrated by Shirley Jones].

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Creator:
Jones, Shirley, 1934 November 14–
Date:
[1988]
Physical Description:
[37] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Llym awel / [translations by Shirley Jones]

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Date:
[1993]
Physical Description:
[37] p. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The earlier English water-colour painters / by Cosmo Monkhouse.

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Creator:
Monkhouse, W. Cosmo (William Cosmo), 1840–1901
Date:
1890
Physical Description:
xi, 152 p., [44] leaves of plates ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. 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

17. Life of Mrs. Siddons. / By Thomas Campbell ...

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Creator:
Campbell, Thomas, 1777–1844
Date:
1834
Physical Description:
[5]-260 p, 6 [2] p., 1 leaf of plates : port. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury : from its first foundation to the present time : comprising a recital of occurrences and remarkable events for above twelve hundred years : with an appendix containing several particulars relative to castles, monasteries, &c. in Shropshire / by Thomas Phillips.

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Creator:
Phillips, Thomas, d. 1815
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Views of Oxford / by T. Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, Thomas, 1748–1804
Date:
1810
Physical Description:
31 leaves : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Antiquities of Westminster; the Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing two hundred and forty-six engravings of topographical objects, of which one hundred and twenty-two no longer remain. By John Thomas Smith ...

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
4 p. ., [iii]-xv p., 1 leaf, 276 p. 36 plates (part col.) 2 plans. 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. 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.

22. Collections for the history of Worcestershire ...

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Creator:
Nash, T. (Treadway Russell), 1725–1811
Date:
1781-1782
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port., map, plans, facsims., geneal. tables ; 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts