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Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
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Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
2
Angus, William, 1752–1821
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Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
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Beckford, William, 1760–1844
1
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
1
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
1
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
1
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622
1
Bray, Dirk de, 17th cent
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Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
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Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
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Caus, Isaac de, 1590–1648
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Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604
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Collins, William, 1721–1759
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Donne, Benjamin, 1729–1798
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Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
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Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
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Books
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Maps & Atlas (printed)
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Periodicals
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16th century
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early work
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map
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road map
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Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
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Gardening -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900- -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
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Gardens, English -- Early works to 1800.
4
England -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
3
Agriculture -- Early works to 1800.
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Agriculture -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
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Art -- Early works to 1800.
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Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style.
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Drawing -- Early works to 1800.
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Early maps -- Facsimiles.
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England -- Description and travel.
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Furniture design.
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Gardens -- Design -- Early works to 1800.
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Gardens -- England -- Design -- Early works to 1800.
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Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900- -- Provenance (Bac,Ref)
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Landscape in art.
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Pen drawing.
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Picturesque, The.
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England
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Great Britain
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Leasowes Garden (Halesowen, England)
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London (England)
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Scotland
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Athens
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Bath (England)
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Blenheim (Oxfordshire)
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Cumberland (England)
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Dublin
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Enville (Staffordshire)
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Ermenonville (France)
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Exeter (England)
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Greece
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Hagley (Worcestershire, England)
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Casteels, Peter, 1684–1749
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Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
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Fletcher, Henry, active 1715–1738
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Malton, James, d. 1803
1
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
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Quin, James, 1693–1766
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Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664–1726
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West, James, 1704?-1773
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German
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Italian
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
Songs of innocence and of experience
c1991
2
Blake, William, 1757–1827
Poetical sketches
1926
3
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
The English husbandman
1982
4
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape (1785)
1981
5
Mason, William, 1725–1797
The English garden
1982
6
Ward, Edward, 1667–1731
The history of the London clubs, or, The citizens' pastime ..
1896]
7
Heely, Joseph
Letters on the beauties of Hagley, Envil, and the Leasowes
1982
8
Gentil, François
The retir'd gard'ner
1982
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Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
A new method of landscape
c1977
10
Caus, Isaac de, 1590–1648
Wilton garden ; New and rare inventions of waterworks
1982
11
Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
The English connoisseur
1968
12
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
New principles of gardening
1982
13
Britannia depicta, or, Ogilby improved road atlas of England and Wales 1731
1979
14
Attiret, Jean Denis, 1702–1768
A particular account of the Emperor of China's gardens, near Pekin
1982
15
Kip, Johannes, 1653–1722
Britannia illustrata
c1984
16
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
The hypochondriack,
1928
17
The Gardens at Stowe
1982
18
Girardin, René Louis, marquis de, 1735–1808
An essay on landscape
1982
19
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
The gentleman & cabinet-maker's director
[1966]
20
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
The Banqueting House with the Whitehall and Holbein gates [graphic]
1967
21
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)
A catalogue of the pictures, sculptures, models, drawings, prints etc. of the present artists
1760-[1764]
22
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the western parts of England
1973
23
Burns, Robert, 1759–1796
Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect
1927
24
Rouquet, Jean André, 1701–1758
The present state of the arts in England,
1970
25
Bray, Dirk de, 17th cent
A short introduction in the binding of books
1977
26
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the River Wye
1973
27
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies
1954
28
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
A survey of London,
1908
29
Fisher, Payne, 1616–1693
Catalogue of the tombs in the churches of the city of London, A.D. 1666
Printed 1668, Privately reprinted 1885
30
Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Vitruvius Britannicus
2007
31
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528–
The gardeners labyrinth
1982
32
Elsum, John, fl. 1700–1705
The art of painting after the Italian manner
1703
33
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622
Civitates orbis terrarum,
1966 [c1965]
34
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
35
The Life of Mr. James Quin, comedian,
1887
36
Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745
An introduction to a general system of hydrostaticks and hydraulicks, philosophical and practical
1982
37
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant ..
1972]
38
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts
39
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538–1600
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge
1969
40
Angus, William, 1752–1821
Seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales
1982
41
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
The antiqvities of Athens, measvred and delineated
1968-
42
Beckford, William, 1760–1844
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters, 1780
1977
43
Worlidge, John, fl. 1669–1698
Systema horti-culturae, or, The art of gardening
1982
44
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718–1779
The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director
2005
45
An Essay upon harmony as it relates chiefly to situation and building
1982
46
Donne, Benjamin, 1729–1798
A map of the County of Devon, 1765
1965
47
Entwurff und Beschreibung von der Papiermacherey,
1962]
48
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
A dictionary of the English language
1983
49
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717–1768
Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks
2013
50
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Carington Bowles's New and enlarged catalogue of useful and accurate maps, charts, and plans
1784]
51
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[1970]
52
Nourse, Timothy, d. 1699
Campania foelix
1982
53
Wood, John, 1704–1754
A description of Bath, 1765
1969
54
Serle, John
A plan of Mr. Pope's garden
1982
55
Lawson, William, active 1618
A new orchard and garden
1982
56
Twelve months of flowers
1982?]
57
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Sayer & Bennett's catalogue of prints for 1775
1970
58
The Case of designers, engravers, etchers, &c.
Reprinted 1975
59
Collins, William, 1721–1759
Odes on several descriptive and allegoric subjects
1926]
60
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book
[1972]
61
Hodges, William, 1744–1797
Travels in India during the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783
1999
62
Swan, Abraham
The British architect
1967
63
Malton, James, d. 1803
Georgian Dublin
1984
64
Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
New description of Blenheim
1982
65
Lens, Bernard, 1682–1740
The exact dress of the head, 1725
1970
66
Morritt, John B. S. (John Bacon Sawrey), 1772?-1843
Diary in Turkey and Greece
[1794?]
67
Plaw, John, 1744 or 5–1820
Ferme ornée;
1972
68
A Select collection of poems
1969
69
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland
1973
70
Nivelon, François
The rudiments of genteel behavior
2003
71
Sachs, Hans, 1494–1576
The book of trades (Ständebuch)
[1973]
72
Newbery, Thomas, fl.1563
A booke in Englysh metre,
1910
73
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
A prospect of the most famous parts of the world
1966
74
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Remarks on forest scenery
1973
75
West, James, 1704?-1773
A catalogue of the large and capital collection of pictures by the most admired Italian, Flemish and Dutch masters
1773
76
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Observations on the Highlands of Scotland
1973