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1. Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria : the view, painted by Henry Aston Barker and assistants, from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Burford, is now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square.

Explanation of the view of the splendid victory gained by the Marquis of Wellington over the French army, consisting of 65,000 men, commanded by Joseph Bonaparte, on the plains of Vittoria : the view, painted by Henry Aston Barker and assistants, from drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Burford, is now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square.
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
1814
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 40 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...

Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow : with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland ...
Creator:
Ireland, Samuel, -1800
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
xii, 159, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another : the three Greek orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, comprise the first part of this treatise, and the two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the latter / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ; to which is added An account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain tearms particularly affected by architects ; with Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise of statues ; by John Evelyn, Esq. fellow of the Royal Society.
Creator:
Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676
Date:
MDCLXIV [1664]
Physical Description:
[24], 159, [1] pages : illustrations ; 36 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.

A genealogical history of the kings of England and monarchs of Great Britain, &C. from the conquest anno 1066 to the year, 1677. In seven parts or books. Containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues ... all engraven in copper plates ... By Francis Sandford, esq., Lancaster herald at arms.
Creator:
Sandford, Francis, 1630–1694
Date:
1683
Physical Description:
6 p. l., 578 (i.e. 588), [10] p., 1 l. : illus., plates (part double) 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The noble arte of venerie or hunting : VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiueteene sundrie chaces together, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contents vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.

The noble arte of venerie or hunting : VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiueteene sundrie chaces together, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contents vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.
Creator:
Gascoigne, George, -1577
Date:
[1575]
Physical Description:
[10], 202, 359-362, 205-248, [4] p. : ill. (music) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. 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

7. The Canterbury tales.

The Canterbury tales.
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date:
1483]
Physical Description:
[312] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.

An elegy : to the memory of our illustrious and lamented Queen Caroline of England.
Creator:
Parmenter, S., active 1821
Date:
[1821?]
Physical Description:
1 broadside : illustrations ; 47 x 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses : vvith all the secrets thereto belonging discouered: An arte neuer heere-to-fore vvritten by any authour. Also a discourse of horsmanship, wherein the breeding, and ryding of horses for seruice, in a briefe manner, is more methodically sette downe, then hath been heeretofore: vvith a more easie and direct course for the ignorant, to attaine to the sayd arte or knowledge. Together with a newe addition for the cure of the horses diseases, of what kinde or nature soeuer.

How to chuse, ride, traine, and diet, both hunting-horses and running horses : vvith all the secrets thereto belonging discouered: An arte neuer heere-to-fore vvritten by any authour. Also a discourse of horsmanship, wherein the breeding, and ryding of horses for seruice, in a briefe manner, is more methodically sette downe, then hath been heeretofore: vvith a more easie and direct course for the ignorant, to attaine to the sayd arte or knowledge. Together with a newe addition for the cure of the horses diseases, of what kinde or nature soeuer.
Creator:
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:
1599
Physical Description:
[126] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. M.'s government, in the years 1849-1855 / by Henry Barth.

Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa : being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H. B. M.'s government, in the years 1849-1855 / by Henry Barth.
Creator:
Barth, Heinrich, 1821–1865
Date:
1857-1858
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches : containing a faithful translation of that most noble and useful work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The manner of feeding, dressing, and training of horses for the great saddle, and fitting them for the service of the field in time of war, or for the exercise and improvement of gentlemen in the Academy at home : a science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign nations for this part of their education : with all the original copper-plates, in number forty-three, which were engrav'd by the best foreign masters, under his Grace's immediate care and inspection, and which are explained in the different lessons : and to give all the improvements that may be, this work is ornamented with head-pieces and initial letters, properly adapted to the subsequent chapters, and enlarged with an index.

A general system of horsemanship in all it's [sic] branches : containing a faithful translation of that most noble and useful work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The manner of feeding, dressing, and training of horses for the great saddle, and fitting them for the service of the field in time of war, or for the exercise and improvement of gentlemen in the Academy at home : a science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign nations for this part of their education : with all the original copper-plates, in number forty-three, which were engrav'd by the best foreign masters, under his Grace's immediate care and inspection, and which are explained in the different lessons : and to give all the improvements that may be, this work is ornamented with head-pieces and initial letters, properly adapted to the subsequent chapters, and enlarged with an index.
Creator:
Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592–1676
Date:
MDCCXLIII [1743]
Physical Description:
2 v. ([2], viii, [11]-142, [4] p., [84] leaves of plates; [2], 4, [4], 36, 33-138, [14] p., [22] leaves of plates) : ill. (engravings) ; 55cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

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

The grand historical picture of the storming of Seringapatam by the British troops and their allies, May 4th, 1799 : painted by Robert Ker Porter / Lee sc.
Date:
[1800?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 37 x 51 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto.

Obiections against the vse of the bovv vvith the pike: and the answers thereunto.
Creator:
Neade, William
Date:
[approximately 1630]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers : in their unlavvful sports, collected out of several divine subjects, viz. Mr. H.B. Mr. Beard, and the practice of piety : a fit monument for our present times, &c.

Divine examples of God's severe judgments upon Sabbath-breakers : in their unlavvful sports, collected out of several divine subjects, viz. Mr. H.B. Mr. Beard, and the practice of piety : a fit monument for our present times, &c.
Date:
1671
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 55 x 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. To be seen alive! [graphic] : the wonderful Cumberland.

To be seen alive! [graphic] : the wonderful Cumberland.
Date:
[1824?]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut, with text in letterpress ; 27 x 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts : containing, the description and use of the scale of scales, it being a mathematical ruler that resolves most mathematical conclusions : and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, quadrant, and the quadrat, nocturnals and other most useful instruments for all artists and navigators : the art of navigation ... with new tables of the longitude and latitude of the most eminent places round the world ... : together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation, in working a ship in all weathers and conditions at sea : a new way of surveying of land, by the mariners azimuth or amplitude compass ... : the art of gauging all sorts of vessels, and the measuring of timber, glass, board, stone, walls, cielings, and tylings : the art of gunnery ... astronomy, geometrical, instrumental, and by calculation : the art of dialling by a gnomonical scale ... : whereunto is annexed an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by acts of parliaments appointed relating to the customs and navigation : also a compen / by Capt. Samuel Sturmy.

The mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts : containing, the description and use of the scale of scales, it being a mathematical ruler that resolves most mathematical conclusions : and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, quadrant, and the quadrat, nocturnals and other most useful instruments for all artists and navigators : the art of navigation ... with new tables of the longitude and latitude of the most eminent places round the world ... : together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation, in working a ship in all weathers and conditions at sea : a new way of surveying of land, by the mariners azimuth or amplitude compass ... : the art of gauging all sorts of vessels, and the measuring of timber, glass, board, stone, walls, cielings, and tylings : the art of gunnery ... astronomy, geometrical, instrumental, and by calculation : the art of dialling by a gnomonical scale ... : whereunto is annexed an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by acts of parliaments appointed relating to the customs and navigation : also a compen / by Capt. Samuel Sturmy.
Creator:
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633–1669
Date:
1669
Physical Description:
[34], 219 [i.e. 223], [7], 132, [6], 52, [52], 11, [3], 13 p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : port, ill. ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Here begynneth the legende named in Latyn Legenda aurea, that is to saye in Englysshe The golden legende : for lyke as passeth golde in valewe all other metallys so this legende excelleth all other bookes.

Here begynneth the legende named in Latyn Legenda aurea, that is to saye in Englysshe The golden legende : for lyke as passeth golde in valewe all other metallys so this legende excelleth all other bookes.
Creator:
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
Date:
[8 January 1498/99?]
Physical Description:
2 parts in 1 volume ([1], lij, [1], [MC]CCClxxxxviii [i.e. CCC.lxxxix], [1] leaves) : illustrations (woodcuts) 29cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. 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

19. Explanation of a magnificent view of Grand Cairo : painted upon 10,000 square feet of canvas, by H.A. Barker, from drawings taken by Mr. Salt, for Lord Valentia, from a tower in the Old Citadel, now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square : the upper circle contains in interesting view of Flushing.

Explanation of a magnificent view of Grand Cairo : painted upon 10,000 square feet of canvas, by H.A. Barker, from drawings taken by Mr. Salt, for Lord Valentia, from a tower in the Old Citadel, now exhibiting in the great rotunda of the Panorama, Leicester Square : the upper circle contains in interesting view of Flushing.
Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
[1808 or 1809]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting two views of Paris : the one taken between the Pont Neuf, the Louvre, Mint, and Quatre Nations : the other from a steam-engine on the River Seine : showing the Thuilleries, the place where the late king was beheaded, the Champ de Mars, the Hospital des Invalids, and St. Could, the summer-residence of the First Consul.

Panorama, Leicester Square : now exhibiting two views of Paris : the one taken between the Pont Neuf, the Louvre, Mint, and Quatre Nations : the other from a steam-engine on the River Seine : showing the Thuilleries, the place where the late king was beheaded, the Champ de Mars, the Hospital des Invalids, and St. Could, the summer-residence of the First Consul.
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Short account of Lord Nelson's defeat of the French at the Nile : ... The view of Margate is in the upper circle : open from eight till dusk, 1799.

Short account of Lord Nelson's defeat of the French at the Nile : ... The view of Margate is in the upper circle : open from eight till dusk, 1799.
Creator:
Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
1 sheet : ill. ; 42 x 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses.

Two funeral scenes, with horse-drawn hearses.
Date:
[approximately 1850]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut ; sheet 14 x 22
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. The drawing school for little masters and misses : containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher : embellished with a great variety of figures, curiously designed : to which are added, The whole art of kite making ; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours / by Master Michael Angelo.

The drawing school for little masters and misses : containing the most easy and concise rules for learning to draw, without the assistance of a teacher : embellished with a great variety of figures, curiously designed : to which are added, The whole art of kite making ; and the author's new discoveries in the preparation of water colours / by Master Michael Angelo.
Creator:
Angelo, Michael, 18th cent
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
[6], iv, 106 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 12 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Mediciues for horses.

Mediciues for horses.
Date:
[approximately 1565?]
Physical Description:
[28] pages : illustration ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. Marriage procession of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert [graphic] : at the Royal Chapel, St. James's, on Monday, February 10th, 1840.

Marriage procession of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert [graphic] : at the Royal Chapel, St. James's, on Monday, February 10th, 1840.
Date:
[1840]
Physical Description:
1 print on 12 joined sheets : hand-colored woodcut ; sheets end-to-end 9 x 280 cm, accordion folded to 9 x 15 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentleman / By Henry Peacham, Mr. of Arts sometime of Trinity Coll: in Cambridge.

The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentleman / By Henry Peacham, Mr. of Arts sometime of Trinity Coll: in Cambridge.
Creator:
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
Date:
[1622]
Physical Description:
[14], 124, 129-162, 161-172, [1], 170-211, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. The first volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande : conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest, the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde, 1571, the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare 1547 / faithfully gathered and set forth, by Raphaell Holinshed.

The first volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande : conteyning, the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest, the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first originall of the Scottes nation, till the yeare of our Lorde, 1571, the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the firste originall of that nation, vntill the yeare 1547 / faithfully gathered and set forth, by Raphaell Holinshed.
Creator:
Holinshed, Raphael, d. 1580?
Date:
1577
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts