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The microcosm of London

[1808-10]

Lathbury, John

Incipit liber moraliu[m] su[per] trenis iheremie [pro]phete

[31 July 1482]

Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798–1872

Recueil des scènes familières, et de société de Paris

1833

[Trade card for The London Hotel]

1862

Phoenix (Restaurant : London, England)

The Phoenix soup & dining-rooms

[early 19th century]

Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)

Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester

approximately 1825

Nicklin & Son (Birmingham, England)

Nicklin & Son

[approximately 1817]

Reece & Co. (London, England)

[Billhead of Reece & Co. for supplies bought by the Medical Botanical Society]

1838-1839

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

The dove and the bee

1818?

Laurie, Richard Holmes

A new drawing book

[1824]

Charles Miller's habit and gown-warehouse, at the Crown and Cushion, in Tavistock-Street

[1748]]

Golden Lion Hotel (Stirling, Scotland)

Golden Lion Hotel

[192-?]

Bedford Lemere & Co.

Intérieurs anglais

circa 1900

Bill for assorted coats, hose, and other clothing

1673

William's return

[18th century]

Barrett, B., Mr., active 1847

Bill for school expenses for F. Blanchard at B. Barrett's boarding school, Great Yarmouth

1847

Harrow School

1931

Happy may they birthday be

[1880?]

Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

A general history of quadrupeds

1811

Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The Great Exhibition "wot is to be", or, Probable results of the industry of all nations in the year '51 : showing what is to be exhibited, who is to exhibit it; in short, how its [!] all going to be done

1850

Rocque, John, -1762

The environs of London

[1763]

The particulars and inventories of the estates of the sub-governor, deputy governor, and directors of the South-sea company

1721

The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter

[1800?]

In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905

Dilnot, John

[Set of three postcards made to accompany "Estate : a book of collected drawings."]

1991

Mudford, William, 1782–1848

An historical account of the campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Prince Blucher

1817

Baldwin, Thomas

Airopaidia

1786

Parlby, Fanny Parkes

Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque

1850

Whitstable in an oyster shell

[approximately 1930]

Basebé, Charles Jones, approximately 1818–1880

The cabinet

[1841?]

W.T. Copeland & Sons

Portrait plate of Albert Smith

circa [1859?]

We must be united!

mid-19th century

Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808

A new book of Chinese designs

1755

Tayler, William

Sketches illustrating the manners and customs of the Indians and Anglo-Indians

1842

Williams, William, active 1724–1733

Oxonia depicta sive Collegiorum et aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi ichnographica, orthographica & scenographica delineatio

[1733]

[Luncheon menu for the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, Sept. 6th, 1939]

1939

Siddall, Charles, 1804–

Charles Siddall, tailor, &c., Eppleby

March 31st 1840

Stevens Art Gallery (St. Paul, Minn.)

Stevens Art Gallery

early 20th century

Souvenir greeting card

[approximately 1890]

Cockburn, Julie

Butterflies

2004

Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006

Winsor & Newton

Pocket watercolor box

[not before 1832]

[Bill for food and drink, Tunstead, 1773]

2d Novr. 1773

In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine unarmed fishing smacks

[1904]

Daniell, William, 1769–1837

To George Dance Esquire R.A., architect to the city of London, &c., these six views of the metropolis of the British Empire are respectfully dedicated

January 1st, 1805

Gothus, Olaus Joannis, 1600–1644

Marchionatus Brandenburgicus

[ca. 1681]

Britton, John, 1771–1857

The union of architecture, sculpture, and painting;

1827

Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849

Description of the panorama of the superb city of Mexico

1833

Wilkins, William, 1778–1839

The antiquities of Magna Graecia

MDCCCVII [1807]

Dick, James Nicholas, 1832–1920

Journals of James Nicholas Dick, British naval surgeon, and James Douglas Dick, naval officer

1853-1898

Lydiat, Anne

Without

[1999]

Scanlan, Wm. J. (William James), 1856–1898

Terry, my blue-eyed Irish boy

[189-?]

Rawstorne, John, 1761?-1832

Rawstorne, architect, Birmingham

approximately 1800

Wild flowers and their teachings

1848

[Receipt from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, E.C.]

[approximately 1930?]

I would these flowers had lips to tell that I do love thee true and well

mid-19th century

Alfred Savage Ltd.

Oxford University

[between 1961 and 1963]

Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895

The great glass house opend;

1851

The artist's vade mecum

1786

Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840

Oriental scenery

1795-1807 [that is, 1808]

Palatial and parliamentary edifices of Westminster

[1835]

Silver & Co. (London, England)

Billhead of Silver & Co., clothiers, London, recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Lambert

1825

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Extra Behar amateur lithographic scrap book

[1829?]

W., Ellen

Album of cut-paper flowers

circa 1835

Alexander McBean & Sons

Billhead recording clothing purchased by George W. Humphreys, Esq. from, Alexander McBean & Sons, clothiers, Inverness

1900

Tamabayashi, Chisato, 1975–

Plunge

[2010]

Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837

Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils et militaires

[1796]

To the diletanti [sic] and lovers of the fine arts

[1830]

Baxter, George, 1804–1867

Baxter's gems of the Great Exhibition

[1854]

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of Rome

1750

Dugdale, William, 1605–1686

The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated

MDCCXXX [1730]

D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845

Behar amateur lithographic scrap book

[1830?]

Johnson, John

Costumes of the French Pyrenees

1832

Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795

[Twelve views of the island of Bombay and its vicinity]

[May 1, 1800]

Relics of old London

1875-1886]

Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809

A collection of landscapes

MDCCLXXVII [1777]

Burford, Robert, 1791–1861

Description of a view of the city of Delhi, with an action between Her Majesty's troops and the revolted Sepoys

1858

Cyder Cellars, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

[early 19th century]

Fisher, George (Barber)

George Fisher

mid-19th century

Simpson's-in-the-Strand

Simpson's in-the-Strand, Grand Divan Tavern

1960

Wood, Charles H., fl. 1840–1870

[Engraved shell depicting the Great Eastern steamship]

[ca. 1859]

Mintons Ltd

Minton English bone china

[between 1960 and 1980]

Rook, Anne

Virtual orchard

2009

Rogissart, sieur de, fl. 1706

Les delices de l'Italie

1707

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Observations on the River Wye and several parts of South Wales, &c.

MDCCLXXXIX [1789]

Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720–approximately 1778

A new book of Chinese designs, calculated to improve the present taste

MDCCLIV [1754]

Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769–1843

Microcosm, or, A picturesque delineation of the arts, agriculture, manufactures, &c. of Great Britain : in a series of above six hundred groups of small figures for the embellishment of landscape ... : the whole accurately drawn from nature, and etched

1808

Pricke, Robert

The architects store-house

1674

Jones, Daniel (Ship chandler)

Bot. of Daniel Jones, sail maker, ship chandler

[approximately 1870?]

Dexter, Thomas E.

Animal and vegetable substances used in the arts and manufactures, illustrative of the imports and exports of Great Britain & her colonies, and explanatory of Dexter's cabinet of objects

1857