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1. Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.

Sixteen scenes taken from The miseries of human life / by one of the wretched.
Creator:
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
Date:
March 1st 1807
Physical Description:
[16] leaves, [17] leaves of plates : ill ; 20 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.

The costume of Hindostan : elucidated by sixty coloured engravings / with descriptions in English and French, taken in the years 1798 and 1799 by Balt. Solvyns, of Calcutta.
Creator:
Solvyns, Balt. (Balthazar), 1760–1824
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[132] pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A description of Ceylon : containing an account of the country, inhabitants, and natural productions : with narratives of a tour round this island in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804 : illustrated by twenty-five engravings from original drawings / by the Reverend James Cordiner ... ; in two volumes.

A description of Ceylon : containing an account of the country, inhabitants, and natural productions : with narratives of a tour round this island in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804 : illustrated by twenty-five engravings from original drawings / by the Reverend James Cordiner ... ; in two volumes.
Creator:
Cordiner, James
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Antiquities of Great Britain, illustrated in views.

Antiquities of Great Britain, illustrated in views.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature / by James Sowerby ... ; originally designed for the use of his pupils ...

A botanical drawing-book, or, An easy introduction to drawing flowers according to nature / by James Sowerby ... ; originally designed for the use of his pupils ...
Creator:
Sowerby, James, 1757–1822
Date:
[1807?]
Physical Description:
11 leaves, 10 leaves of plates : col. ill. 19 x 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London.

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mrs. Clough from James Shoubridge, hatter, London.
Creator:
Shoubridge, James
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 sheets : illustration, 20 x 24 cm and 9 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

The antiquities of Magna Graecia / by William Wilkins, Jun., M.A. F.A.S., fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Creator:
Wilkins, William, 1778–1839
Date:
MDCCCVII [1807]
Physical Description:
[6], xxii, 74, [2] pages, [73] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Descriptive catalogue of the series of pictures, : formed on subjects selected from the history of England, painted by British artists for Alexander Davison, Esquire, MDCCCVI. In the order in which they arranged, at his house in St. James's-Square, London.

Descriptive catalogue of the series of pictures, : formed on subjects selected from the history of England, painted by British artists for Alexander Davison, Esquire, MDCCCVI. In the order in which they arranged, at his house in St. James's-Square, London.
Creator:
Davison, Alexander
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[6], 49 p. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Account of the print published March 24, 1807 by R. Cribb, 288, Holborn : representing the delivery of the ratified treaty of 1790 by Sir Charles Ware Malet : to His Highness Souae Madarow Narrain Peshwa, at Poonah, the capital of the Mahratta states, in the East-Indies : from a picture painted by Thomas Daniell and engraved by Mr. Charles Turner.

Account of the print published March 24, 1807 by R. Cribb, 288, Holborn : representing the delivery of the ratified treaty of 1790 by Sir Charles Ware Malet : to His Highness Souae Madarow Narrain Peshwa, at Poonah, the capital of the Mahratta states, in the East-Indies : from a picture painted by Thomas Daniell and engraved by Mr. Charles Turner.
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
[6] p. : ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.

A new pocket sketch book : containing an easy method of drawing landscape, figures, cattle, &c. from nature : the general principles of perspective, accompanied with nine explanatory etchings : the theory and use of colours, in water and oil : with many necessary and practical rules for tinting, varnishing, &c. / by T.R. Guest.
Creator:
Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
viii, 38, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Zoography, or, The beauties of nature displayed : in select descriptions from the animal, and vegetable, with additions from the mineral kingdom : systematically arranged / by W. Wood, F.L.S. ; illustrated with plates, designed and engraved by Mr. William Daniell ; in three volumes.

Zoography, or, The beauties of nature displayed : in select descriptions from the animal, and vegetable, with additions from the mineral kingdom : systematically arranged / by W. Wood, F.L.S. ; illustrated with plates, designed and engraved by Mr. William Daniell ; in three volumes.
Creator:
Wood, W. (William), 1774–1857
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes.

Original drawings for Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes.
Creator:
Gyfford, E
Date:
[not after 1807]
Physical Description:
19 drawings : watercolor ; 22 x 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The architectural antiquities of Great Britain : represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of various ancient English edifices : with historical and descriptive accounts of each / by John Britton.

The architectural antiquities of Great Britain : represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of various ancient English edifices : with historical and descriptive accounts of each / by John Britton.
Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1807-1826
Physical Description:
5 v. : ill., plans ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Antiquarian and topographical cabinet, containing a series of elegant views of the most interesting objects of curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with letter-press descriptions.

Antiquarian and topographical cabinet, containing a series of elegant views of the most interesting objects of curiosity in Great Britain. Accompanied with letter-press descriptions.
Creator:
Storer, James, 1771–1853
Date:
1807-11
Physical Description:
10 v. illus., plates. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror / by G.M. Woodward, Esqr., author of Eccentric excursions.

The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror / by G.M. Woodward, Esqr., author of Eccentric excursions.
Date:
[1807-1821]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : all color illustrations ; 28 x 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Map of Scotland : constructed from original materials under the authority of the Parliamentary Commissioners for making roads and building bridges in the Highlands of Scotlands / by A. Arrowsmith.

Map of Scotland : constructed from original materials under the authority of the Parliamentary Commissioners for making roads and building bridges in the Highlands of Scotlands / by A. Arrowsmith.
Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
[1807.]
Physical Description:
1 map on 4 sheets : joined and laid on linen, copperplate engraving, hand colour ; 178 x 142 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Plans, elevations and sections, of hot-houses, green-houses, an aquarium, conservatories, &c. Recently built in different parts of England, for various noblemen and gentlemen. By George Tod ... Including a hot-house and green-house in her majesty's gardens at Frogmore. Engraved on 27 plates, with descriptions to each.

Plans, elevations and sections, of hot-houses, green-houses, an aquarium, conservatories, &c. Recently built in different parts of England, for various noblemen and gentlemen. By George Tod ... Including a hot-house and green-house in her majesty's gardens at Frogmore. Engraved on 27 plates, with descriptions to each.
Creator:
Tod, George, surveyor
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
23 p. 27 col. plates (1 double) 39 cm. (in case 40 cm.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. No. [blank] of Liber studiorum : illustrative of landscape compositions, viz, historical, mountainous, pastoral, marine, and architectural / by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.

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Creator:
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
Date:
[1807-1819]
Physical Description:
71 prints : mezzotint and etching ; plate marks 216 x 305 mm or smaller, on sheets 270 x 400 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of upper and lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 / by Isaac Weld ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. A list of books on the various branches of architecture and building, published by J. Taylor, at the architectural library, no. 59, High Holborn, London.

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Creator:
Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:
[ca. 1807]
Physical Description:
[8] p. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Elegant poems : containing Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted Village.

No cover image available
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
120 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. A list of books on the various branches of architecture and building, published by J. Taylor, at the architectural library, no. 59, High Holborn, London.

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Creator:
Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:
[ca. 1807]
Physical Description:
[8] p. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. [Views in Yorkshire and Derbyshire].

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Creator:
Connop, John
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. The life of Michel Angelo Buonarroti : with his poetry and letters / by R. Duppa ...

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Creator:
Duppa, Richard, 1770–1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xi, 468 p., [57] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., ports. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The poems of Ossian / translated by James Macpherson ... ; to which are prefixed dissertations on the aera and poems of Ossian.

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Creator:
Macpherson, James, 1736–1796
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. [Dighton's Oxford caricatures]

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Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
Date:
1807-08]
Physical Description:
[19] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A catalogue of a capital and most precious assemblage of superlatively fine Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, consigned within a few weeks past from the Continent : in the view of this collection the connoisseurs will enjoy an exquisite treat, and the admirers of Rembrandt especially will have an opportunity of witnessing the finest picture, without exception, ever painted by that master, the Woman taken in adultery, executed by Rembrandt, for his patron and friend, the Burgomaster Six : it is a chef d'œuvre, for which language cannot furnish adequate description or praise, replete with sublimity and awful magic effect : besides this, are a Holy Family by Corregio, from the Modena Gallery : a sea port, near Genoa, by Claude, a warm, clear and delicately-finished picture, one of his very finest : a companion landscape, and two others, by ditto : two capital portraits, an historical, and a marine subject, by Rembrandt ; the Angels confounding the men of Gomorrah, N. Poussin, and others by L. da Vinci, Titian, Domenichino, P. da Cortona, Romanelli, G. Poussin, Rubens, V. Dyck, Teniers, Neefs, G. Dow, A. Ostade, Du Jardin, Potter, V. de Velde, Dusart, Bega, Terburg, Mieris, Backhuysen, Lenain, Lingelback : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, on his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, June the 13th, 1807, at twelve o'clock.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
11, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The pleasures of human life : investigated cheerfully, elucidated satirically, promulgated explicitly, and discussed philosophically : in a dozen dissertations on male, female, and neuter pleasures. Interspersed with various anecdotes, and expounded by numerous annotations / by Hilarius Benevolus, & co., fellows of the "London literary society of Lusorists." Embellished with five illlustrative etchings, and two head-pieces.

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xvi, 223, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Map of lower Egypt / from various surveys communicated by Major Bryce and other officers ; drawn by A. Arrowsmith 1807 ; Jas. Palmer sculp.

No cover image available
Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 120 x 157 cm., sheets 65 x 164 cm. and 66 x 164 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Notes and formulas for the preparation of paints, varnishes, oils, etc. : manuscript.

No cover image available
Date:
circa 1817
Physical Description:
1 volume (50 pages) ; 21 x 17 cm + 5 sheets.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. The life of George Morland : with remarks on his works / By G. Dawe.

No cover image available
Creator:
Dawe, George, 1781–1829
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
viii, 238, [2] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

32. A catalogue raisonnè of all that truly capital and splendid assemblage of valuable gallery and cabinet pictures, the genuine property of Edward Coxe, Esqr. : comprising the inestimable works of the most admired masters of the Roman, Florentine, Bolognese, Venetian, Spanish, French, Dutch and Flemish schools : selected during thirty years, with the utmost care and judgement, and unquestionably in the highest state of preservation and beauty : which will be sold by auction by Peter Coxe on Thursday, the 23d day of April, 1807, and two following days, at twelve o'clock, at Mr. Squibb's great room, Saville Passage.

No cover image available
Creator:
Coxe, Peter, -1844
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
48 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. A general history of quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood, by Thomas Bewick.

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Creator:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
x, 525 p. ill. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Rural scenery in a series of etchings by W. Pearson, from the works of Ferdinand Kobell.

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Creator:
Pearson, William, 1772–1849
Date:
Nov. 14, 1807
Physical Description:
25 prints on 16 leaves, in 1 volume : etchings ; leaves 27 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Travels from Buenos Ayres, by Potosi, to Lima : with notes by the translator, containing topographical descriptions of the Spanish possessions in South America, drawn from the last and best authorities / by Anthony Zachariah Helms ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Helms, Anton Zacharias, 1751–1803
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
viii, [9]-92 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Travels in the Crimea, and along the shores of the Black Sea : performed during the year 1803 / by J. Reuilly ... ; translated from the French.

No cover image available
Creator:
Reuilly, Jean de, Baron
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-84 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. The dormant and extinct baronage of England, or, An historical and genealogical account of the lives, public employments, and most memorable actions of the English nobility who have flourished from the Norman conquest to ... 1806 ... / by T.C. Banks ...

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Creator:
Banks, T. C. (Thomas Christopher), 1765–1854
Date:
1807-1837
Physical Description:
4 v. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The picture of London for 1807 : being a correct guide to all the curiosities, amusements, exhibitions, public establishments, and remarkable objects, in and near London : with a collection of appropriate tables, two large maps, and several views.

No cover image available
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 420 p. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. Observations on architecture in England ...

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:
1807-1830
Physical Description:
1 v. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Orme's collection of British field sports / illustrated in twenty beautifully coloured engravings from designs by S. Howitt.

No cover image available
Creator:
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Date:
[1807-1808]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 20 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 47 x 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. Analysis of new works of voyages and travels, lately published in London : a tour through Holland, along the right and left banks of the Rhine, to the south of Germany, in the summer and autumn of 1806 / by Sir John Carr ...

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Creator:
Carr, John, Sir, 1772–1832
Date:
1807?]
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Abstracts of records and manuscripts respecting the county of Gloucester : formed into a history, correcting the very erroneous accounts, and supplying numerous deficiencies in Sir Rob. Atkins, and subsequent writers / by Thomas Dudley Fosbrooke.

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Creator:
Fosbroke, Thomas Dudley, 1770–1842
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. A catalogue of an interesting assemblage of original studies, chalk and tinted drawings and a few finished in oils : chiefly wild and domestic animals, deer and subjects relating to the Chace : also a fine copy of he celebrated Windmill by Rembrandt, executed by E. A. Spilsbury, Esq. : together with a few Dutch etchings and prints of animals by Ridinger, Woollett, &c. : this pleasing assemblage is offered to sale merely to lessen the collection of an amateur artist, whose professional studies and knowledge of anatomy have directed him to this line of amusement : it is presumed they will be found well worthy the attention of the public : they will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Wednesday, July the 15th, 1807.

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Creator:
Christie, James
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Sixteen views of the lakes in Cumberland and Westmorland / drawn by J. Smith and J. Emes ; engraved by Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:
[1807?]
Physical Description:
[16] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Sketches in architecture; consisting of original designs for cottages and rural dwellings ... with plans and appropriate scenery to each ... By T.D.W. Dearn ...

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Creator:
Dearn, T. D. W. (Thomas Downes Wilmot)
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
vii, 15 p. 20 plates (incl. plans) 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Twelve perspective views of the exterior and interior parts of the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury.

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Creator:
Wild, Charles, 1781–1835
Date:
1807
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The eccentric mirror : reflecting a faithful and interesting delineation of male and female characters, ancient and modern, who have been particularly distinguished by extraordinary qualifications, talents, and propensities, natural or acquired ... : with a faithful narration of every instance of singularity manifested in the lives and conduct of characters who have rendered themselves eminently conspicuous by their eccentricities : the whole exhibiting an interesting and wonderful display of human action in the grand theater of the world / collected and re-collected from the most authentic sources by G.H. Wilson.

No cover image available
Date:
1807-1813
Physical Description:
4 volumes (various pagings) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Address to the public, respecting the establishment of a lunatic asylum at Edinburgh.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2], 10, 9, [1], 15, [1] p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Rural sports / by the Rev. Wm. B. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The geography and antiquities of Ithaca : dedicated by permission, to The King / by William Gell, Esq. M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A. and member of the Society of Dilettanti.

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Creator:
Gell, William, Sir, 1777–1836
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], 119, [1] p., [15] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. A guide to the lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire. By the author of The antiquities of Furness ...

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Creator:
West, Thomas, d. 1779
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 311 p. fold. front. (map) 1 ill. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Map of Upper Egypt / drawn from various documents by A. Arrowsmith ; J. Palmer sculp.

No cover image available
Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col. ; 97 x 67 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Explanation of an allegorical, emblematical & characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte : designed, drawn & invented by E.F. Stratton Reader / G. Alexander sculp., 130, Strand.

No cover image available
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. A companion to the Liverpool Museum : containing a brief description of its curiosities, natural & artificial, works of art ... open for public inspection at the house of William Bullock ...

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Creator:
Bullock, W. (William), 1773?-1849
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
vii, 83 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. A correct statement and vindication of the conduct of John Sidney Hawkins ... towards Mr. John Thomas Smith, against the misrepresentations contained in the advertisement prefixed to Mr. Smith's Antiquities of Westminster, and in such of the notes, alterations, insertions, additions, and other parts of that work as have been introduced by Mr. Smith without Mr. Hawkins' Knowledge ... Drawn up and published by Mr. Hawkins himself.

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Creator:
Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758–1842
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
87 p. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Household furniture and interior decoration / executed from designs by Thomas Hope.

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Creator:
Hope, Thomas, 1770?-1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], 53, [1] pages, [1], LX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. The stranger in America : containing observations made during a long residence in that country, on the genius, manners and customs of the people of the United States : with biographical particulars of public characters : hints and facts relative to the arts, sciences, commerce, agriculture, manufactures, emigration, and the slave trade / by Charles William Janson, Esq. late of the state of Rhode Island, counsellor at law ; illustrated by engravings.

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Creator:
Janson, Charles William
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xiii, [2], 16-22, 499, [7] pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. A catalogue of a truly valuable collection of original drawings, framed and glazed : two snuff boxes, with miniatures in oil and water colours : and sixteen original pictures, by the inimitable painter, and favorite pupil of nature, George Morland : executed in his best time and most careful manner for his intimate friend, Mr. Robert Wedd : who in compliance with a wish expressed by the artist himself not long before his death, now offers them to public sale : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday, May the 22d, 1807, at twelve o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. The ancient and modern history of Nice : comprehending an account of the foundation of Marseilles : to which are prefixed descriptive observations on the nature, produce, and climate of the territory of the former city, and its adjoining towns : with an introduction, containing hints of advice to invalids, who, with the hope of arresting the progress of the disease, seek the renovating influuence of the salubrious climes / by I. B. Davis ...

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Creator:
Davis, John Bunnell, 1780–1824
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xxxiii, 348 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Descriptive account of the Kymin pavilion, and Beaulieu grove, : with their various views; to which is added, a description of the naval temple, with notices of Buckstone, a supposed druidical relique, near it. / By Charles Heath, Monmouth.

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Creator:
Heath, Charles, 1761–1831
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[64] p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. The new Bath guide, or, Memoirs of the B.N.R.D. family : in a series of poetical epistles.

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Creator:
Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2], vi, 106 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Robert Bruce letter concerning the wax sculpture of his mother, Rose Bruce : manuscript.

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Creator:
Bruce, Robert, 1782–
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 item ; 28 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Lectures on the art of engraving : delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, / by John Landseer.

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Creator:
Landseer, John, 1769–1852
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 341 p. : 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. The artist's assistant; or School of science. Being an introduction to painting in oil, water, and crayons, with biographical accounts of some of the principal artists; the arts of drawing, designing, colouring, and engraving in all its different modes, on copper and wood; of enamelling, gilding on metal, wood, glass, and leather; japanning, dying, casting, &c. With a great variety of miscellaneous information, relative to arts and manufactories ...

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xvi, 296 p. front., 10 plates (part. fold.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. The new picture of Scotland : being an accurate guide to that part of the United Kingdoms with historical descriptive accounts of the principal buildings, curiosities and antiquities, divided into towns and districts, embellished with a map and plates : in two volumes ...

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Channel of Constantinople / (E. Jones sculp.).

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Creator:
Jones, Edward
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 map ; 470 x 1225 mm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. Excursions in Kent, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and Somersetshire, made in the years 1802, 1803, and 1805 : illustrated by descriptive sketches of the most interesting places and buildings in those counties and delineations of character in different ranks of life / by J.P. Malcolm ...

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Creator:
Malcolm, James Peller, 1767–1815
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [5]-285 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

68. Topographical and statistical description of the county of Cambridge : containing an account of its situation, extent, towns, roads ... : ... &c. ... to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide ... forming a complete county itinerary and an index table ... / by George Alexander Cooke ...

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Creator:
Cooke, George Alexander
Date:
[1807?]
Physical Description:
155, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. A guide to the cathedral church of Exeter : with an account of its antiquities, monuments, &c. : to which is added a short sketch of the lives of the bishops.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
51 p. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. A catalogue of a cabinet of truly capital and valuable pictures, by some of the esteemed Masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch and British Schools : selected during a period of thirty years by George Walker, F.S. A.E., landscape painter to His Majesty : comprising exquisite specimens by Corregio, A. Carracci, Guido, Albano, N. Poussin, Borgognone, Wouvermans, A. Ostade, W.V. De Velde, V. harp, Ferg., A. Elsheimer, P. De Laer, Runciman, J. More : the whole o which are carefully preserved in handsome cases, and are in the finest condition : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Friday,June the 26th, 1807, at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
6 pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. Dialogues on various subjects. / By the late William Gilpin ... Published by his trustees, for the benenfit of his school at Boldre.

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Creator:
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
6, 537, [1] p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

72. Ancient historic ballads.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[4], 236 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Accounts of John Nichols with the engraver Barak Longmate.

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Creator:
Nichols, John, 1745–1826
Date:
1807-1816
Physical Description:
1 v. ([24] p., with blanks) ; 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Illustrations of the scenery of Killarney and the surrounding country / by Isaac Weld.

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Creator:
Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2], vii, [1], 223, [1] p., [19] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. Panorama, Leicester Square : this upper painting represents Weymouth, taken in 1805, when his Majesty was last there, from the outer pier : at which time the Abergavenny was seen as represented, with barges round her saving what property could be taken up : the flags at the mast-heads add so much to the beauty of the royal sovereign yacht, that it is hoped the public will excuse the liberty taken in keeping them up after His Majesty has left her, which is never done in the reality : the lower painting represents Lord Nelson's glorious victory, gained over the French and Spanish fleets, off Trafalgar, painted upon ten thousand square feet of canvas.

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Creator:
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774–1856
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
1 print : woodcut and letterpress ; sheet 28 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. A catalogue of the valuable and pleasing collection of Cabinet Pictures, the genuine property of Mr. Holcroft : the greater part of which were selected in his tour through Germany, France, and the Netherlands : among them will be found many choice specimens of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools : the works of the following highly esteemed Masters : Guido, Rubens, Vandyck, Murillo, Guercino, L. Caracci, Baroccio, Backhuysen, Fuysdael, Teniers, Wouvemans, Ostade, &c. &c. : particularly a capital Sea Piece by Backhuysen, : a Landscape with rippling water, by Ruysdael, the figures by A. Vanderveldt : the Head of Old Franks, by Vandyck : a beautiful landscape and figures, by Berghem : the Entombing of Christ by Rubens, from the Cabinet of the Duke de Praslin : several by Teniers : two by Wilson : and the original sketch of the Death of Cardinal Beaufort, by Sir Joshua Reynolds : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Squibb, at his Great Room, Saville Passage, Saville Row, on Monday, February 16, 1807, at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Squibb, Mr., 1764–1831
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. A list of books on the various branches of architecture and building, published by J. Taylor, at the architectural library, no. 59, High Holborn, London.

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Creator:
Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:
[1807?]
Physical Description:
[8] p. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Account of a voyage to the western coast of Africa : performed by His Majesty's sloop Favourite, in the year 1805 : being a journal of the events which happened to that vessel from the time of her leaving England till her capture by the French and the return of the author in a cartel / by F. B. Spilsbury ; illustrated with numerous engravings.

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Creator:
Spilsbury, F. B. (Francis B.)
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-43, [1] p. 9 pl. (3 fold.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

79. The tour, or, Select views on the southern coast &c. &c. / by R. Havell.

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Creator:
Havell, Robert, -1832
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
[25] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : chiefly ill. ; 12 x 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Map of South Italy and adjacent coasts / by A. Arrowsmith.

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Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col. ; 129 x 160 cm., folded to 40 x 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. A practical essay on the art of colouring and painting landscapes in water colours : accompanied with ten engravings / by John Heaviside Clark.

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Creator:
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770–1863
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
25 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Directions for numbering and detaching 15 men to the service of a light 6 pounder mounted upon a new pattern carriage.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 v. (216 p.) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. The comforts of human life, or, Smiles and laughter of Charles Chearful and Martin Merryfellow : in seven dialogues.

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Creator:
Heron, Robert, 1764–1807
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 226 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes / exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et La Goelette le Casuarina, pendent les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804 : publié par dećret impérial, sous le ministère de M. de Champagny et rédigé par M. F. Péron ; Naturalise de l'Expédition, Correspondant de l'Insitut de France ; de la Société de l'École de médecine de Paris, des Société́́́́ philomatique et médicale de la même ville.

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Creator:
Péron, François, 1775–1810
Date:
1807-1816
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Memoirs of John Lord de Joinville, grand seneschal of Champagne / written by himself ; containing a history of part of the life of Louis IX, King of France, surnamed Saint Louis, including an account of that king's expedition to Egypt in the year MCCXLVIII ; to which are added, the notes & dissertations of M. Du Cange on the above, together with the dissertations of M. Le baron de la Bastie on the life of St. Louis, M. L'Evesque de la Ravaliere and M. Falconet on the Assassins of Syria, from the 'Memoires de l'Académie de belles lettres et inscriptions de France ; the whole translated by Thomas Johnes, Esq.

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Creator:
Joinville, Jean, sire de, 1224?-1317?
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. Travels through the Canadas, containing a description of the picturesque scenery on some of the rivers and lakes : with an account of the productions, commerce, and inhabitants of those provinces : to which is subjoined a comparative view of the manners and customs of several of the Indian nations of North and South America / by George Heriot, Esq., Deputy Post Master general of British North American ; illustrated with a map and numerous engravings, from drawings made at the several places by the author.

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Creator:
Heriot, George, 1759–1839
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
xii, 602 pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. A characteristic design for the arms of Buonaparte / designed, drawn & invented by E.F. Stratton Reader ; G. Alexander sculp., 130, Strand.

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Creator:
Reader, Edward Francis Stratton, -1872
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving ; sheet 323 x 252 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. The costume of the Russian Army / from a collection of drawings made on the spot, and now in possession of the Right Honourable the Earl of Kinnaird ; containing a portrait of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2] p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings : which were discovered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the Chapel of the Trinity at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire : also views and sections illustrative of the architecture of the Chapel / drawn anno domini 1804.

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Creator:
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
Date:
1807 [i.e. 1812?]
Physical Description:
8 p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. plan, facsims. ; 51 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes : adapted for ornamental retreats and hunting and shooting : also some designs for park entrances, bridges, &c carefully studied and thrown into perspective / by E. Gyfford, architect ; engraved on twenty plates ; forming part the first of a series of select architecture.

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Creator:
Gyfford, E
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
16 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. A familiar treatise on perspective : designed for ladies, and those who are unacquainted with the principles of optics and geometry : whereby, in a few days, sufficient of this useful science may be learned, to enable any person, accumstomed to the use of the pencil, to draw landscapes, and the simpler objects of art : with perspective accuracy / by W. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
43, [1] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Orme's collection of British field sports : illustrated in twenty beautifully coloured engravings from designs by S. Howitt.

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Creator:
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822
Date:
[1955]
Physical Description:
[2] leaves, 20 leaves of plates : facsims. ; 45 x 55 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The progress of a water-coloured drawing : wherein is represented to the reader the various gradation through which a drawing passes : from the outline to the finished state : the intention of this little work is to enable young people, where an eminent Master cannot be had, to cultivate the delightful art of drawing in colours with system and advantage.

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Creator:
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
Date:
[ca. 1807?]
Physical Description:
vii, [22] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. This day was published, by J. Taylor, at the architectural library, 59, High Holborn. Plans, elevations and sections of hot-houses, green-houses, an aquarium, conservatories, &c. ... By G. Tod ...

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Creator:
Taylor, J. (Josiah)
Date:
[1807]
Physical Description:
[2] p. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. [Designs for wallpaper]

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Creator:
Harwood and Company
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
14 col. plates. 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Observations upon the Windward coast of Africa : the religion, character, customs &c., of the natives : with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe : and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country : made in the years 1805 and 1806 / by Joseph Corry ; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade.

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Creator:
Corry, Joseph
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xiv, [2],163 p., [9] leaves of plates ([7] folding) : ill., map, 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. Théorie du beau dans la nature et les arts, ouvrage posthume de P. J. Barthez ... mis en ordre et publié par son frère: avec la vie de l'auteur.

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Creator:
Barthez, P.-J. (Paul-Joseph), 1734–1806
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
viii, 465 p. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. The poll for knights of the shire begun on Wednesday, May 20th, and finally closed on Friday, June 5th, 1807 : taken at the castle of York before Richard Fontayne Wilson, Esquire, high sheriff of the said county. Candidates : William Wilberforce, Esquire, the Right Honourable Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam (commonly called Viscount Milton) and the Honourable Henry Lascelles : arranged from the sheriff's poll books / under the direction and inspection of the under sheriff.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
xxiii, [2], 10-485, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. A collection of nine selected sketches of villagers, favourite animals, &c., &c., &c. / by George Morland.

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Creator:
Morland, George, 1763–1804
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
[2] p., [9] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. The Pocket farrier, or, Approved receipts : collected from different authors with an intent to cure or assist any immediate accidents that may happen to a horse till further help can be had.

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Date:
1807
Physical Description:
27, [5] p. ; 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts