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Reference Library
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
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Bodleian Library
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Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622
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Bray, Dirk de, 17th cent
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Caus, Isaac de, 1590–1648
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Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
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Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
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Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–
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Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
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Lawson, William, active 1618
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Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
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Luttrell, Edward
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Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
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Newbery, Thomas, fl.1563
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Sachs, Hans, 1494–1576
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
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Speed, John, 1552?-1629
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Stow, John, 1525?-1605
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Worlidge, John, fl. 1669–1698
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1967
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Books
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Maps & Atlas (printed)
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17th century
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18th century
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19th century
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20th century
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16th century
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drawing book
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early work
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handbooks and manual
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ink drawing
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map
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Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
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Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Early maps -- Facsimiles.
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Agriculture -- Early works to 1800.
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Agriculture -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Art -- Early works to 1800.
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Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700.
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Atlases -- Early works to 1800.
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Banqueting House (London, England) -- Pictorial works.
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Bookbinding -- Early works to 1800.
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Cities and towns -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Cities and towns, Medieval.
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Cities and towns.
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Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Drawing -- Technique -- Early works to 1800.
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Fountains -- Early works to 1800.
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Friendship.
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Fruit-culture -- Early works to 1800.
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Fruit-culture -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Gardens -- Design -- Early works to 1800.
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England
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Great Britain
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London (England)
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Scotland
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Wilton House Garden (England)
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Associated People
Ashfield, Edmund, active 1673–1700
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Luttrell, Dorothy
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Luttrell, Edward
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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English
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Latin
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German
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Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
The English husbandman
1982
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Caus, Isaac de, 1590–1648
Wilton garden ; New and rare inventions of waterworks
1982
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Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
The Banqueting House with the Whitehall and Holbein gates [graphic]
1967
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Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
A sparke of frendship and warme goodwill, that shewes the effect of trve affection and Vnfoldes the fineneffe of this world
1978
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Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–
The gardeners labyrinth
1982
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Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622
Civitates orbis terrarum,
1966 [c1965]
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Bodleian Library
Catalogus impressorum bibliothecæ Bodlejanæ in academia Oxoniensi
1674
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Bray, Dirk de, 17th cent
A short introduction in the binding of books
1977
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Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
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Stow, John, 1525?-1605
A survey of London,
1908
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Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
Catalogue of the tombs in the churches of the city of London, A.D. 1666
Printed 1668, Privately reprinted 1885
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Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge
1969
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Newbery, Thomas, fl.1563
A booke in Englysh metre,
1910
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Worlidge, John, fl. 1669–1698
Systema horti-culturae, or, The art of gardening
1982
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Sachs, Hans, 1494–1576
The book of trades (Ständebuch)
[1973]
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Luttrell, Edward
An epitome of painting
1683
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Lawson, William, active 1618
A new orchard and garden
1982
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Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[1970]
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Speed, John, 1552?-1629
A prospect of the most famous parts of the world
1966