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201. A picturesque guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the river Avon, and the adjacent country / illustrated with a set of views, taken in the summer of 1792 by Mess. Ibbetson, Laporte, and J. Hassell, and engraved in aquatinta.

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Creator:
Ibbetson, Julius, 1759–1817
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[4], 266, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ills. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

202. Description of the iron bridges of suspension now erecting over the strait of Menai, at Bangor, and over the river Conway, in North Wales : with two views, also some account of the different bridges of suspension in England and Scotland, particularly of Captain S. Brown's iron bar bridge over the river Tweed : with remarks on the proposed suspension bridge over the river Mercy, at Runcorn Gap, and some calculations of the strength of malleable iron, founded on experiments / by T.G. Cumming, surveyor.

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Creator:
Cumming, T. G
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
55, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

203. [Progressive lessons for drawing landscapes]

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Creator:
John Bluck, active 1791–1819
Date:
[1800]
Physical Description:
[4], 8 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

204. A collection of various forms of stoves : used for forcing pine plants, fruit trees, and preserving tender exotics : intended as well for the use of amateurs, as that of students in the art of gardening : the platesaccompanied by ample letter-press, and a correct method shewn for drawing their elevations and sections, from the plans : with the parts at large / byW.Robertson.

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Creator:
Robertson, William, architect
Date:
1798
Physical Description:
[31] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

205. Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possesion of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts / by H. Repton, Esq.

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Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
16, 222, [2] p., [28] leaves of plates : ill., port., map ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

206. Domestic architecture : being a series of designs for mansions, villas, rectory houses, parsonage houses, bailiffs' lodge, gardener's lodge, game-keeper's lodge, park gate lodges, etc. in the Grecian, Italian, and old English styles of architecture : with observations on the appropriate choice of site : the whole designed with strict reference to the practicability of erection, and with due attention to the important consideration of uniting elegance, convenience and domestic comfort with economy ... : with accurate estimates appended to each design / by Francis Goodwin ...

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Creator:
Goodwin, Francis, 1784–1835
Date:
1833-1834
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

207. A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy / by Frederick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæn Society, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

208. Collinso furioso, or, Matters "to tatters" / from drawings by M.E.

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Date:
July. 1825
Physical Description:
[26] p., [1], 11, [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

209. An epitome, historical and statistical, descriptive of the Royal Naval Service of England / by E. Miles ; with the assistance of Lieutenant Lawford Miles, R.N. ; embellished with eight highly-finished, coloured, engraved views of shipping, by W. Knell ; besides fourteen coloured illustrations of the flags, pendants, and ensigns, as worn by Her Majesty's ships and vessels in commission.

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Creator:
Miles, Edmund
Date:
1841
Physical Description:
xii, 184, 14 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

210. Sketches after English landscape painters / by L. Marvy ; with short notices by W.M. Thackeray.

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Creator:
Marvy, Louis, 1815–1850
Date:
[1850]
Physical Description:
23 unnumbered leaves, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

211. The life of an actor / by Pierce Egan, author of "Life in London," "Tom and Jerry," "A Musical Drama," etc. ; dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. ; the poetical descriptions by T. Greenwood ; embellished with twenty-seven characteristic scenes, etched by Theodore Lane ; enriched also with several original designs on wood, executed by Mr. Thompson.

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Creator:
Egan, Pierce, 1772–1849
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
xvi, 272 p., [27] leaves of plates : ill ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

212. The country gentleman's architect : in a great variety of new designs : for cottages, farm-houses, country-houses, villas, lodges ... and ornamental wooden gates / ... engraved on thirty-two plates : from designs drawn by J. Miller.

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Creator:
Miller, J. (John), architect
Physical Description:
32 plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

213. Public works of Great Britain : consisting of railways, rails, chairs, blocks, cuttings, embankments, tunnels, oblique arches, viaducts, bridges, stations, locomotive engines &c : cast iron bridges, iron and gas works : canals, lock gates, centering, masonry and brick work for canal tunnels, canal boats, the London and Liverpool docks, plans and dimensions, dock gates, walls, quays and their masonry, mooring chains : plan of the harbour and port of London, and other important engineering works with descriptions and specifications : the whole rendered of the utmost utility to the civil engineer, to the nobility and gentry, as monuments of the useful arts in this country and as examples to the foreign engineer / edited by F.W. Simms, C.E. ; 153 plates.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xii, 72, 32, 24, 70 pages, [142] leaves of plates in various foliations : illustrations, maps, plans ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

214. Leigh's guide to Wales & Monmouthshire : containing observations on the mode of travelling, plans of various tours, sketches of the manners and customs, notices of historical events, a description of every remarkable plance, and a minute account of the the Wye : illustrated with a map of Wales, and views of the Menai and Conway bridges.

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Creator:
Leigh, Samuel
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
xii, 364 p., [2] leaves of plates : 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

215. Elton's miniature transparent orrery.

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Date:
1817
Physical Description:
1 model : paper, col. ; in box, 25 x 20 x 7 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

216. The life of a sportsman / by Nimrod ; with thirty-six coloured illustrations by Henry Alken.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
MDCCCXLII [1842]
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 402, [36] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

217. Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours : with instructions for sketching from nature : comprising the whole process of water-colored drawing : familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive states : and directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, &c / by J. Hassell.

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Creator:
Hassell, J. (John), d. 1825
Date:
1823
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-32 p., [3] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

218. [Aquatints of rustic scenes].

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Creator:
Orme, Edward, 1775–1848
Date:
[1799]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

219. The naval and military exploits which have distinguished the reign of George the Third : Accurately described, and methodically arranged / by Jehoshaphat Aspin.

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Creator:
Aspin, Jehoshaphat, 18th/19th cent
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
viii, [2], 784 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

220. The cutter : in five lectures upon the art and practice of cutting friends, acquaintances, and relations.

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Creator:
Evans, Arthur Benoni, 1781–1854
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[8],104 p., [6] leaves of plates ([5] folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

221. An essay on British cottage architecture : being an attempt to perpetuate on principle that peculiar mode of building which was originally the effect of chance : exemplified by fourteen designs with their ichnography or plans, laid down to scape; comprising dwellings for the peasant and farmer, and retreats for the gentleman; with various observations thereon; the whole extending to twenty-three plates / designed and executed in aqua-tinta by James Malton.

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Creator:
Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
[4], 27, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

222. The campagna of London, or, Views in the different parishes within the circumference of twenty-five miles from that metropolis : with some account of the history and topography of each parish, and biographical anecdotes of persons who have resided in them. The whole collected from authentic records, and from local and personal information / by William Ellis ...

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Creator:
Ellis, William, 1747–1810
Date:
[1791-1793]
Physical Description:
152 p., 26 [i.e. 25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

223. Paris lions and London tigers / by Harriette Wilson ; illustrated with twelve colored plates.

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Creator:
Wilson, Harriette, 1786–1846
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
231, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

224. Grand Leicestershire steeple chase, on the 12th of March, 1829.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
[1830]
Physical Description:
8 prints : aquatint engraving ; 41 x 52 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

225. Fables in action : by means of moveable pictures, and dissected and coloured figures, with explanatory text.

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Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], 18 p. : ill. ; 10 x 16 cm. + (1 col. ill. envelope and 24 col. ill. cut out figures.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

226. The harmonist's preceptor, or, Treasury of mirth : being a new and extensive collection of modern and popular songs : in which will be found, distinctly arranged, English and Irish comic songs, Scotch songs, Yorkshire songs, Jews songs, love songs, and songs for the social board : with considerable additions, together with an entire new collection of toasts and sentiments, adapted to each song / written and selected by Mr. Bryant, of the Royal Cobourg theatre ; author of various dramatic pieces, poems, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Bryant, Mr
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 204 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

227. Loyal Volunteers of London & environs, infantry & cavalry in their respective uniforms : representing the whole of the manual, platoon & funeral exercise, in 87 plates / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson, and dedicated by permission to His Royal Highness the Duke of Glocester.

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Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
Date:
1799]
Physical Description:
[2], viii, [92] p., 77, [8], [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

228. The night riders of Nacton : a series of four plates, beautifully coloured / from original drawings by Henry Alken ; shewing the rise, progress, and downfalling of "The first steeple chase on record" ; from an authentic account published in the "Sporting Review," No. 1, for January, 1839.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
[2] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 49 x 62 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

229. Designs for architects, upholsterers, cabinet-makers, &c. : forming a series of plans and sections for apartments, such as breakfast, dining and drawing-rooms, bed-chambers, bath, library, boudoir, hall, staircase ...

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Date:
1801
Physical Description:
11, [1] p., 30 leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

230. Architectural reliques, or, Present state of the most celebrated remains of ancient British architecture and sculpture / by George Cooper, architect.

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Creator:
Cooper, George, active 1792–1830
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2], 24 p., 8, 7 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

231. Villa architecture : a collection of views, with plans, of buildings executed in England, Scotland, &c : on forty-two plates / by Robert Lugar, architect.

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Creator:
Lugar, Robert
Date:
MDCCCXXVIII [1828]
Physical Description:
[2], x, 34 pages, 42 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

232. The progress of love : in six plates / designed & etched by Miss Metz ; and aquatinted by I. Bluck.

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Creator:
Metz, Sophia
Date:
[1801]
Physical Description:
6 leaves : hand-colored aquatints ; 27 x 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

233. A tour through the south of England, Wales, and part of Ireland, made during the summer of 1791.

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Creator:
Clarke, Edward Daniel, 1769–1822
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
Physical Description:
xxx, [2], 403, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates : engravings ; 22 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

234. The ancient costume of Great Britain and Ireland : from the seventh to the sixteenth century, selected from rare specimens in the possession of the author, and accompanied with suitable descriptions and illustrations / by Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq.

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Creator:
Smith, Charles Hamilton
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[3], vi-viii, [124] pages, [60] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

235. [The coronation of George the Fourth]

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Date:
[1841]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 77 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

236. Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper : intended as lessons for instruction in paper cutting / designed and executed by Miss Barbara Anne Townshend.

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Creator:
Townshend, Barbara Anne
Date:
1808
Physical Description:
[2] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

237. Twelfth book, containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriages : on a half-inch scale to a foot.

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Creator:
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

238. An essay on rural architecture : illustrated with original and oeconomical designs : being an attempt, also, to refute, by analogy, the principles of Mr. James Malton's essay "British cottage architecture," supported by several designs : to which are added rural retreats and villas, in the Gothic, castle, Roman and Grecian styles of architecture : with ideas for park-entrances, a mausoleum, and a design for the naval pillar, to immortalize British naval heroism : the whole comprising thirty plates, in aquatinta / designed by Richard Elsam, architect.

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Creator:
Elsam, Richard, Esq
Date:
MDCCCIII [1803]
Physical Description:
[12], ii, 52 p., 33 [i.e. 31] leaves of plates [2 folded] : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

239. Architectural designs for rustic cottages, picturesque dwellings, villas, &c. : with appropriate scenery, plans and descriptions : to which are prefixed, some critical observations on their style and character : and also of castles, abbies, and ancient English houses : concluding with practical remarks on building, and the causes of the dry rot / by W.F. Pocock ... elegantly engraved on thirty-three plates.

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Creator:
Pocock, W. F. (William Fuller), 1779–1849
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
vii, 36 p., [33] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts